About Us
Resilience Excellence through Aspirational Leadership
We create confident and adaptive leaders that are dedicated to building resilient and cohesive teams within organizations.
Mission
To provide individuals, teams and organizations developmental leadership training to foster a dynamic and inclusive working environment.
Vision
To build a network of trained professionals dedicated to Resilience Excellence through Aspirational Leadership.
Founders
Richard Daos
Hello! I’m Richard. Over the course of my career in the military, I have experienced all faces of leadership: good and bad, laissez-faire to totalitarian. I built my foundation of leadership while in the military where I found my values in openness, respect, and action vs inaction.
I was always asked what type of leader I wanted to be. My answer was always – ‘it depends!’ Some understood while others looked at me dumbfounded. There are many leadership approaches that we can take. A good leader is able to adapt their style according to the situation and the people they lead.
My career has given me the privilege to develop an award-winning history, robust leadership and management experience, and a strategic mindset. I always wanted to help people achieve their full potential. Now, I am committed to helping YOU achieve your potential through resilient team building, training, and coaching.
Davon Copeland
With over 20 years of organizational leadership experience in the military, community outreach, sales and strategic partnerships, I have learned so many lessons but the one that sticks out the most is, people do not care how much you know unless they know how much you care. Every organization, every team, every person is going to face challenges both personally and professionally. The question is, how will those in your organization respond to adversity?
It does not matter if you are on a battlefield, field of play, in education, healthcare, tech, marketing, sales or management. Teams must demonstrate resilience, innovation, collaboration, and dedication if they want to maintain their competitive edge. Leaders can create balance in their organizations by investing in their team, creating a psychologically safe working environment and empowering decision making.
I was once told that being a good leader means you understand your organizations policies, procedures, and programs. However, being a great leader means you inspire those in your organization to work together to overcome obstacles and achieve success. Let the REAL institute help you and your organization thrive!
Sheryl Gutierrez
Hello, I am Sheryl and I am currently serving as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. During my military career I have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of program management, instruction, facilitation, manning, planning and logistics, supplemented by my MBA in Human Resource Management.
I have experienced many different forms of leadership. My experience with toxic leadership made me deeply reflect on what not to do when I become the leader. Many of my own professional and personal challenges drove me to thrive more and developed progressive resiliency in the process.
Good leaders are respectful, encouraging and they set the standard. To be an effective leader an individual must start with themself! I set the tone and I hold myself accountable. I am committed to achieving mastery in four domains of my life: mental, emotional, social, and physical. Being cognizant of this, I passionately advocate, train and coach others to achieve mastery in the areas of their choosing through self-awareness, continuous reflection, and mindset shifting and reframing. Self-aware leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve, themselves and the organization. In so doing, they cultivate the culture of perpetual learning, development, and growth, which subsequently foster collective resiliency.
Let me be your conduit that unlocks your potential and makes you a more effective and resilient leader! It would be my honor to assist you towards achieving your professional development goals.
Our Staff is certified in
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Project Management Professional
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer (RBLP-T)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
Professional in Human Resources
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate
Authorized Training Partner
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Certified Postsecondary Instructor(CPI)
Certified Postsecondary Instructor (CPI) certification is designed primarily for individuals who act in a teaching capacity in postsecondary career or technical college educational programs or healthcare institutions.