In these turbulent and rapidly changing times, leading with resilience is a must-have skill for every business executive. But how do you do it, and where do you begin? Alicia Couri’s guest is Fran Dean-Bishop, founder and CEO of Aerobodies, whose mission is to help employers of all sizes immediately create energy and engagement in their workplace culture. In this episode, Fran discusses that you need to know your vision. What is the end you see in your mind? Work backward from there! Then outsource tasks you don’t like doing so you can continue to iterate, grow, pivot, and develop your business. Are you hungry for more? Tune in to this wisdom-studded episode with Fran and learn to lead your team with confidence and resilience!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

Outsourced teams have been around for some time, but COVID-19 has opened the eyes of more entrepreneurs to the benefits of working with virtual assistants. In this era of remote work, if you’re leading a virtual team and doing great, then it wouldn’t matter if your employees are from the US or the Philippines. In fact hiring teams from other countries can save you a lot of money because you’re taking advantage of the differences in pay rate. Having had success in outsourced eCommerce since 2015, Matthew Yahes has taken a shift in his career in 2020 by founding Extend Your Team, a company that connects remote workers to US businesses. Listen in as he makes the case for remote teams and shares his leadership philosophy on the show with Alicia Couri.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

Whenever you find yourself in the leader’s chair, it becomes all the easier to get overwhelmed by things and succumb to stress. What escapes many leaders is that the tools and resources they can use for stress relief are really just an arm’s reach away if they know where to look. Dr. Ellen Contente specializes in helping people find these tools for themselves, beat stress back and revive their audacious confidence to lead. She shares how she does this as she joins Alicia Couri for a little chat. Dr. Ellen also shares a bit about her leadership philosophy, which revolves around self-leadership, positivity and commitment to vision.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

Building leaders that lead with clarity and confidence is one of the challenges that has come to the fore during this era of remote work and virtual teams. It is now that Tara Powers’ expertise is needed the most. Tara is the founder of Powers Resource Center, an award-winning firm that has developed corporate training programs to Fortune 500 and mid-market companies for more than 20 years. Having worked with leaders and leadership things for most of her career, Tara has observed essential principles of audaciously confident leadership in action. Listen in as she shares some of these with Alicia Couri.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

Indeed, one of the requirements for success is commitment. Combine this with honesty, and you can never go wrong with your goals. Managing partner of SMB Networks, LLC Peter Verlezza talks with Alicia Couri about this leadership style centered on open communication, focusing more on positivity, and how he faced his shortcomings to become a better key player in his own team. Peter also discusses the dangers of cybercrime and the dark web, his concept of Touching People In Appropriate Ways, and some thoughts about his work as a part-time comedian.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

True leaders must not only focus on the positive goals alone but instead pay attention to the negative points as well. For a habitual complainer like Tonya McKenzie, that's the best way to conjure up the best solutions possible. The founder of Sand And Shores herself, Tonya talks with Alicia Couri about her leadership philosophy focused on finding problems in everything and how to address them, as well as her challenges in becoming the first African-American woman to hold several of the posts she was in. Tonya also gives us a peek into the life within the Witness Protection Program, how her past shaped her present attitude, and why being newsworthy is vital in leading.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

To gain much-needed confidence to lead, we must first look within ourselves. Before we can trust others, or even gain their trust, it is ourselves first that we need to trust. Coach James Allen joins Alicia Couri in discussing the importance of confidence in leadership by delving into his rough childhood and the personal pursuit of passion over necessity. They also talk about James' other endeavors, from his drumming career to his skydiving hobby. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

An internationally recognized name expert, Sharon Lynn Wyeth can determine the strengths, challenges, and the purpose of one's life by deciphering their name. On today’s show, Alicia Couri brings her on to talk about leadership and the clues you can find in your name to discover your leadership style. Sharon is a bestselling author and an international Neimology expert. She is known as the “name lady” for creating a system to know someone better by interpreting their name.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

There is a responsibility that comes along with influence. If you have influence, it means that people are looking to you for leadership. On today’s podcast, TeeJ Mercer joins Alicia Couri to talk about leadership. A reluctant leader, TeeJ eased into the role by learning how to be led. TeeJ is the Chief NoiseMaker of the Media Mavericks Academy. Nicknamed “The Walking Exclamation Point,” TeeJ has spent over two decades influencing the lives of millions through her storytelling for both behind and in front of the camera.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook

They say that experience is the best teacher, but how about teachers who have a lot of experience? If someone can help you walk the talk because they have done that very walk themselves, then you are in for the learning of your life. Entrepreneur Dr. Tyra Jones is a living example of this, and she always strives to lead by example rather than theories alone. In this episode, she joins Alicia Couri in looking back on how her teaching career eventually led to the formation of a consulting business, JA Consulting and Corporate Tax Solutions, by going out of her comfort zone, turning her weaknesses into her advantage, and embracing the biggest mistake of her life.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Leading With Audacious Community today:https://aliciacouri.com/Google PlusTwitterInstagramFacebook