Joining me on the podcast this month is Michelle Sales Michelle is passionate about helping people tap into their true potential –in leadership and in life. As a highly sought-after speaker and trainer Michelle has helped thousands of senior leaders and their teams learn to show up as the best version of themselves, to build their confidence and influence with others, and to maximise their leadership and performance. Michelle has worked with some of Australia’s most respected businesses, including ANZ, NAB, Telstra, Australia Post, Department of Defence, AFL andTennis Australia and prior to doing her own thing she worked for 28 years in corporate roles –with many of those being senior and executive leadership roles in financial services –before establishing her own leadership business in 2012. She believes that stepping up with real confidence takes work –both to build confidence and, more importantly, to sustain it. In this podcast we chatted about her bookThe Power of Confidence: Learn How to Lead to Your Full Potential and the key principles she identifies around: 1.Show Upas the real you, and the best version of you as a leader. 2.Stand Up for yourself, your team, your values and your point of view. 3.Speak Up and have a voice and be able to influence. 4.Step Up your performance, your impact and ultimately how you exercise. leadership.