Courage Before Confidence: How to Lead Yourself After You Take the Leap — with Leonne Sherr

Send us Fan Mail From the outside, unstoppable success looks like confidence and a clear plan. From the inside, it's messier: the stretch after you've made the decision but before anything makes sense. In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger talks with Leonne Sherr about how to lead yourself once you've taken the leap. Leonne spent 30 years in corporate healthcare leadership, rising from an hourly role to running organizations, before building her own coaching business. She has spent more than 2,000 hours guiding founders and leaders through this exact space with her framework, The Compass, and this year helped set a Guinness World Record with a room full of authors and coaches in Philadelphia. Leonne shares how to recognize your "have-to" (the idea that won't leave you), why courage comes before confidence, why great ideas stall when the first steps don't look like the finished picture, and what changed when she made this her year of yes. Jaclyn and Leonne also talk about choosing your personal board of directors, finding the rooms that elevate you, and Leonne's upcoming book, The Tables That Built Us. You'll learn: How to tell which idea is truly yours to pursue Why courage has to come before confidence Why "done is better than perfect" keeps founders moving How to find people a few steps ahead of you, and the rooms worth being in The energy test: do the people around you put a smile on your face or a pit in your stomach? Which table you're really sitting at, and how to build your own Connect with Leonne: LeonneSherr.com · [email protected] · Her new podcast, The Whole Chapter, launches January 2027.  click here to learn more thewholechapter.com Mentioned: the Acquired podcast (Disney series)https://www.acquired.fm/ Leonne's co-authored books Authentic Leadership, Born to Risk, Please Don't Say That, and Dominate (Jaclyn is also a chapter author). https://leonnesherr.com/books Want to be in the room? Message Jaclyn the word MASTERMIND for details on her 2027 mastermind. Newsletter: https://jaclynstrominger.com Listen to more episodes: https://jaclynstrominger.com/podcast/#listen Support the show Support the Show - subscriber and get a Unstoppable Success Badge@ If you are ready to become unstoppable and create real momentum, here is your next step: Book a private strategy call: Let’s map your next level of growth Book a Strategy Call Join the Unstoppable Success Community: Surround yourself with high-performing leaders and real conversations Skool Community: Unstoppable Success  Get the Book: Charting True North Stay connected and visible: Unstoppable Success Podcast Connect with Jaclyn on LinkedIn Become a Sponsor. Learn more!  Email: [email protected]