Candy Barone

Candy Barone (CCP, MBA, BSME), CEO of You Empowered Strong, LLC, as known as the “Pull-No-Punches” Accountability Powerhouse is a certified coach, business consultant, professional speaker, and author. She is a master in creating a greater return on the energy and investment of time people expend. Candy’s diverse and expansive leadership experience (nearly 20 years with multiple Fortune 500 companies) has provided her with extensive tools to help grow business professionals and future leaders, build exceptional, high-performing teams, and stretch successful people further out of their existing comfort zones.  

After going through her own personal and professional assessment, Candy made the decision to leave the corporate world in order to give her full attention to building out her coaching and consulting practice. She is passionate about serving others and providing people with the tools they need to truly empower themselves. She has worked with experienced professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders in helping them recognize their own potential and achieve greater success. 

In addition to serving in her community (she currently volunteers her time with Dress for Success), Candy also has built and facilitated a school-to-work program, violence prevention program for Milwaukee Public Schools, a junior engineering program, educational programming for youth based on science, technology & engineering, and training programs for executives and business professionals. 

She lives in Austin, TX, with her pup, Payton and thoroughly enjoys all the city has to offer. When Candy is not working with others to help them capture their personal "a-ha" moments, or catapulting them from a basic level of success to one of superhero status, you usually can find her training (MMA style) or somewhere playing outdoors. She also enjoys her time with family and friends, and connecting people together.

Candy is a change agent who advocates empowerment, leadership and social responsibility.