Beth Caldwell has been helping women succeed in life and business for more fifteen years. As a small business owner, entrepreneur and mom of two, she knows first hand the unique challenges faced by women leaders today. As an entrepreneur, she’s helped thousands of business owners with marketing, publicity and strategic growth. As a writer and professional speaker, Beth is not afraid to tackle tough topics to foster influential and innovative changes in today’s workplace. As a coach, she helps her clients set and achieve goals while holding them accountable and helping them to influence change and foster growth in their organization. As the founder of Leadership Academy for Women, Beth has mentored more than one hundred women as they develop themselves as emerging leaders and create legacies that impact families, companies and the community. Beth Caldwell is an author, speaker and the host of the popular WebTV Program, Smart Leadership. She is the founder and lead instructor for Leadership Academy for Women and the author of seven books including Smart Leadership: 12 Simple Strategies to Help You Shift from Ineffective Boss to Influential Leader and From Frantic to Focused: How to Shift Your Life from Out-of-Control to Streamlined and Successful. She writes a leadership column for the Pittsburgh Business Times newspaper and Smart Business magazine. In 2014 Beth joined the Steve Harvey Success Academy as a global instructor teaching classes on time management, publicity and being an influential leader. Her new book, The Essentials of Leadership Excellence, will be released in early 2019.