About Candy Barone, CEO of You Empowered Strong

V-Fib Paddles for Flatlining Visionary Leaders

Cracking Revolutionary Changemakers Wide Open 

Radical Leadership Alignment × Human Design

Candy Barone is a Level 4 Certified Quantum Human Design Specialist and Business Strategist for visionary, revolutionary leaders, along with being an international Fortune 500 speaker, trainer and executive coach, Amazon best-selling author, and host of the Aligned As F*ck podcast..

She is a tree shaker, time bender, creative catalyst, and change agent who works with executives and emerging leaders to help bring “heart” back to leadership while feeding the soul of their business.

As a leadership whisperer, Candy uses Human Design to guide high-performing, purpose-driven, transformational leaders and entrepreneurs in awakening, activating, and amplifying their unique leadership voice. Her mission is to guide others to become truly aligned AF in order to share the full expression of their authentic truth and lead their living legacy.

With nearly 20 years in corporate, combined with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering, certification as a Six Sigma Black Belt, and MBA, she is a master at building exceptional, high-performing teams, maximizing and leveraging ROI, growing emerging leaders, creating metrics for greater accountability, and catapulting individuals to achieve explosive growth.

Candy has delivered her message and leadership training into companies such as the U.S. Army Reserves Corp. of Engineering, Texas Department of Licensing & Registration, Northwestern  Mutual, GE Healthcare, Cox Media, Rockwell Automation, Clabber Girl, Duke University, Northwestern University, Texas Tech, Northwestern Mutual, and Wondercide, to name just a few.

She serves as the Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for Central Texas Table of Grace, is a member of the Good Deed Society, is a Legacy Circle Member for Lifeworks. Candy also was a member of the Forbes Coaching Council, a recipient of the More Award from the Evolutionary Business Council in 2019, named a 2014-15 VIP Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, a recipient of the 2015 Public Speakers Association Local Collaborator Award, and was nominated as a 2015 Profile in Power Central Texas Woman of Influence.

Candy also has been showcased in CNN.com, U.S. News & World Report, The Austin Statesman, Austin Business Journal, Be the Boss Magazine, OffBeat Business Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, ciLiving TV, Femmes Under 40 Magazine, along with numerous radio shows and podcasts. She has shared the stages with the likes of Les Brown, Stedman Graham, Forbes Riley, and others. 

Candy currently lives in Austin with her sweet dog, Ernie Banks, and enjoys her free time outdoors, spending time with friends, listening to music, reading, writing, cooking, or working out.