Candace Doby wants you to own your brilliance at work. She shares how courage is integral to us showing up fully in our careers and confidence.
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By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Follow the courage process its team members go through to prepare themselves to own their brilliance at work.
- Identify key opportunities within that process to deliberately engage and support their teams in taking worthwhile risks.
- Apply key strategies to those opportunities that, when repeated, start to create a culture where employees are ready, willing and able to courageously speak up, step up and show up.



- Identify three key components in the development of courage that will eliminate the frustrating feeling of not knowing where to start when facing a new challenge.
- Convert those components into a process that prepares them to evaluate risks from insight, instead of insecurity.
- Leverage that process when opportunities arise for them to step outside of their comfort zone and demonstrate their brilliance.
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Testimonials
“Candace is extraordinary, delivering inspiring words with grace, confidence, and just the right amount of humor.” – Stephanie Ruby Compton, CEO of Ruby Outdoors
“Candace was an inspiring keynote and connected greatly with our audience of students and faculty alike. Her message on courage gave our conference participants the right motivation to get the most out of their leadership journey at our event and beyond.” – Shahla Akbari, Director of Chapter Support, The National Society of Leadership and Success
“Candace Doby is an inspiring and relatable speaker on the topic of travel, leadership skills, and courage. Our event evaluation confirmed that participants concretely learned something new and learned to communicate their own stories in a way they were unsure of before. Candace has the ability to inspire people and help them find their courage and confidence to use those experiences to reach their goals.” – Denise Leinonen, Administrator, SUNY Oneonta
“Candace is a phenomenal and inspiring speaker! Her energy and bright spirit combined with her warmth and fearlessness have helped me find to courage to share my own voice and story. Since hearing her speak, I have learned how to ‘cross the bridge’ and use fear to launch me into a life of greater purpose and fulfillment,” – Shawn Patrick Rivera, Life Is A Verb Participant.
About Candace
Candace received BA/MA degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the university, she ran track, worked at the school paper, and served as a resident advisor. She had a 15-year marketing career and has worked for some of the best advertising agencies in the country. Her most recent work in this arena was as a Field Marketing Manager for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Her book, If Courage Could Talk, has been picked up by a national publisher and the 2nd edition of it will be available as a book and journal in 2022.
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