About Author Teresa Colaneri

Power and Influence Coach – Strategic Business Advisor – Inspirational Speaker

As a former corporate executive, Teresa Colaneri is all too familiar with the demanding requirements of running a successful business. If you’re not careful, these requirements can lead to burnout, and if you’re burned out, you can’t lead others. Simply put, in order to be an effective leader, you have to first learn how to lead yourself.

Determined to find a healthier and more effective alternative to accepted business practices, Teresa used her own 25-year leadership journey to create a “better way” through her innovative Courageous Leadership programs that offer a fresh approach.

These programs combine leadership development, business growth and spiritual awareness. Combining time-tested and proven tools, she works with influential high-profile leaders, pioneering small business owners, founders, coaches and entrepreneurs to achieve unprecedented results with greater meaning and impact.

“In order to be able to lead, a person has to embody qualities such as confidence, security, strength, awareness and trust,” Teresa says. “If they are not feeling these things within themselves, they are not going to be empowered and able to move forward and to get other people to do what they need to do to move forward.”

“What sets my coaching apart is my clients really have a willingness to examine themselves and make the change in themselves first so they can have greater impact on their company, their employees and the community at large. They have to look at themselves first and make changes, which is courageous. It’s a much deeper process than just teaching someone how to do something.”

Known as a Power and Influence Coach and Strategic Business Advisor, Teresa uses her observational insight and strategic thinking skills to inspire others to make positive changes. Highly intuitive, she is able to see the power within each of her clients and masterfully guide them to create their own road map to success.

Teresa has been on boards of several organizations such as the Leading Women Entrepreneurs (LWE) and has received an inaugural certification granted initially to only 200 coaches globally in Conversational Intelligence, a cutting-edge methodology employed by Fortune 100 and 500 companies which teaches how to build trust in order to move the next level of greatness.

Additionally, Teresa received media exposure for her innovative approach to empowering women through Environmental Intelligence. Teresa consistently demonstrates courage throughout her life as a single mom and mentor to young women. When she’s not practicing ever-essential self-care, taking post-graduate classes and volunteering, you’ll find her challenging her personal growth through international trainings and experiences like sky diving, trapezing and cliff-jumping.