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Trish Odusami

Trish Odusami

Tech Career Growth & Executive Presence | Founder, HigherDrive Consulting

Coaching & Leadership

About Trish Odusami

Trish spent fifteen years running ERP implementations and multi-million dollar digital transformations across industries and continents, in boardrooms and steering committees where being heard and taken seriously wasn't a soft skill, it was the job. She now works with mid-career and senior tech professionals who are brilliant at what they do and somehow not getting chosen. Her diagnosis is translation: expertise doesn't create opportunity on its own, and the gap between what you know and how it lands is where careers stall. She works on positioning, visibility and presence, and she has a particular practice with multilingual professionals on voice, accent and speaking confidence, which is one of the least served needs in global tech and one almost nobody addresses without condescension. She moved from the UK to the US with no network, was told repeatedly she wouldn't get an IT job, and got a six-figure offer from her first application. She has written two books on leadership and is currently training toward ICF credentialing.

1:1 Sessions

  • Winning at Interviews - Ask the Coach

    60 mins

    Ask the Coach: Winning at Interviews

    Getting the interview is one thing. Winning the room is another.

    A strong interview isn’t just about having the “right” answers. It’s about knowing how to position your experience, communicate your value, and make it easy for the hiring manager to see you in the role.

    In this practical coaching session, you’ll learn how to:

    • Present yourself effectively at Interviews

    • Decode what's actually being evaluated in an interview

    • Use hidden-job-market thinking

    • Position yourself as the solution they need

    • Handle salary, career gaps, internal candidates, and behavioral questions

    • Talk about your experience without rambling or underselling yourself

    • Walk away with real language and examples you can use in your next interview

    More strategy and advice for your actual situation.

    Bring your questions. Bring the role you’re targeting. Let’s work through it together.

    Your 60-Minute Session

    45 minutes of personalized interview coaching focused on you, your experience, and the role you’re pursuing.

    Plus, 15 minutes of practical application where we put the coaching into action. Depending on what you need most, we may work on:

    • Practicing your introduction and “Tell me about yourself”

    • Strengthening how you present and position yourself

    • Reviewing your approach to a specific role or upcoming interview

    You won't just leave knowing what to do. You'll leave knowing what to say and how to present yourself.

    $250

  • Career Move Strategy

    60 min

    For tech professionals planning a transition and unsure how to position depth that doesn't fit a job description cleanly. Where you're aiming, what's missing, and how to make the search deliberate rather than a stream of applications.

    $450

  • Speaking With an Accent, and Being Heard

    60 min

    For multilingual professionals who are constantly asked to repeat themselves, interrupted, or quietly assumed to be less senior than they are. Not accent reduction. Clarity, pacing, phrasing and presence, from someone who has sat in international delivery rooms for two decades.

    For the technologist whose work is excellent and whose influence isn't. How your contribution is currently being read, what's missing between capability and recognition, and what to change in how you show up.

    $595

Subscriptions

  • Executive Presence & Public Speaking

    "Command the Room. Own the Boardroom. Keep Your Identity." A low-investment, high-impact monthly circle designed for diverse senior leaders who want to master Western corporate executive presence while honoring their authentic communication styles.

    As a professional, you’ve earned your seat at the table through undeniable expertise. Yet, "Executive Presence" is often defined through a narrow, traditional lens.

    You might find yourself:

    • Wondering if your natural communication style is being misread as "too quiet" or "too aggressive."

    • Hesitating in high-stakes boardroom discussions to find the right phrasing under corporate cultural norms.

    • Feeling the pressure to "code-switch" so drastically that your true leadership style gets lost.

    You don't need to change who you are. You just need to master the unwritten rules of corporate public speaking and presence so your voice cannot be ignored. CORE — $129/month For leaders ready to decode the room.

    • Monthly live group session (teaching + real-time practice)

    • Monthly Executive Presence Decoder (a script/framework breakdown of one unwritten rule)

    • Private member community for real-time scenario support

    • Growing swipe file of boardroom-ready phrases and reframes

    Cancel anytime. Your first session is this month.

    $129/m

Books

Custom Offerings

  • The 90-Day Career Reinvention Intensive

    For senior tech leaders and professionals ready to build a career that's both more fulfilling and more lucrative.

    The Offer

    A private, high-touch coaching engagement that helps accomplished professionals stop optimizing a career they've outgrown and design one aligned with what they actually want—without taking a financial step backward.

    Who It's For

    • Senior leaders and career professionals (Director+, senior IC, or program/product leaders) in tech and adjacent industries

    • People who are successful on paper but restless, plateaued, or quietly burned out

    • Those facing a transition (new role, pivot, promotion, or leaving to build something new) who want to move deliberately rather than reactively

    The Transformation (Outcome Promise)

    In 90 days, you'll move from "I know something needs to change" to a clear, funded, actionable plan—with the positioning, confidence, and momentum to execute it. Fulfillment and compensation are treated as a single equation, not a trade-off.

    Structure — Three 30-Day Phases

    Phase 1 — Clarity & Diagnosis (Days 1–30)

    Deep assessment of values, strengths, energy drains, and market position. Define what "fulfilling and lucrative" specifically means for you. Deliverable: a personal Career Thesis.

    Phase 2 — Positioning & Strategy (Days 31–60)

    Translate the thesis into a market strategy—narrative, personal brand, target roles or opportunities, and comp strategy. Rework the story you tell about yourself. Deliverable: positioning assets + a targeted opportunity map.

    Phase 3 — Activation & Momentum (Days 61–90)

    Execution: outreach, negotiations, interviews, or internal moves—with real-time coaching. Build the leadership habits that sustain the change. Deliverable: active pipeline + a 12-month growth roadmap.

    What's Included

    • Bi-weekly 1:1 coaching sessions (6 total) — ~60–75 min each

    • Async support between sessions (Voxer/email) for live decisions

    • Assessments and frameworks drawn from ICF-credentialed executive coaching

    • Positioning, narrative, and comp-strategy toolkits

    • A tailored 12-month roadmap to carry momentum past day 90

    $9,500

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