No Permission Needed: Unlock Your Leadership Potential and Eliminate Self-Doubt

Are you waiting for your next promotion or to further your leadership career – hoping that others will just recognize your value? Are you avoiding big goals out of fear, low confidence, or lack of clarity? Whether it’s a board seat, starting your own business, a promotion, making a career pivot, you can move forward – on your terms. No permission needed.
Achieve the career you want and deserve, starting today.
When you demonstrate your value with confidence and clarity, you create and fulfill your own opportunities.
The good news: You can learn to be your own advocate. In these pages – filled with easy-to follow challenges and inspiring stories from women just like you – you’ll discover how to:
- Ditch your “elevator pitch” and create a catalyst statement
- Internalize the value you bring to any role or relationship
- Gain clarity on your leadership values
- Identify your personal leadership style
- Replace self-doubt with confidence
As a leadership expert and repeat software founder/CEO, Tissa Richards coaches Fortune 1000 companies and high-growth startups to create blueprints for personal and organization success. Now she shares those lessons in this book as part of her mission to create a legion of leaders with an unshakeable sense of self.
Reading this book is like having Tissa at your side, guiding and encouraging you as you do the work to take your career to the next level. This short book will have a long-lasting effect on your life.
Don’t wait for permission. Open this book today and unlock your potential.
Winner: Royal Dragonfly Book Award
Winner: Maincrest Media Gold Award
Winner: Global Book Award Bronze Award
Winner: Good Business Book Award
Winner: International Impact Book Award
About the Author
Tissa Richards

Tissa Richards is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and award-winning author on a mission to help bold leaders become unshakable. A repeat tech founder and CEO, Tissa has built and led companies from the ground up, raised millions in funding, and holds multiple patents for enterprise cybersecurity software. She has worked with global Fortune 500 firms, high-growth startups, and private equity-backed organizations, guiding their leaders to measurable outcomes, in novation, revenue, and productivity without compromising who they are. Tissa’s first book, No Permission Needed, is a five-time award-winner. Her forthcoming book, Rethinking Resilience, introduces the Intentional Resilience Flywheel, an actionable approach to leading with intention and power, even under pressure.
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