C-Suite Confidential

C-Suite Confidential is a leadership and performance podcast hosted by Melissa Dawn Simkins, Founder of Athleadership, and CEO of Velvet Suite. The show explores how today’s top executives condition themselves to lead under pressure and perform when it counts. The show provides insights through the lens of performance psychology, neuroscience, and an elite athletic mindset that enables you to lead under pressure. Featuring candid conversations with C-suite leaders, talent executives, thought leaders, and former elite athletes, each episode delivers science-backed insights, real leadership stories, and practical mental conditioning drills for sustainable, high-impact leadership.