At Vitale & Company, we help organizations unlock the leadership behaviors, team dynamics, and cultural systems that fuel performance—through trust.
Our expertise lives at the intersection of strategy, emotional intelligence, and values-based execution. We partner with companies across industries to define leadership standards, design high-impact development experiences, and address the root causes of misalignment, low ownership, and disengagement.
What sets us apart is our ability to build trust that drives change. With a human-centered approach, we create alignment, earn commitment, and deliver outcomes that last. We’re not here to run workshops—we’re here to shape leaders, strengthen culture, and accelerate your organization’s ability to move further, faster—together.
Transforming Leaders. Elevating Cultures.
Strategic advisory and tailored development programs that create lasting impact at every level.
Speaking That Ignites Change.
Engaging talks designed to move leaders beyond perfectionism into confidence, trust, and action.
The Formula for High Trust Leadership.
Trust Catalyst™ is Vitale & Company’s signature development experience—equipping leaders to operationalize trust and unlock sustainable performance.
Vitale Buford Hardin is a transformational leader, nationally recognized speaker, and the visionary CEO of Vitale & Company. With two decades of experience revolutionizing corporate culture and individual performance, Vitale is not your typical consultant—she’s a trailblazer. She has led three groundbreaking university research studies uncovering the pervasive grip of perfectionism in today’s organizations. Her work spans industries and leadership levels, helping executives and teams build cultures where trust is a measurable advantage.
Vitale’s journey isn’t just about corporate results—it’s about personal transformation. Overcoming her own battles with perfectionism and addiction fueled her drive to write her 2020 memoir, Addicted to Perfect, become an iPEC-certified executive coach, and inspire thousands as a nationally featured speaker.
Vitale delivers high-impact culture change initiatives, strategic advisory, custom trainings, and performance coaching. She equips leaders with the tools to quiet perfectionism, elevate self-trust, deepen emotional intelligence, and build high-trust, high-performance cultures that last.
When she’s not leading change inside organizations, you’ll find her in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband and two sons. Vitale’s favorite things? Fleetwood Mac, M&M Blizzards, early mornings, and walk-and-talks with friends.