About BRAVE PROXMITY
The future of leadership isn’t louder direction.
It’s braver proximity.
Business is changing faster than most leaders are willing to admit.
As more and more performance and technology steps in, something essential keeps breaking down. Human Connection.
BRAVE PROXIMITY is what happens when leaders stop avoiding the human side of business and start building genuine connection with themselves, their people, and the truth sitting right in front of them.
Because here’s what’s real: being more human is no longer optional. It’s the way forward.
Growth doesn’t come from control, perfection, or polished messaging. It comes from proximity - the courage to stay close when it would be easier to look away. And when leaders do that, something shifts.
Connection replaces avoidance, courage replaces chaos, and transformation becomes possible - not as a program or a strategy on the shelf, but as a lived experience inside the organization.
Marissa Green and Susan Page blend decades of management experience across strategy execution, leadership development, learning, culture, and large-scale transformation.
Together, they help leaders and organizations leverage human connection to bridge the gap between ambitious goals and sustainable performance.
Brave Proximity is for the leaders and organizations who are ready to step into what’s next, navigate rapid change with curiosity, and lead in ways that bring them closer to themselves and the people they’re responsible for.
Who we are
Future-forward, human leaders with the foresight to help you move with brave proximity toward the real truths holding your people, and your business, back.
Susan Page
Founder, HostSusan is a seasoned leader known for building distinctive cultures and high-performance environments. With more than two decades in Life Sciences, her expertise spans sales leadership, corporate learning, leadership development, performance management, and talent strategy. Her ability to coach through authentic connection and transparent conversation has earned industry recognition, including a Brandon Hall Award for learning programs supporting organizational transformation.
Founder, HostMarissa Green
Marissa has spent over 20 years helping organizations bring strategies, transformations, acquisitions, and large-scale change to life. Her work centers on helping employees connect everyday actions to organizational purpose and goals through human-centered communication and experiences. After studying what works and what quietly wastes time, money, and trust, her insight is clear: without real human connection, even the best strategies fail.