Women leading together – Illiana Montauk

Two women. Two very different perspectives on leading. One powerful partnership. Iliana Montauk and her co-founder Leila don’t lead by matching each other they lead by expanding together. Iliana opens up about the real work behind co-leading as women: navigating emotional energy, bridging leadership styles, and building unshakable trust even in moments of conflict.

Listen to this episode to learn:

# how different communication styles can coexist and elevate a team
# how space for feelings protects one of a startup’s most critical resources: founder energy
# how mutual respect, not sameness, is the foundation for resilient co-leadership

This conversation is a blueprint for leading together as co-founders, collaborators, and changemakers working in high-stakes, high-emotion environments and for anyone who’s been told women can’t lead together without falling apart. Iliana and Leila prove otherwise.