I help individuals and organizations name the manipulative power dynamics beneath “professional culture,” unlearn the performance scripts they’ve been forced to survive by, and reclaim leadership rooted in clarity, presence, and truth.

Toxic cultures within "the undercover workplace" and unchecked behavior don’t just hurt morale - they cost time, talent, and trust.

If you’re ready to lead differently, you’re in the right place.

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Welcome.

Icola Consulting is a leadership and organizational development practice that exposes the unspoken, the manipulative, and the performative dynamics that silently shape modern workplaces - the "undercover workplace".

My work centers around helping people and systems break free from the psychological traps of professionalism, power games, manipulation, and image management to create environments where clarity, truth, and presence lead the way.

Here, you’ll find practical tools, coaching, and training designed to help you create a culture where accountability, respect, and well-being *for everyone* come first. These tools and trainings will help you measure, name, and address the systemic and leadership habits causing burnout, turnover, and disengagement.

Whether you’re a leader, HR professional, or someone who’s experienced workplace harm, my mission is to help you shift from surviving in toxic dynamics to building environments where people can truly thrive.

Who I Help

Indivduals

You’ve spent your career performing strength, shrinking complexity, and managing others’ perceptions just to stay “professional.”

You’ve been praised for your resilience—but rarely recognized for your truth.

You’re not lost. You’re over-filtered.

I create tools and spaces for brilliant, values-driven leaders—especially Black women and women of color—who are done shrinking.

Together, we unlearn performance, interrupt survival scripts, and rebuild your presence from the inside out.

Because your clarity deserves to take up space.
And your brilliance isn’t too much. It’s real.

Resources

Organizations

Most workplace cultures don’t break people with cruelty.

They do it through subtle silencing, projection, performance-based safety, and social norms that reward survival over presence.

I help organizations—and the people inside them—move from performance to alignment, from lip service to actual culture shift.

If you’re tired of surface-level training and want to do the work that truly transforms, let’s talk.

Hi! I'm Nicole.

Thanks for stopping by.

I didn’t get into this work through theory or textbook models (only).

I got here by surviving - and watching others survive -cultures that rewarded conformity, performance while punishing clarity and calling it professionalism.

So, I decided to be the change I wanted to see.

Now, I help individuals and organizations recognize and disrupt the survival patterns that masquerade as culture -and rebuild the foundation through presence, clarity, and truth.

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