The Courage To Lead

Through many adventures over the decades, Dea Irby, TEDx speaker, and award-winning author, has learned that building community is the most valuable aspect of leadership. She is on a mission to share her message of belonging and to encourage her clients to CLAIM their employees. Dea has been married to her retired pastor husband for almost 50 years, and has 8 grown children and 19 grandchildren. Y...

Brian Will is a Serial Entrepreneur and an industry-leading Business and Sales Management Consultant. During his career, Brian has created or co-created seven very successful companies in four different industries. These companies were worth over half a billion dollars at their peak. Currently, Brian owns a chain of restaurants in the Atlanta area as well as a Real Estate company and sits on the C...

Ken Rusk is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and blue-collar advocate showing that there’s no degree required for comfort, peace, and freedom. Ken spent his younger years digging ditches and working in construction. He never went to college. Instead, he made goals, planned, and worked hard for thirty years. Now, Ken is a very successful entrepreneur with multiple businesses and revenue streams...

Nia Dara, mother of two, a work-from-home mama-preneur, and a newbie standup comic. Nia has made it her mission to empower people by helping them to tap into their passion, creativity, and joy. Nia guides them in building online businesses that give them the ability to serve and uplift their communities while defining their own journey into the wild world of online entrepreneurship. Nia is the Fou...

Jordan Willshear is an experienced high-performance career coach with a passion for helping Millennials reach their full potential in the workforce. Jordan’s mission is to empower professionals to never feel the shame of failure, to excel as a teammate and leader, and secure promotions and pay raises. With his tailored approach, Jordan works closely with each of his clients to help them develop th...

Shawn Johnson is the “Strategist for Generational Inclusion”. She is an infectious Speaker, Trainer, and Consultant, whose passion is working with leaders to encourage inclusive collaboration between various generations. Her message is inspired by her own experience growing up in a four-generation family business. She is also inspired by her millennial children and their friends. Shawn has worked...

Steven Pemberton is a kingdom-led entrepreneur who has generated over $3M in revenue on E-commerce platforms. His mess has become his message. His journey from losing everything in 2015 to 7-figure business owner continues to inspire others daily. Steven now helps coaches, authors, and business leaders get in front of their ideal customers to accelerate their impact through a system called “CHALLE...

Tina Greenbaum works with executives who want to increase their performance level in high stakes, high-pressure situations. An Optimal Performance Specialist and Sports Psychology Consultant, Tina’s signature program, Mastery Under Pressure empowers leaders and their teams using cutting-edge technology, neuroscience, energy psychology, sports psychology, and current learning theory. In addition to...

Yvette Durazo is the author of the book Conflict Intelligence (Conflict-IQ™) The Missing Piece to Turbocharge Leaders’ and Organizations’ Emotional Intelligence. She is the principal consultant of Unitive Consulting, a workplace organizational effectiveness, strategic conflict management, and leadership development firm.  Yvette brings innovative techniques to promote a positive workplace culture...

Jon Rennie is a business leader, bestselling author, speaker, and podcaster. He is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Peak Demand Inc., a manufacturer of critical components for electrical utilities. He is a former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer who made seven deployments during the end of the Cold War. Prior to starting Peak Demand, Jon led eight manufacturing businesses for three global com...

Bernadette Boas is a renowned ball of fire in everything she does, from her corporate executive coaching, training, and speaking, to playing pickleball, and loving on tons of dogs that she cares for in her free time. Within Ball of Fire Coaching, Bernadette brings her twenty-five-year corporate executive savviness with her entrepreneurial spirit to transforming the lives of corporate executives, t...

Sean Weisbrot is an American entrepreneur, investor, and advisor who lived in Asia for 14 years. After getting a degree in Psychology, he bought a one-way ticket to China at the age of 22. He lived in China for 10 years and taught himself to be fluent and literate in Mandarin at the business level. He started multiple businesses in Asia, including an agency that sold $15M in services in 18 months....

Faris Aranki has spent over 20 years delivering strategic change for the corporate and non-corporate worlds. He has experienced first-hand the fine differences between strategic success and failure. His work has spanned numerous companies (from global behemoths to small start-ups), in numerous countries, across a range of sectors, supporting them all to unlock strategic success.  Faris came to rea...

Alan Stevens is an International Profiling and Communications Specialist who has worked with international clients, the likes of Disney Films and Gillette, and high-profile organizations like the Australian Federal Police to help them to understand how people tick. Alan works with business owners and executives, helping them to understand and engage their clients and prospects, enhancing their pre...

Pearce Cucchissi served as a Ranger in the 75th Ranger Regiment, a US Army Special Operations unit. Throughout his deployments to Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, Cucchissi was in charge of a team of rangers and foreign special operations forces for training, performance, and mission success. Pearce now runs a coaching and advisory company called Built To Evolve that works with Professional Athletes,...

Drew Jackson is a John Maxwell certified coach and human behavior consultant, and LEAD NOW! Model 360 Consultant. Drew helps to create the kind of leaders team members love to follow. He has worked with such clients as Chick-fil-A, Colonial Bank, Habitat for Humanity among others. Drew uses tools and training that help increase revenue, boost morale, and retain top talent. Drew is also the author...

Erin Baute is an enneagram expert, leadership coach, and behaviorist who's spent more than 20 years in director positions and in support of leaders who are ready to up-level their businesses, teams, and ultimately their lives. She has been studying and working in the field of behavior change for over 20 years. Erin has a bachelor’s degree in Human Development, Master's in Public Health and is fini...

Iris Grimm is an experienced coach and workshop facilitator who brings a holistic and unique approach to the leadership development space. Her clients are high-performing entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporate executives who are committed to getting more out of themselves, their teams, and their lives. Iris’s trademark program is called “Dog-Gone Leadership” where her clients learn and impl...

Mari-Liis is an international marketing strategist, a podcast host, and founder and head coach of Powerful Marketers, a unique marketing building framework with a supportive network. Her insights have been featured in Director Leadership Magazine since 2020 (ongoing) and she has over 7 years of coaching and leadership experience (first started as a mentor in the Institute of Marketing 2015). Mari-...

Jeff Wickersham is a sought-after mindset and peak performance coach who helps guide clients to intentionally step into the best versions of themselves and unlock that inner hero waiting to be unleashed.  Jeff’s a #1 best-selling author, Tony Robbins award winner, podcast host, and a practitioner of what he teaches.  He recently completed his second David Goggins 4x4x48 Mile run, has meditated for...

Timmy Douglas is a real estate investor, the host of the "Living the Dream" podcast, and the founder of the Creative Dealmakers Mastermind. He simply loves selling people on themselves and pushing them to take that next step towards their ideal life. To learn more about Timmy and his programs, check out his website: https://workwithtimmydouglas.com/. Also, check out his podcast - Living the Dream...

Lisa Simone Richards is a PR & Visibility Strategist for online coaches who want to get seen everywhere. Through her free workshops, masterclasses, and mentorship program, she gives you insider secrets on how to get exposure and reach more people without spinning your wheels on social media or wasting money on Facebook ads. On weekends you can find her playing in the kitchen with her husband, pett...

Jessica Shuraleff is an effective storyteller & passionate people-first leader. Jessi spent 13.5 years at Google effectively building and leading strong sales & marketing teams partnering with some of the largest global brands in the world. Creating, building, and maintaining relationships is at the core of who she is, and authenticity, vulnerability, and storytelling have been the cornerstone of...

Lisa Danforth is a Business Growth Strategist and Leadership Coach. Her mission is to help people build a business or career that will sustain the life they want to live, not consume it. Lisa is a 30-year, five-time entrepreneur. She’s a Certified The ONE Thing Facilitator, Certified Co-Active Coach, and graduate of Tara Mohr’s Playing Big Facilitators Course. Lisa has been dubbed by her clients,...

Scott Mason is a speaker, author, podcaster, and coach who works with executives and successful entrepreneurs feeling stuck or stagnant in their career or business -- and are ready for a change. After graduating from Columbia Law School, Scott worked for over 20 years as an attorney and senior executive with a variety of organizations in the government and the nonprofit sectors before successfully...