The Courage of a Leader

Jennie Lopez is the author of the Intentional Unicorn, and she embodies fully the idea of bringing your whole self to work. She shares with us in this episode about why it’s important to bring your authentic self to work, and she gives us real examples about how to do so.

About the Guest:

Jennie López embodies "Bring Yourself to Work" in everything she does. She empowers diversity and engages employees and organizations to achieve new highs. Her superpower? Her authenticity! She realized that her strengths are a combination of her Latinx heritage, passions, and learnings from being a mom. 

Jennie is originally from Puerto Rico and moved to the US to complete her Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering. Her engineering career includes roles in Manufacturing & Quality and in the executive suite as Chief Operating Officer. Jennie is also an executive board member for the Organization of Latinx focusing on developing and accelerating Latinx talent at her company.

In parallel she has also found success in her dancing and fitness careers. Her experiences include: Back up dancer for artists like Julio Iglesias and Ednita Nazario, Superbowl Winning NFL Cheerleader, and Zumba Master Trainer.

After many years of working hard to hide her unicorn horn she realized that’s where magic takes place. She is now proud of being an intentional unicorn and empowers others to do the same.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/intentionalunicorn

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/intentionalunicorn

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@intentionalunicorn

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@intentionalunicorn

Website: www.intentionalunicorn.com

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results. 

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

How to Use What We Know About Neuroscience to Be Exponentially More Influential (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/how-to-use-what-we-know-about-neuroscience-to-be-exponentially-more-influential-with-laura-berger/

The Courage to Be An Inclusive Leader (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/the-courage-to-be-an-inclusive-leader-with-ellen-burton/

Innovative Ways You Can Create a More Sustainable World (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/innovative-ways-you-can-create-a-more-sustainable-world-with-simon-bailey/

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

Leadership Legacy:

https://courageofaleader.com/your-leadership-legacy/

Leadership Autobiography:

https://courageofaleader.com/LeadershipAutobiography/

Intentional Unicorn book:

https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Unicorn-authentic-thrive-career/dp/1733063595/

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Tune in next for an insightful conversation with many-time, best-selling author Karin Hurt on how to foster innovation and encourage people to step up and speak out!

Courtney Wright has made bold business moves throughout her career. In this episode, we discuss how she does it. How does she courageously and continuously take action that leads to impressive business results? You’ll learn that her secret to success is much more about what she believes and thinks, than what she does.

About the Guest:

Courtney Wright values helping people and believes in "the grind." An entrepreneur, podcast host, innovator, problem solver, wife, and mother, Wright wears many hats - the first of which goes on in the wee hours of the morning.

Wright founded CDW Merchants, the leading 3D visual retail displays and E-commerce gift packaging provider for the nation's top retailers including Kate Spade, Victoria’s Secret, and Club Monaco. In 2016, Courtney packaged CDW for the last time and sold it to Bunzl PLC (traded on the FTSE 100). That same year, Wright bought Gemini Builds It! and Showcase Acrylics, a leader in the framing, moulding, and custom display industry. 

As CEO, Wright quickly expanded their offerings to become a well-known name in E-commerce, Design, Corporations, Museums and Institutions, PPE and Healthcare, as well as the Hospitality and Events industries. She continues to look for organic growth opportunities through additional acquisitions. With her solid mix of entrepreneurial foresight, creativity, and hustle mentality, it was only natural that Wright would develop a platform to share her highly sought-after business advice.

The Ladyboss Podcast by Courtney Wright is a modern-day guide to business, offering listeners real conversations with other successful leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss failures, successes, and strategies.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfF7CdCQ7qoxIElkWSpiRQ

You can contact her at [email protected] or 847-417-5980.

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Tune in next for The Intentional Unicorn: Finding Strengths, Talents and Authenticity in Yourself and Your Team with best-selling author and inspiring speaker Jennie Lopez.

Today my guest is John Lanier, CEO of Middle Market Methods. You’ll immediately hear his passion for efficiency, effectiveness and creating value. I’m glad you’re here for our discussion on how to execute extremely well on true priorities. I know you’ll walk away with actionable ideas!

About the Guest:

John Lanier is CEO of Middle Market Methods (“M3”). He began his career in asset-based lending, to which he attributes valuable lessons in cash flow and working capital integrity. In the most recent 21 years, he has supported lower middle market portfolio companies of private equity sponsors.

M3 focuses on value-creating solutions covering strategy, growth, productivity, and people. The “resultancy” practice has logged over 500 deliverables for more than 170 portfolio companies for at least 65 private equity firms. John memorialized his methodology in a book entitled Value-Creation in Middle Market Private Equity. He also writes quarterly value-creation articles. John has a BBA in Finance from Georgia, an MBA from St. Leo, and a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent.

John and his wife of 43 years are proud parents of two awesomely accomplished daughters and their respective sons-in-law. The Lanier family avidly supports rescue dogs.

https://middlemarketmethods.com/

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

Start with Why by Simon Sinek

https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0609610570

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593239512

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Tune in next for How to Make Courageous Bold Moves in Your Business with my guest, Courtney Wright.

Mark Stiving is my guest today and he is a pricing expert. What does pricing have to do with The Courage of a Leader? It turns out, quite a lot!

The secret to effectively pricing your products and services is the same one leaders can use to clearly define and communicate the value of their teams’ work.

Are you intrigued? I was!

About the Guest:

Mark Stiving, PhD, MBA, is a widely recognized pricing expert and marketing pro who teaches companies how to boost revenues and realize their true value. With 25+ years’ experience in price segmentation, pricing product portfolios and visionary pricing, Mark’s analytical skills provide specific direction and quantifiable results. Sought after as a trusted advisor, Mark has consulted, trained and/or coached hundreds of companies including Cisco, Procter and Gamble, Grimes Aerospace, Splunk, and Crowdstrike.

Mark uses a creative but pragmatic approach to help large businesses and entrepreneurs untangle confusion about pricing. All businesses can benefit from Mark’s value-based pricing strategies to capture their true worth, from start-ups to seasoned enterprises.

Mark is an award-winning speaker and the author of Impact Pricing: Your Blueprint for Driving Profits and his latest book Win Keep Grow: How to Price and Package to Accelerate Your Subscription Business 

The best way to reach Mark is on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiving/ or via email [email protected]

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Resources mentioned in the episode

Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath - https://heathbrothers.com/books/made-to-stick/

Selling Value, How to Win More Deals at Higher Prices - https://impactpricing.com/books/

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Tune in next for The Profit Rainmaker: How to Execute Exceptionally Well on True Priorities with my guest, John Lanier.

My guest on today’s episode of The Courage of a Leader podcast is Megan Robinson, principal at E Leader Experience. Megan is talented at describing complex, nuanced, leadership concepts in accessible, simplified ways.

In this episode we discuss how to be an agile leader, and how agility is most effective when built on the foundation of knowing who you authentically are as a leader.

About the Guest:

Megan Robinson is the principal at E Leader Experience and works with individuals and teams to develop self-leadership skills that grow companies. She started her career in marketing moving her way through the corporate ladder at advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies before jumping into the entrepreneur pool. It was at that first company that Megan discovered that her true passion was the transformational process of coaching, and so she became a John Maxwell certified coach and DiSC Trainer.

In addition, Megan is the Past President of ATDChi the leading learning and development organization in Chicagoland. Inspired by her own successful career in corporate and entrepreneurial environments, Megan makes leadership approachable for everyone, regardless of title, position, or experience.

The best way for people to reach Megan is at [email protected]

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tritcak/

https://www.eleaderexperience.com/

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

How to Use What We Know About Neuroscience to Be Exponentially More Influential (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/how-to-use-what-we-know-about-neuroscience-to-be-exponentially-more-influential-with-laura-berger/

The Courage to Be An Inclusive Leader (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/the-courage-to-be-an-inclusive-leader-with-ellen-burton/

Innovative Ways You Can Create a More Sustainable World (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/innovative-ways-you-can-create-a-more-sustainable-world-with-simon-bailey/

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Tune in to our next episode, Value-Driven Growth: The Magic of Clarity to Create and Convey Success with guest Mark Stiving.

Welcome to the first podcast episode in our new series, Inspiring Leadership Lessons of Top athletes.

Our first guest in the series shares with us from the perspective of an athlete, she’s a 2-time Olympian, and as a coach, she is a National Basketball Coach of the Year.

Sherry Winn shares athlete mindsets and practices that can be translated to inspiring leadership the workplace.

About the Guest:

Sherry Winn is a Two-Time Olympian, National Basketball Coach of The Year, and Amazon Three-Time Best Selling Author. She is an in-demand internationally renowned speaker who frequently speaks for up to 14,000 people at a time including at companies such as StubHub, AnyTime Fitness, New York Life, Edward Jones, and Technicolor.

Sherry is known as a leader of leaders and a visionary of visionaries who has written five books including her newest book titled, Winning Leadership: Seven Secrets for Employee Champions and Sales Superstars.

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

Life Is in the Transitions, Mastering Change at Any Age by Brian Feiler: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life-is-in-the-transitions-bruce-feiler/1136403097

Winning Leadership, 7 Secrets to Being a Truly Powerful Leader by Sherry Winn:

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Leadership-Powerful-Building-Champions/dp/1506911064/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=90730ac7-80a0-4597-b0b2-d9ec12d2a80c

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Thanks so much for listening to The Courage of a Leader podcast! If you got inspired and/or got valuable leadership techniques you can use from this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share using the social media buttons on this page. 

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Tune in next for How to Gain the Extreme Power of Adaptive Agility for Leaders with e Leader Experience Founder Megan Robinson.

My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast is Kristen Crockett, a Coach, Consultant and Founder of Courageous Destiny. Her leadership legacy is supporting individuals to create their courageous destiny, a life they love that includes work they love.

I’m glad you’re here to learn how you can start creating your courageous destiny!

About the Guest:

Kristin Crockett's story began in corporate sales where she became one of the TOP level female sales executives earning a very nice 6-figure paycheck. She loved selling products and services she believed in 100%. 

Kristin is now on a mission to help over 10,000 women and beyond to discover their courageous self and purpose in life, increase wealth and health through her program "Courageous Destiny: Build a Business and Life You Love." Kristin is a transformer of people. Once she saw herself as a 'scardy cat' in life, and now she sees herself as 'unapologetically courageous' living her and helping others live their Courageous Destiny. Since launching Courageous Destiny(tm) Methodology, her business has thrived but more importantly the female executives, business owners and entrepreneurs she has served reach their wealth and health goals while falling head over heels in love with their business and lives.

She is the founder and visionary of "Courageous Destiny" group and private coaching programs and the Courageous Destiny(tm) Podcast.

The best way to contact her is via email at [email protected]

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays. 

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Links mentioned in the podcast

Your Leadership Legacy: https://courageofaleader.com/your-leadership-legacy/

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for listening to The Courage of a Leader podcast! If you got inspired and/or got valuable leadership techniques you can use from this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share using the social media buttons on this page. 

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Visit us next on Tuesday, July 18 for our first episode in our new podcast series Inspiring Leadership Lessons of Top Athletes as I talk with Sherry Winn – 2 time Olympian, National Basketball Coach of the Year and Leadership Coach – about how to translate sports strategies to the workplace to teach us how to expand, be bold and achieve unprecedented results.

In this episode, you will have the pleasure of hearing from Orvel Ray Wilson as we translate his lessons learned from leading a volunteer orchestra into valuable guidance for leaders who are working to influence across their organizations without direct authority.

About the Guest:

Today’s guest is an award-winning professional speaker, executive coach, and best-selling author of 6 of the legendary Guerrilla Marketing business books, spanning 57 titles, translated into 62 languages, and with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide.

Since 1980, he’s been helping people just like you learn how to get the edge they need to win in today’s competitive marketplace. He’s presented keynotes, workshops and seminars in hundreds of cities, in 47 countries, and all around the world. He holds the highest level of certification recognized by the professional speaking industry, the “Certified Speaking Professional.” And he’s been voted one of the world’s “Top 5 Sales and Marketing Speakers” a record 5 years straight. After 40 years on the international speaking circuit, he now coaches experts into authorities into thought leaders who deliver their unique message to the world.

You may reach at [email protected] or 303-517-0866.

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Links mentioned in the episode

https://flatironsjazzorchestra.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@Flatironsjazzorchestra

Thanks for listening!

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Tune in next for Courageous Destiny: Build the Ultimate Vision for Your Work and Life with my guest, Kristin Crockett.

My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast is David Johnson. David has a 20-year track record of driving organizational change. He's a turnaround expert, and often turnarounds bring with them negative connotation - harsh realities, lost jobs, and cutthroat decision making.

You'll, however, find that David is different, and I know you'll appreciate his unique perspectives and pragmatic advice for How to Go From Visionary to Change Agent to Triumphant.

About the Guest:

David Johnson, founder and managing partner of Abraxas Group, has a 20-year track record of driving organizational change. David has served as interim executive or financial advisor to dozens of middle market companies in transition.

Throughout his career, David has demonstrated a commitment to thought leadership, with numerous speaking engagements and articles on the topics of change management, performance improvement, restructuring and turnaround to his credit.

David received his MBA from the University of Chicago and completed his undergraduate studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

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Tune in next for Mastering the Art of Influence: How to Lead without Authority with my guest, Orvel Ray Wilson. You’ll hear a fascinating and instructional discussion about how Orvel Ray’s lessons learned from leading a volunteer 18-person orchestra can translate to every leader’s daily efforts to inspire, engage and achieve results through people.

You heard from Elisabeth Herbner in the last episode, as she shared some of the wisdom she’s gotten from previous guests on The Courage of a Leader podcast. That was a nice way to underscore pragmatic, universal and extremely valuable insights and guidance we’ve heard.

In this episode, Elisabeth shares guidance from her yoga practice, and the real-life examples of how she and others have put it into play to best serve themselves. 

Play along, and as you listen, identify what’s most important for you to practice at work and in your life, and identify how to do so.

Practice your own wisdom for improved satisfaction and results!

About the Guest:

Elisabeth Herbner has been helping people reach their goals since studying health and wellness in college. She owns a small business teaching yoga where she is fulfilling her purpose of bringing peace, light and love into the world. Elisabeth has worked with a wide variety of clients from professional athletes to librarians. In 2014, she actively chose to step down from people leadership and full time fitness to start working in health care. Over her multiple careers, she has found her favorite role is support and cheerleader, which she learned from her biggest fan, her mom.

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results. 

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy

The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration

The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community

The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/

Link mentioned in the podcast

The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for listening to The Courage of a Leader podcast! If you got inspired and/or got valuable leadership techniques you can use from this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share using the social media buttons on this page.

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If you would like to get automatic updates of new The Courage of a Leader podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.

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Tune in next for unique perspectives and pragmatic advice for How to Go From Visionary to Change Agent to Triumphant with David Johnson. You’ll appreciate the way he approaches business turnaround efforts!