Run Calm Under Change: 3 Scripts for High-Stakes Rooms

Judith Walton is an executive coach and team advisor with deep expertise in emotional intelligence and assessment-based development. With over two decades at NASA, she helped build a “culture of coaching” across high-stakes technical environments, equipping leaders and teams to grow with clarity, connection, and capacity.

As a certified practitioner in EQi 2.0, Judith brings a sharp emotional intelligence lens to her work, helping clients enhance self-awareness, relational agility, and leadership presence. Her sessions are known for blending strategic insight with human-centered transformation, supporting leaders through complex change and personal growth.

Judith holds an Associate Coaching Certification (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation and is a Certified Integral Coach throu

Her signature Heart + Hustle Leadership™ framework inte

Marek is an emotional intelligence expert who has designed workshops for premier organizations such as NASA, Fidelity, and Rice University. He is certified in the EQ-i 2.0® & EQ 360® assessments that help his clients quickly understand what they need to do specifically to improve their leadership skills and effectiveness. Marek is also certified in Red Team Coaching, a revolutionary set of tools first developed by the military and intelligence agencies, then evolved to help business executives thrive in complexity and make better decisions by ensuring emotions are an asset, not a liability.

Marek graduated in the top 10% of his class at West Point and became a Ranger in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Upon separating from the Army,

As an executive coach, Marek accumulated over 3,000 hours