YANG Professional Series
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Not a member of YANG? Learn more about YANG and sign-up here.Join YANG for this professional series event featuring Shari Pheasant, Owner, A Master Mechanic and Founder & CEO, Horsepower Strategies
Thursday, July 30, 2026 |2:00 - 2:45 p.m. ET
Topic: The Inner Work: Leading from Where You Are
Leadership isn't something you earn someday, it's something you practice every day, beginning with yourself. Every leadership challenge is first a self-awareness challenge. The most influential leaders understand themselves first because how you think, what you value, and how you show up shape every conversation, decision, and relationship around you.
In this edition of YPS, participants will discover why leading from the inside out is the foundation for building trust, understanding others, influencing teams, and creating meaningful change at every stage of their career. Through practical reflection and real-world leadership tools, attendees will learn how greater self-awareness strengthens their leadership presence, expands their influence, and creates lasting impact, regardless of their title or where they are in their professional journey.
Key Takeaways:
Identify the values, motivations, and strengths that influence your leadership style, decision-making, and interactions with others.
Develop practical strategies to lead with greater confidence, authenticity, and influence, regardless of your title or experience.
Build simple habits of self-reflection that strengthen decision-making, improve relationships, and create a greater impact on the people around you.
Cost: Free for YANG members
Registration for this event is exclusively for YANG members and mentors. Not a member of YANG? Learn more here.
(Note: This is a live event viewing only and recording is unavailable.)
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Speaker:
Shari Pheasant
Shari Pheasant, Owner, A Master Mechanic and Founder & CEO, Horsepower Strategies
Shari Pheasant knows what it's like to wonder if you're ready for the next opportunity—and she's spent her career helping people realize that leadership doesn't begin with a promotion. It begins with self-awareness.
As Founder and CEO of Horsepower Strategies, Shari works with organizations across more than 20 industries to help leaders understand how they think, communicate, make decisions, and influence the people around them. Through behavioral science, human values, and practical leadership strategies, she helps individuals move beyond simply doing the work to becoming the kind of leader others want to follow.
Known for asking the questions most people avoid, Shari believes the quality of our lives and careers is determined by the quality of the conversations we're willing to have—with others and with ourselves. Her signature framework, The Right Conversation, has helped emerging leaders, executives, and teams build stronger relationships, navigate uncertainty, and create cultures where people thrive instead of just survive.
A nationally recognized speaker, business owner, and strategic advisor, Shari's work has been featured in leading industry publications including Ratchet+Wrench, Insight, and FleetOwner, and on respected podcasts such as Remarkable Results Radio, Auto Care ON AIR, and others. Recognized as the 2025 Women in Auto Care Female Shop Owner of the Year, and 2024 APPEX Shop Owner, she brings decades of real-world leadership experience from the front of the industry to every conversation.
But if you ask her what matters most, she'll tell you this: every leadership journey starts with the inner work, your inner work. Because when you understand who you are, you stop trying to lead like everyone else—and start leading in a way that's authentic, intentional, and uniquely yours.
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