About Us
Do Better Consulting continues to evolve alongside the work.
Desiree and team are expanding their advisory footprint with founders and startups, deepening their work with senior talent leaders, and building a broader platform for honest conversations about careers and hiring. Desiree is also the co-host of Talentless, a podcast that challenges how the talent industry talks about leadership, recruiting, and the future of work — with intelligence, humor, and zero fluff.
The goal isn’t to be everything to everyone.
It’s to do meaningful work, with the right people, in the moments that matter.
If you’re ready for clear thinking, real experience, and conversations that actually move things forward, you’re in the right place.
Do Better Consulting was founded by Desiree Goldey, a talent leader and advisor with deep, hands-on experience across startups, agencies, and enterprise environments.
Desiree has spent her career building teams, fixing broken hiring systems, advising founders, and helping professionals translate non-linear experience into clear, compelling career narratives. She is often brought in when the stakes are high, timelines are tight, and there’s no room for generic advice.
The approach is direct, strategic, and grounded in reality. Sometimes that means zooming out to reset the strategy. Other times, it means naming the uncomfortable truth, holding things back.
Do Better Consulting is her platform for action—a place where strategies are devised and passionately implemented to create environments where everyone can thrive. Her approach is direct and challenging yet infused with humor and sarcasm, making the message heard, felt, and acted upon. Desiree doesn't just aim to consult; she aspires to inspire, to kindle a fire of change in every leader and organization she works with.
Through Do Better Consulting, Desiree Goldey leverages her extensive background, unwavering passion, and innovative strategies to empower leaders, reimagine hiring processes, and sculpt corporate cultures that are genuinely inclusive and equitable. She is not just the founder of Do Better Consulting; she is its heartbeat, driving it forward with the conviction that we can all do better and must.
Do Better Consulting is a talent and career advisory built for people and companies who want honest guidance, not performative solutions.
We work with job seekers navigating complex career decisions, founders building early and growth-stage teams, and talent leaders who need clarity before making their next move. Our work sits at the intersection of careers, recruiting, leadership, and go-to-market strategy — because in real life, those things are never separate.
This is not theoretical consulting. It’s practical, experience-backed advisory focused on outcomes..
Who We Are
The Work (and the Difference)
Not a Firm. Not a Formula.
Do Better Consulting isn’t a large firm, a packaged framework, or a volume-based coaching operation.
It’s intentionally small, senior-led, and relationship-driven. Every engagement is shaped around the real context of the work — the people involved, the market dynamics, and the tradeoffs that actually matter.
We don’t believe progress comes from buzzwords or one-size-fits-all solutions. It comes from clarity, accountability, and doing the work differently than it’s been done before.
Desiree was named one of the Top 2024 HR Innovators by Pillar and has appeared on numerous podcasts, done numerous conferences and workshops and is an author.
