Live True.
Lead Bold.
Love the Journey.

Authenticity | Impact | Adventure

Liesel D’Souza

Leadership Mentor + Business Strategist + Life Enthusiast

Empowering professionals, leaders & businesses
to lead and live authentic, aligned and alive,
so success feels as good as it looks.

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Because the world needs more people, leading and living…

…authentically, aligned and truly alive

Whether you’re an ambitious professional, purpose-led business leader navigating change, growth, or uncertainty - I help you realign to your path, shifting from autopilot to authenticity, and connecting your story with strategy …

… to empower you to live and lead with clarity, confidence and impact.

Choose the path that’s right for you.

Find Clarity | For Individuals
Create Impact | For Businesses

Who we are is, how we lead
- Brene Brown

Leadership begins within.

It’s not just what you do.
It’s who you are.

This begins with self-leadership.
How we lead ourselves, starts with how we lead our self. With awareness, clarity of values, and the courage to act, you create impact
A ripple effect of trust and connection.

When you reconnect to your truth.
Align your actions to what matters.
Everything shifts.

Autopilot becomes authenticity.
Complexity turns to clarity.
Confusion transforms into calm.

Whether you’re seeking direction in life, momentum in your career, or realignment in business - I can help you build clarity, confidence with calm for meaningful impact.

This is why I do this work: to help you lead as your authentic self.

And create a life and career,
that feels aligned - and truly alive.

The world needs more authentic leaders.
It starts with you.

Are you ready to reclaim your leading role?
I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.

About Me

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About Me ~

I’m Liesel D’Souza

Leadership Mentor and Coach,
Business Strategist and Life Enthusiast.

As a Seeker, Strategist and Space Holder. My mission is to empower others to create meaningful impact that lights up, from the inside out.

I bring together two decades of corporate leadership and business transformation with a deep passion for personal growth, adventure, and authentic living.

Three threads that shaped my journey:

Adventure gave me courage.
Ambition gave me purpose.
Authenticity gave me freedom.

These same pillars now shape how I guide others. Blending strategy with self, numbers with narratives, and frameworks with lived wisdom.

Ready for an adventure? Together we can shape your path of clarity, alignment and meaningful impact to lead from what lights you up.

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My Story Pillars

Three threads that shaped my path.

Adventure

Joyful Growth

From moving countries to walking the Camino - adventure inspires my growth.

I bring this energy by helping you embrace change with curiosity, adaptability, and a sense of joy in the unknown.

Ambition

Meaningful Impact

As a MBA-qualified Chartered Accountant and business leader, ambition drive results.

I now channel this drive to align vision with values, to create meaningful impact that connects strategy with structure for sustainable success.

Authenticity

The Compass

Pausing to reconnect with my truth brought freedom.

Now I hold space for others to lead with integrity and alignment, so success is based on what matters and feels good.

These threads weaved through my personal and professional worlds.

From adventure… that led to a path of authenticity. That can transform yours too.

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Why Now?

Your Future Starts Today

Feeling the nudge, restlessness, the call for change?
That’s your truth speaking.

There has never been a better time to choose authenticity.

The world is moving fast - with it comes opportunity to lead with clarity, alignment and truth.

Every transition is an opening. A chance to reset, to realign and to shape the future on your own terms. 

The best time to begin is always now. I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.

Start Your Next Chapter

You already hold the answers.


What you need is space to pause, reflect and realign, a guide who’s walked the path.

I won’t tell you what to do.
Instead, I bring two decades of corporate leadership blended with lived wisdom - offering honest reflections, structured approach, and grounded guidance to help you see differently and step forward with clarity and confidence.

Together, we step into your next chapter.
So success is sustainable, meaningful
… and truly yours.

Work with Me

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Work with Me ~

Find Clarity | For Individuals
Create Impact | For Businesses

Individuals | Partner in Accountability

Find clarity and authentic alignment

For mid-career professional or business leader at a crossroads or navigating change — feeling stuck, burnt out, or unsure on what’s next — I help you move beyond the “shoulds” and misalignment, to step powerfully into your next chapter with clarity, courage, and authentic success.

Through a coaching journey grounded in authentic leadership and the adventure mindset, we’ll work together to:

  • Clarify what authentic and aligned leadership looks like for you

  • Redefine success on your own terms

  • Build resilience and confidence in decision-making

  • Develop values, boundaries & self-compassion leadership tools

  • Navigate career or life transitions with courage and support

Coaching and mentoring is not a one-size fits all.

I offer various ways to work together to best support your needs.

Book your free discovery call to discuss your needs today.

Client Words

On the verge of burnout, I now feel in control and content with my path. Liesel guided me to so many 'aha' moments. She held space and perservered with me, I am very grateful.

- Senior Finance Manager

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Businesses | Partner in Performance

Create impact with clarity and structure.

I partner with organisations to transform strategy into results. With two decades of experience across finance, strategy, and leadership, I bring commercial acumen, strategic clarity, and people-first leadership to support growth and transformation.

Together, we connect stories with strategy for authentic impact:

  • Strategic planning & execution

  • Commercial finance & ROI modelling

  • Business cases and investment analysis

  • Data storytelling for boards and teams

  • Interim or fractional leadership

I help connect the complex to clarity, with strategy, story and structure.

Let’s Connect and see how I can support you.

Client Words

I was impressed with Liesel, she hit the ground running and was able to proactively manage conflicting priorities in a resource constrained team.

- General Manager, Finance (Global FMCG)

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Need both? I’ve got you.

I also work with conscious leaders in blended or customised engagements, offering a strategic sounding board and space to reflect, recalibrate, and realign.

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…your next adventure awaits.

I would love to support you…

Your authentic power awaits.

If you’re ready to lead with clarity, courage, and truth.

I’d be honoured to walk alongside you back to your authentic self.

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