Cheri Corrado
Executive Coach | Genius Activator
Retiring at 41 wasn’t the end of my success story. It was the beginning of something deeper.
It’s what fuels my mission today: guiding high-performing leaders out of stress and burnout and into their Genius Zone.
For years, I carried it all—COO, CFO, sales, manager, business owner—often simultaneously. I was running and growing businesses, driving profits, and solving problems, managing chaos.
From the outside, it looked like I was thriving. But inside? I was stretched thin, burned out, and silently wondering how much longer I could keep going without breaking.
The turning point came when I discovered how I was naturally wired to lead. I had been living by the belief that if I could do it, I should do it. But once I realigned my life and leadership with my unique genius, everything changed.
I stepped out of roles that drained me, leaned into what energized me, and within a few years, exited daily operations entirely—with more clarity, impact, and freedom than ever before.
That journey became the foundation for Genius Rising—a coaching practice designed for leaders ready to rise into their next chapter without sacrificing themselves in the process.
Today, I work with ambitious, purpose-driven executives to redesign their approach to achieving their goals, make a bigger impact and create sustainable success. Not through generic strategies—but through a personalized, behaviorally-informed framework rooted in how you’re naturally built to thrive.
Because the most impactful leaders aren’t trying to do it all. They’re leading from their Genius Zone.