Imagine a tag on LinkedIn from your new CEO that makes you cry. But good tears!
By The Kayla Kurtz · October 14, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Imagine a tag on LinkedIn from your new CEO that makes you cry. But good tears! Call me emotional. Don’t care. Here’s why...
What Laura didn’t know about our interview day was this kind of agility was exactly what I was craving - personally, but especially professionally.
Earlier this year I felt like my career was ready for a shift. I wanted the energy back in what makes me love sales (process improvement + differentiation development + coaching), and I didn’t feel my role at home as a bonus human had the room to thrive, either.
At the behest of Adam Scholtes I built an Ideal Job Profile (we think ICPs all the time, why not IJPs for ourselves?! Legit huge advice I’ve given so many people since, AS. Thank you!). A few things stood out, based on 15 years in agency biz dev:
📈 Growth: I like a challenge, not conservative goals. ‘Shoot for the moon and you’ll land among the stars’ sort of approach.
🧗♂️ Leadership: Agency leadership is largely male dominated, and my thesis is that more balance at the decision-making table leads to more consistent results. I wanted to work for a female founder/CEO next.
💞 Vibe: A lot of teams talk the talk, but few are ready to get $h!t done while also reducing the 'hustle culture' mentality. Show me collaboration. Show me balance. Show me cool people I wouldn’t mind getting stuck in an airport with.
I found those things and more in Laura Meyer & Envision Horizons and as I wrap up today (day 30!!), I can tell you my intuition was right.
As Laura pointed out, I have to thank Chloe Wilson & Steve Levitt for having the intuition (read: experience) to find me and drop me into this opportunity, and Courtney Muller for driving the process. I couldn’t be happier at EH. Reasons why...(another list!):
💥 We started 2027 strategy development last month. Leadership is all in. I joined at the perfect time to have real impact on next year.
💥 This team is awesome. Both my sales squad (Katharine Johnson, MBA & Matt Koski have welcomed me with open arms and I’m immensely grateful!) and client services (wait until you see our Prime Big Deal Day wrap-up later this week). We're hiring, BTW. Link in comments.
💥 I was brought in to juice our outbound and we’ve wasted no time. Over a dozen nurture sequences ready to launch, new ops infrastructure for efficient & consistent sales cycles rolling out...did I mention it’s only day 30?!
This is definitely a shift toward more of a B2C landscape than I’ve been a part of in the past, but this energy was exactly what I wanted. We’re about to lean in hard where this team is truly innovating in a land of agencies who say they are.
Ecomm is growing. We’re growing with it.
I’m going to shut up, but one last thank you for my person - Joshua M.. He’s always in my corner, but especially when making a big change like this, I’m appreciative of his ongoing support and cheering me on throughout. 🫶
Ok. Time to get back to work. 🫡