Chelsea Husum is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who helps leaders build high-trust teams in high-performance environments. Her work centers on vulnerability and human-centered leadership — equipping organizations to strengthen communication, increase psychological safety, and drive results without sacrificing accountability.

An award-winning construction company founder in a male-dominated industry, Chelsea blends real-world business experience with research-backed leadership insights and powerful storytelling. She speaks from lived leadership — not theory — challenging outdated models that equate strength with silence and control.

Her signature keynote, The Vulnerability Advantage: How Human-Centered Leaders Build High-Trust Teams, equips leaders with practical tools to improve alignment, reduce communication breakdowns, and create cultures where people perform at their best because they feel safe enough to be real.

Chelsea’s work has been featured in Business Insider, NBC, CBS, FOX, and Yahoo! Finance. She is the bestselling author of Real Vibes Only and host of the podcast Lip Service & Lashes, where she explores leadership, resilience, and designing a life that feels good — not just one that looks successful.

What sets Chelsea apart is simple: she doesn’t romanticize vulnerability — she operationalizes it. Drawing from boardrooms, jobsites, and lived adversity, she shows leaders how trust becomes a strategic advantage — not a soft skill.

Her mission is clear: help leaders build cultures where people show up fully, communicate clearly, and perform at a higher level — because trust isn’t weakness. It’s leverage.