In this episode, Alexia Vernon, Founder and President of Step Into Your Moxie shares her journey of starting her business and how she helps healthcare leaders create safe spaces for their employees to speak up. She also explains why she chose "moxie" and how it factors into effective leadership. Alexia discusses her inspiration for writing, Step into Your Moxie, as well as sharing some insights from her book.  About Alexia Vernon: Alexia was dubbed as a "Moxie Maven" by the White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to communication and leadership development, Alexia Vernon is the founder and president of Step into Your Moxie. A certified woman-owned and disability-owned business, Step into Your Moxie helps organizations develop their people, their communication strategy and training, and create messaging that calls in the right employees, customers, and opportunities.   Alexia and her team excel at supporting executives, key leaders, and their teams to communicate powerfully in presentations, conversations, and written communication. Alexia's ‘secret sauce’ is showing leaders how to develop the mindset and skillset to be present with the discomfort that often comes up when speaking—especially during high-stakes communication.   Since winning the Miss Junior America competition, Alexia has delivered transformational keynotes and programs for Fortune 500 companies, healthcare and educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and the United Nations. Alexia has contributed to media such as CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, http://Entrepreneur.com , http://Forbes.com , http://Inc.com , European Business Review, and Women’s Health Magazine.   Alexia is the author of multiple books including the award-winning, Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World. She is the creator of the popular LinkedIn Learning course, Communicating to Drive People to Take Action, and is a proud cancer survivor.   About STEP INTO YOUR MOXIE: Step into Your Moxie is your soul-stirring call-to-action to speak up for yourself and the ideas and issues that matter most to you — in your career, business, community, and home. This timely, refreshingly playful guide will remind you of the whip-smart insights on women’s empowerment of Sheryl Sandberg, the sassy approach to self-help of Jen Sincero, and the soulful storytelling of Brené Brown. Wise, witty, and with just the right amount of woo, it will make you laugh, quite possibly make you cry, and will definitely move you to communicate with candor, clarity, compassion, and ease. Moxie Moment exercises in each chapter empower you to transfer what you read into action in all areas of your life.   Grab a copy now! alexiavernon.com/step-into-your-moxie   Free Resources Persuasive Communication Cheat Sheet  https://stepintoyourmoxie.com/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjE5MjIiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D   Connect with Alexia Vernon: Website | stepintoyourmoxie.com Facebook | www.facebook.com/AlexiaVernonEmpowerment Linked In | www.linkedin.com/company/step-into-your-moxie Instagram | @stepintoyourmoxie