Global Soul. Entrepreneur. Speaker. Coach. Author.
Ariane writes, coaches and speaks frequently on issues of personal and professional change, the next leadership frontier, the personal revolution needed in parallel to the AI revolution, founder and entrepreneurship challenges and the topic of wellness in business.
She has spoken and coached at companies such as Google, Twitter, Morgan Stanley, The IDB, KPMG, L’Oreal, Amazon, Nestle and Redbull amongst others. She has also been a keynote at events including Oprah’s Conference, Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference, the Multimillion Dollar Roundtable (MDRT) and other international conferences. Her ‘9 Principles of Change’ Workshop has become a cornerstone of her teachings and has received rave reviews.
She currently coaches unicorn founders and CEO’s, venture capital partners across the US and Europe, C-suite executives in both private and public companies and a few athletes.
She has written articles for media outlets, including Fast Company, Business Week, Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Yahoo, Advertising Age, Psychology Today, the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and Reader’s Digest, among others. She has also been written about in Forbes and USA Today.
Ariane grew up in 6 countries across 3 continents. With a degree in economics and international relations from the London School of Economics at the age of 19, Ariane began her professional career at The Boston Consulting Group, working in over a dozen countries. After an MBA from Stanford University, she moved to New York, working with media companies Bertelsmann and Sony. In 2000, she joined Time Warner as the Managing Director of a new $500 million digital-media venture fund.
She now focuses on leadership and life skills, change and transition, wellness, peak performance, and is an active coach and advisor to businesses of all sizes.
She founded and was CEO and Chief Change Optimist of First30Days.com, a New York City-based media company focused on guiding people through all types of changes. She is the co-creator of a multiple award-winning game with her son, Everest, called KidQuest, the author of several books, including the three children’s books Giggles and Joy and the most recently published Spirit Mama: A More Conscious Journey Through Motherhood.
Ariane has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows, including NBC’s Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN and ABC News Now. Ariane’s book, entitled “The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier,” was published by Harper Collins and reached the bestseller list. The book has now been translated into over a dozen languages.
Ariane has spoken at, amongst others, the following companies:
She was selected to be a TED Resident in NYC in 2018, exploring various media initiatives to teach life skills to young children, resulting in her TED Talk, The skills we need to teach our kids.
Her most recent work involves leading the Executive Women’s Leadership Program for Union Square Ventures (USV) in NYC, a six-month program for startup executives looking at personal transformation and life skills. She also leads virtual workshops for several of her clients on issues of peak performance and productivity, goal setting, wellness and preventing burnout and adapting to the new technology landscape.
An accomplished athlete, her pursuits have included competitive swimming, ski instruction, and running a series of marathons and triathlons. This adventurous spirit also led to reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro and accompanying a group of students to Antarctica. Ariane’s experiences were part of the movie, The Highest Pass, a motorcycle journey through the highest roads in the Himalayas.
She currently lives in New York City with her husband, Alfie and her son, Everest
