About Bravely Leading
Bravely Leading: Where Fear Meets Flight is a candid leadership memoir for anyone who has ever felt fear but chose to move forward anyway.
With warmth, humor, and honesty, Darlia Clark shares her thirty-year career journey from a small Southern town to the executive suite. Along the way, she faces self-doubt, divorce, career setbacks, and a life-changing cancer diagnosis, all while raising a family and discovering what it really means to lead with authenticity.
This isn’t a story about being fearless. It’s about finding courage in the middle of anxiety, uncertainty, and mistakes. Drawing on her experiences in retail and corporate leadership, Clark shows that bravery is often quiet, deeply human, and something we earn over time.
Each chapter ends with “Lessons Learned,” offering down-to-earth insights for anyone facing a crossroads in work or life. Bravely Leading reminds us that real leadership starts when we step forward even when fear is loud.
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Darlia Clark has spent over three decades leading some of the world’smost significant brand transformations, stepping into high-stakes moments and turning corporate chaos into clarity (and occasionally into a good story). From makeup counters to major boardrooms, she’s built her career on grit, grace, and a knack for finding opportunity in the unexpected.
Her path wound through retail aisles, corporate towers, motherhood, heartbreak, and even breast cancer, life’s ultimate crash courses in courage. Along the way, she discovered that authentic leadership isn’t about titles or corner offices, but about lifting others as you climb and keeping your sense of humor when things go sideways.
These days, Darlia is a speaker, mentor, and author, championing human-centered leadership and encouraging women to stand tall—even in rooms that weren’t built for them. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs, all of whom remind her daily that resilience, laughter, and a little bit of chaos are ingredients for a life well led.
She’s not done yet—Darlia’s next adventure may be in the board room, on stage, the big screen, or anywhere courage and a good story need to be told.
To my daughters,
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and every little girl dreaming beyond her front porch:
Remember, fear will always be there. But you must find the courage to move through it.
Chase your dreams anyway!
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