I break down
(The tools that come in most handy are: research, professional experience and a cool girl attitude.)
My specialty is building teams of people who own their brilliance, take risks, and work at their full potential.
But, early in my career, I played it small. I spent more time hiding and censoring myself than contributing my best. Finally, I knew something had to change if I wanted to grow. I booked a ticket to travel solo through the parts of the world I knew least about (basically, what scared me the most.) Along the way, I found a courage within me I didn’t know was there. And when I returned, it was game on.
The more I tapped into my courage, the more my team members tapped into theirs. Year after year, we were among the highest-performing teams throughout Chipotle’s global brand.
Now I use what I know, through research and experience, to help global brands build a Courage-Ready Culture™ where employees contribute and perform at their highest potential.
Courage over everything,
Candace Doby
Meet Candace
Candace Doby is founder of The Can-Do Company. She is a leadership development strategist, author of A Cool Girl’s Guide To Courage, and professional speaker who works with organizations to create a culture of courage where employees spend less time and energy censoring and hiding themselves and more time performing at their highest potential.
Candace combines a decade of research on courage with her experiences traveling the world solo and a 16-year, award-winning marketing career — much of which was spent leading teams at Chipotle. This unique combination equips her with the actionable strategies she has shared with leaders across the globe to help them courageously speak up, step up and show up in the workplace. Her work has been featured on MSNBC, NPR and TEDx.
Candace is the creator of The Courage Hotline podcast and host of The Own Your Brilliance retreat.
Candace Doby is founder of The Can-Do Company. She is a leadership development strategist, author of A Cool Girl’s Guide To Courage, and professional speaker who works with organizations to create a culture of courage where employees spend less time and energy censoring and hiding themselves and more time performing at their highest potential.
Candace combines a decade of research on courage with her experiences traveling the world solo and a 16-year, award-winning marketing career — much of which was spent leading teams at Chipotle. This unique combination equips her with the actionable strategies she has shared with leaders across the globe to help them courageously speak up, step up and show up in the workplace.
To account for the enormous impact of courage, Candace’s delivery of strategies and tools is equally grand. Clients often refer to her in-person and virtual presence as “captivating.”
She has worked with organizations such as the The Timken Company, International Interior Design Association, Duracell, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the U.S. Navy and many others. Her work has been featured on MSNBC, NPR and TEDx.
Candace is the creator of The Courage Hotline podcast, host of The Own Your Brilliance retreat and the owner of Pep Talker greeting cards, available online and in select stores.
Candace holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a master’s degree in Technology and Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also ran track.
Want to know more? Here’s the fun stuff.
Where are you from?
Columbia, S.C.
Where do you live now?
Atlanta, G.A.
Married?
Yes — to my person. He’s an editor, comic book creator and comic book collector. (He has over 10,000 books.)
Kids?
Yes — one dazzling baby girl, Zuri
Why do you do what you do?
Because people have things to do — barriers to burn, change to create and ideas to share. I’m committed to helping them move past go, which often takes courage to do so.
What’s an interesting moment you conjured courage for?
Tryouts for the Carolina Panthers’ TopCats dance team. I had no formal dance training — just a love for dance. (I made it to the final round.)
What is your superpower?
Excavating everyday experiences – like parking in the back of a lot or taking out the trash – and finding powerful lessons on courage. (It has become somewhat of a game.)
What 3 words describe you?
Courage with attitude
What has been the most fun part of your work?
Honestly, personifying courage and giving it a voice in an effort to make it more accessible and digestible to audiences.
Do you have a motto that you live by?
Yep. ``Life is too short to play games with your potential.``
Education
B.A., M.A. – Journalism and
Mass Communication
Certifications
Everything DiSC
Certified Practitioner
Association
National Speakers Association
President-Elect, Georgia Chapter