The Courage of a Leader podcast is a Women in Podcasting Award Winner!
We are so honored to win this award in the business category! See all the winners here: https://womeninpodcasting.net/winners-2024/
BIG THANKS to our podcast production partner AmplifYou, ALL of our impressive and courageous guests, and to our amazing and loyal listeners.
We will continue to do the work of bringing you inspiring stories, real examples and practical guidance you can implement right away to improve your effectiveness and to demonstrate The Courage of a Leader!
The Courage of a Leader Podcast is where top leaders tell real stories about achieving extraordinary results and share practical advice and techniques you can immediately apply for your own success. This is where you will get inspired and take bold, courageous action.
Guests on The Courage of a Leader® are powerful, successful leaders who are passionate about authentic, engaging, difference-making leadership. Amy gets beyond the theory and dives deep with her guests about how things really work, so you walk away with tangible ideas to grow your influence, inspire your team, and get extraordinary results.
The podcast launched on February 22, 2022, and reached the top 75 in the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Philippines and The Netherlands within 3 days; and remains in the TOP 3% GLOBALLY. That’s exciting and enables us to reach more leaders.
Join us to step into the full power of your leadership and achieve what you care about most. Here’s where you’ll ignite The Courage of a Leader®!
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!
Welcome to this episode entitled: Find Peace in Leadership Storms: Top Podcast Fan Shares Her Most Powerful Secrets From Our Previous Guests. You’ll hear from Elisabeth Herbner, a dear friend, business owner and healthcare worker who helps people reach their goals in a variety of ways. I’m glad you’re here because you’re going to get the cliff notes from 3 previous episodes of The Courage of a Leader podcast, which provide important Ah Ha!s, and learn how you can create your own Ah Ha!s every day.
My guest on this episode, Jeanne Sparrow, is a 7-time Emmy-winning television host, radio personality on V103 Chicago, and a speaker and consultant who helps people and organizations find more success by delivering their unique, authentic value through visionary leadership and inspiring speaking. And, in this episode she provides transformative insights and practical guidance to do just that!! She does so in the form of 3 questions - she’s got 3 questions for everything - that you can easily answer for yourself and put into practice. I’m glad you’re here to listen and learn from Jeanne!
My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast, Dan Meek, gives us a simple, yet powerful and versatile framework for conversations that are valuable, productive and deepen relationships. Dan is the CEO of LIW, a leadership consultancy with a mission of democratizing leadership. You’ll enjoy our conversation about conversations. I’m glad you’re here!
Dr. Alison Miller is my guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast. You’ll really enjoy Alison’s practical, compassionate, caring, and brilliantly resourceful guidance for getting things done. And, Alison knows what she’s talking about! She has built 3 businesses from the ground up, and put her on guidance to the test and into practice every day.
My guest today on The Courage of a Leader podcast is Elizabeth Bachman. With a lifetime spent perfecting the art of presenting, Elisabeth helps high-level clients master a message that brings the funding they need, the allies they want, the results, they desire, and the recognition they deserve. I’m glad you’re tuning in to get Elizabeth’s practical guidance and examples that will help you elevate and strengthen your message.
LaTonya Wilkins is a credentialed coach, author of the book Leading Below the Surface, and sought after keynote speaker who has inspired audiences all over the world. She invites us all to do the real work and to get below the surface. I’m delighted LaTonya joined me on The Courage of a Leader podcast to share with us How to Avoid Biased Feedback and Create a Safe, Empowering Culture. You’ll definitely learn from how she thinks and talks about this topic.
My guest today is Carrie Beckstrom, the CEO of PowerSpeaking. Carrie is passionate about helping leaders and organizations develop powerful communication skills that inspire and get results. You’re going to be inspired and get results when you hear Carrie talk about how to enhance your executive presence.
This guest episode, “The Courage to Be an Inclusive Leader,” with Ellen Burton will give you concrete concepts and guidance to be the inclusive leader your team desires and deserves. Ellen is an international speaker on business issues which include workplace culture, diversity, equity and inclusive leadership. Ellen speaks about this nuanced topic in a clear, understandable, and accessible way. I’m glad you’re here to listen in!
Beth Ruske, Co-Founder of Tiara International – a leadership development consultancy – is an innovative strategic thinker who embodies a win/win approach in every situation. In this episode she shares with us practical, anyone-can-apply guidance and a specific tool we can use to improve our outlook and increase our influence. Get pen and paper ready, you’re going to want to take some notes!
Nancy Rizzuto is a Co-Founder of both Cap Strat and Cap Strat Women’s Forum. Nancy is a visionary. She’s clear about her purpose, and she shares with us in this episode about how to inspire others to live abundant and meaningful lives. I know you’ll be inspired by Nancy and who she is in our world.
So many leaders ask me: How do I get people excited about and ready for the new year? We've dealt with a lot this year. How do we re-group and re-energize to start the year off strong? In this episode, I'll share what it takes to inspire ourselves and our teams, and give you concrete guidance and examples of how to do so.
José Pires is a cross-industry Excellence and Innovation executive leader and advisor with extensive experience in a variety of industries. In this episode he clearly defines the traits and skills of a collaborative leader. You don’t want to miss this one! It’s packed with research and experienced-based guidance.
My guest Laura Berger, Founder and CEO of Berdeo Group. has spent 2+ decades coaching exceptional leaders into the C-suite and boardroom. Laura always has powerful concepts to share and illustrates them with real examples. In this episode she discusses how understanding how our brain works can make us exponentially more influential. You’ll love hearing from Laura.
My guest on today’s episode of The Courage of a Leader podcast is Tom Rosenak. Tom has a unique talent to bottom-line concepts and get to the heart of the matter, and express that in powerful descriptive ways. Glad you’re joining us to hear Tom discuss the #1 key to be the powerful leader your team deserves.
My guest today is Simon Bailey. He’s the Managing Director of LSP Leadership and is asking himself, and the leaders with whom he works, about regenerative leadership. He asks: What is society asking of you? What is the opportunity inside of your organization? What are you personally passionate about shifting and repairing? Listen in to this conversation to get inspired and get in action in the ways that are important to you.
My guest in this episode is Gary Danoff, a global leader at Google with a very diverse team and a Coach who works with people from different nationalities around the world. Gary is known for leading across generations with empathy, clear objectives, humor, and humanity – and he’s here to tell us how he does it. Gary always inspires me. I’m glad you’re here to listen in.
Sarah Victory of The Victory Company is an exceptional speaker, author of several books, coach, and consultant. She works with companies that want to double their business in 1 year or less. If you are a leader – at any level – looking to double your impact, you’re in the right place.
If you want practical guidance to retain talent, you’ve come to the right place! My guest today is Mary Lynn Fayoumi, CEO of HR Source. Mary Lynn shares talent retention strategies that you can immediately employ regardless of your team’s or your company’s size and makeup. Glad you’re here. You’ll enjoy listening to: Easy and Accessible Ways to Retain Top Talent!
My guest today has made herself a thought leader in the area of hybrid work. She has been a step ahead of most in the marketplace asking herself the questions for the next phase of work - always with an eye on caring for employees and clients. You'll enjoy hearing from and learning from Gloria Everett, President and CEO of The Mutual RRG.
My guest today is an inspiration. Barbara Best is clear about and focused on her purpose as co-founder of both Cap Strat and Cap Strat Women's Forum. She knows the difference she wants to make with business owners and professional women and fearlessly focuses herself and those around her.
Jim Ryan, the CEO of Flexera, is my guest on this episode. Jim has moved up in his career with intentionality and a great deal of self-awareness. He shares with us what it takes professionally – and personally – to step 100% into that next level of responsibility.
Pia Lee is an expert in the leadership of teams. And work in our world gets done through teams. In this episode, Pia shares with us how teams can take ownership and accelerate their success. Whether you’re a team member or a team leader, you don’t want to miss this one!
In this episode, my guest is Joey Vitale of The Business Growth Advantage. He shares with us universal truths about how to think like the best top-level leaders to achieve growth and extraordinary results.
The Courage of a Leader® 4 Pillars
the courage to be authentically you
the courage to say what needs
to be said
the courage to TRUST THE
LEGACY
A Summary of The Courage of a Leader® 4 Pillars
