Paula Shepherd is an ICF-certified and credentialed Communication Coach, Leadership mentor, keynote speaker, and host of the highly-rated podcast, “The Confidence Sessions.” She helps values-driven business owners, teams, and organizations speak and lead with confidence. Paula believes that success is simple when you learn to boldly communicate and create powerful opportunities for diverse voices to be seen and heard.
After nearly two decades in operations, program management, and project management leadership roles with non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies, like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, she left to pursue her dream of helping teams communicate and operate in dynamic ways.
Paula has helped hundreds of clients globally reinvigorate their organizations through her The Courage Blueprint® programs and signature system, The 5 Voices Framework.
Her experience includes time as a television Talk Show Host for Thriving Women Network on E-360 TV and Brainz Magazine Executive Contributor. She has also been featured in VoyageAustin magazine, Canvas Rebel magazine, is a 2021 Brainz 500 Global Award recipient, and has been a guest on numerous podcasts. Born and raised in Maryland, she has called Austin, Texas home since 2013.
