Show Notes
Everyone says they put people first. Nicole Fleischmann is one of the few who can prove it's the smarter strategy.
She went from auditing risk at KPMG to building a Workday transformation practice from nothing to leading a powerhouse team at BDO. Nicole Fleischmann's path was anything but linear, and that's exactly why her take on leading change is worth hearing.
Who she is: Nicole is BDO's Workday Practice Leader, with a career that runs from Audit and Risk Advisory at KPMG, to building CrossVue's Workday Transformation practice from the ground up, to leading a powerhouse team at BDO today.
What she does: She leads Workday change management and enterprise transformation, reshaping how organizations approach change across leadership, strategy, and operations.
What she believes: That people-first isn't soft, it's smart strategy. Change only sticks when the people living through it are at the center of how it gets designed.
How she works: With precision and purpose. Nicole leads bold career pivots and scales teams without losing the human thread, driving change that holds up long after the project ends.
In this episode:
The risks that paid off, and the lessons from the ones that didn't
Why people-first is smart strategy, not a soft skill
How to lead, scale, and drive change without losing yourself
What it takes to build a transformation practice from the ground up
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