Grounded leadership begins with awareness
Resilient Leadership exists to support leaders and organizations navigating complexity, responsibility, and change. The work is grounded, human, and practical, focused on building clarity, resilience, and capacity where it matters most.
This is not about adopting a leadership style or fixing what is broken. It is about creating the space and insight needed to lead with intention, steadiness, and impact in real world conditions.
Our approach
Leadership is not experienced in isolation. It lives in relationships, decisions, systems, and moments of pressure.
At Resilient Leadership, development work focuses on how leaders think, relate, and respond, especially when the stakes are high. We integrate insights from neuroscience, somatic awareness, psychology, and organizational systems to support change that is sustainable rather than performative.
The goal is not optimization for its own sake. The goal is clarity, presence, and leadership that holds under real conditions.
Charlene Wilson
Founder, Executive Coach, Facilitator
Charlene supports executive clients as they navigate strategic, organizational, and interpersonal challenges and turn setbacks into meaningful learning opportunities. She is particularly skilled at helping senior leaders recognize blind spots that quietly limit effectiveness, presence, and growth.
With over 20 years of experience in leadership development, Charlene brings depth, clarity, and steadiness to complex work. Her clients have included leaders from Capital One, M&T Bank, NAVAIR, NASA, and the Heron Foundation.
Charlene holds a Master of Arts in Educational Administration and Leadership from the University of the Pacific. Her training includes Ontological Design, Positive Neuroplasticity, Somatic Leadership, and Ego Coaching. She is an ICF certified coach.
She is also a 360 Degree Feedback Specialist and has conducted more than 2,500 interviews across a wide range of industries. Her work spans VP and C level leaders in public and private companies, nonprofit executives, and senior civil servants. She has coached these leaders both individually and within teams.
I believe deeply in the power of coaching and the change it can bring. There is a deeper, wiser part of ourselves waiting to emerge. Coaching creates the space to hear that call and the skills to know what to do next.
The team
Resilient Leadership works with a trusted network of experienced coaches and facilitators. Each brings depth, care, and a distinct perspective to the work while sharing a common commitment to thoughtful, human centered leadership development.
Filaree Radich
Executive Coach and 360 Degree Feedback Specialist
Filaree brings over 15 years of experience supporting leaders through executive coaching and interview based 360 feedback. Her work is grounded in compassion, rigor, and a deep respect for the complexity of leadership.
She has coached and conducted feedback for hundreds of leaders across industries, including Fortune 500 companies, Bay Area startups, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Her clients include leaders from Capital One, Qualcomm, Shell, EnPro Industries, Siluria Technologies, NAVAIR, NIST, KIPP Charter Schools, Harlem Children's Zone, and the Mini Twelve Step House.
Filaree spent more than a decade as Director of the 360 Feedback Department at Learning as Leadership, where she hired, trained, and led a team of feedback specialists delivering high quality qualitative feedback at scale.
Her background includes ICF approved coaching training, Rational Behavioral Therapy tools, the Learning as Leadership methodology, Getting Things Done, and deep grounding in humanistic psychology and adult development. She is also a trained actor and alumna of the Meisner Acting Technique Studio in San Francisco.
Harriet Parsons
Certified Coach
Harriet is a Certified Coach trained by the Co Active Institute with a background that bridges corporate leadership, well being, and human development. She brings warmth, curiosity, and steadiness to her work, creating a safe space for exploration, creativity, and growth.
She holds a degree in English Language and Literature from King's College London and has professional experience in corporate finance and technology recruitment for private equity backed businesses. Harriet is also a Qualified Personal Trainer with a deep understanding of balanced health and well being.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Harriet spent over a decade in California and now lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington with her husband and two children. Her work meets clients exactly where they are and supports leadership that is both effective and sustainable.
How we work together
Every engagement at Resilient Leadership is shaped by context, care, and attention to what is actually happening beneath the surface. Whether working with individuals, teams, or organizations, the work is designed to support clarity, resilience, and meaningful progress.
If you are curious about working together, the first step is a conversation.