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10 Years. Hundreds of Women Executives + Rising Leaders.

be heard leadership voice May 20, 2026
 

Ten years ago, I started The Zone Lab with one core belief:

Women’s voices matter, and it’s important now more than ever for these voices to be heard, valued, respected, and taken action on.

Over the last ten years, I’ve had the privilege of working side by side with hundreds of women executives and I’ve reached more than 100,000 leaders through mastermind cohorts, speaking engagements, books, podcast and my Fearless Female Leadership enterprise digital curriculum. Even writing that number feels surreal because behind every number is a person. A difficult conversation. A high-stakes decision. A moment where someone chose courage over self-doubt.

And while many people know The Zone Lab through leadership development and executive coaching, there is another part of this journey that means deeply to me.

Over the last several years, The Zone Lab has partnered with Girl Up Initiative Uganda to fund full educational scholarships for young girls to attend the best boarding schools in Uganda and keep supporting them until they go to college or start their own business. Some are studying to become doctors. Others are launching businesses and stepping into leadership roles within their communities. 

One girl can change the trajectory of generations.

The same is true inside organizations. When women are fully supported, fully empowered, and fully seen, and know how to influence, especially when the stakes are high, the ripple effect extends far beyond one individual leader.

This milestone has also reminded me how important partnership is behind the scenes.

For the last ten years, my husband Scott has helped lead the marketing, visibility strategy, content, and operational foundation behind The Zone Lab. Much of what people experience through this community would not exist without his creativity, consistency, and belief in this mission. I am incredibly grateful.

And most of all, I am grateful for you.

Whether you joined this community recently or have been part of it from the beginning, thank you for allowing me to be part of your leadership journey. Thank you for trusting me with your stories, your growth, and your goals.

We are just getting started.

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There is so much ahead, and I cannot wait to continue building it together.

If I can support you, your team, or your organization in any way, simply schedule a time here.

Cheering you on always,
- Sheryl

By Sheryl Kline, M.A. CHPC

Certified High-Performance Coach | Mental Toughness & High-Performance Strategist for Female Leaders | Best-Selling Author | CEO & Founder, The Zone Lab, LLC

Sheryl Kline has spent 25+ years building Olympic-level confidence and FBI-grade negotiation strategies for world-class athletes, Olympians, and some of the most prolific female executives in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and across the country. Her proven frameworks in clarity, confidence, strategic influence and impact (Fearless Female Leadership Framework) have been deployed inside Fortune 100 and 500 companies including Google Ventures, Microsoft, Oracle, Schnitzer Properties, Autodesk, Capital One, Pixar, VMware, Bank of America, and State Street Global Advisors to name a few.

Hands-On Experience: Sheryl has personally coached hundreds of executives, team leaders, and emerging female leaders through high-stakes negotiations, career transitions, and performance under pressure. She has led mental toughness and high-performance workshops at organizations like Structured Finance Association, WIT Network, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, SHRM, CREW Network, Women in Cloud, and Jabra.

Credentials: M.A. degree holder and Certified High-Performance Coach (CHPC). Creator of the Fearless Female Leadership Journey enterprise digital curriculum and the proprietary frameworks including the ADD Emotional Agility Blueprint, Visual Optimization methodology, and the ZONED IN mental toughness system.

Published Work: Best-selling author of ZONED IN: The Mental Toughness Required for a World-Class YOU and The Fearless Female Leader: A Proven Process to Speak Up, Be Heard, and Have an Even Greater Impact. Speaker, mastermind cohort leader, and panelist for women's leadership organizations nationwide.

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