
Sandi Leyva
CPA, MBA, CMA
TX, USSandi Smith Leyva, CPA, CMA, MBA, and founder of Accountant's Accelerator, has helped thousands of accountants earn more, work less, and serve their clients better through her innovative coaching and training services.
Sandi was named one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders for 2014-2017 by CPA Practice Advisor, one of the 2013 "Ones to Watch" of Accounting Today's "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" and was a 2013 Community Choice Honoree of the Small Business Influencer Awards held by Small Business Trends. She won a 2013 Stevie Award for "Maverick of the Year," and her work has also been noted by CBS News, PBS, Dallas Morning News, San Jose Mercury News, Accounting Today, Journal of Accountancy, Today's CPA, and The Practical Accountant. She is a regular contributor to CPA Trendlines.
Sandi is one of a handful of women in the world who has co-piloted a tiny six-seat, single-engine airplane over the oceans and around the world. Her book, Following Amelia: A Modern Day 'Round-the-World Flight, describes her death-defying adventure along with the two award-winning humanitarian trips she managed to fit in along the way.
Sandi has authored several books, CPE courses, and over 500 articles for clients such as Microsoft, Intuit, and the American Institute for CPAs. She writes BizBoost News, a client newsletter for accountants with strategic business content. Her latest books include Five Simple Steps to Get More Clients, More Profits and More Free Time for Accountants and QuickBooks ProAdvisors and P3: Pricing, Packaging and Positioning.
Sandi is a CPA and holds an MBA in IT from the University of Dallas. She also holds a MS in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience. In her spare time, she loves hiking, traveling to remote places, and empowering women from poverty to prosperity through her nonprofit.
Sandi Smith Leyva, CPA, CMA, MBA, and founder of Accountant's Accelerator, has helped thousands of accountants earn more, work less, and serve their clients better through her innovative coaching and training services.
Sandi was named one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders for 2014-2017 by CPA Practice Advisor, one of the 2013 "Ones to Watch" of Accounting Today's "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" and was a 2013 Community Choice Honoree of the Small Business Influencer Awards held by Small Business Trends. She won a 2013 Stevie Award for "Maverick of the Year," and her work has also been noted by CBS News, PBS, Dallas Morning News, San Jose Mercury News, Accounting Today, Journal of Accountancy, Today's CPA, and The Practical Accountant. She is a regular contributor to CPA Trendlines.
Sandi is one of a handful of women in the world who has co-piloted a tiny six-seat, single-engine airplane over the oceans and around the world. Her book, Following Amelia: A Modern Day 'Round-the-World Flight, describes her death-defying adventure along with the two award-winning humanitarian trips she managed to fit in along the way.
Sandi has authored several books, CPE courses, and over 500 articles for clients such as Microsoft, Intuit, and the American Institute for CPAs. She writes BizBoost News, a client newsletter for accountants with strategic business content. Her latest books include Five Simple Steps to Get More Clients, More Profits and More Free Time for Accountants and QuickBooks ProAdvisors and P3: Pricing, Packaging and Positioning.
Sandi is a CPA and holds an MBA in IT from the University of Dallas. She also holds a MS in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience. In her spare time, she loves hiking, traveling to remote places, and empowering women from poverty to prosperity through her nonprofit.
Revenue Revolution: 10 Simple Strategies to Serve More Clients and Boost Your Business
Discover new ways to attract clients, create new revenue streams, and grow your business. You will learn:
- 5 marketing mistakes to stop doing that are costing you profits
- How you may be leaving 60% of your potential revenues on the table and worse, working harder and longer hours than you need to
- 5 simple strategies to grow your business, reclaim the revenue you might be leaving on the table, and keep the clients you have
Social Media Accelerated
A 2- to 8-hour concurrent or workshop where participants will build their social media presence right in class. We'll start on a tune-up of LinkedIn profiles, then we'll knock out the basics of Twitter, Facebook (including privacy), Google Plus, and YouTube. We'll spend an hour on video production and its impact on search engine placement, and we'll give an overview of up-and-coming social media apps along with best practices for thought leadership.
We'll...
Six Characteristics of Effective Leaders
In this motivational session, you'll learn:
- Six characteristics to develop to become an effective leader
- How chemicals in our brains can hijack our behavior, how to watch out for...
A Tale of Two Brains in the Boardroom: Mars and Venus
There are significant differences in the structure and chemistry of men's and women's brains which have huge implications in the workplace. Learning and understanding these changes can really make a difference in the performance of your team. This session will help you uncover biases, build collaboration, and optimize individual strengths.
In this enlightening session, you will learn:
- Five ways that male and female brains differ
- Several scary cognitive biases...
High Performance Management
If you're interested in rising far above the ordinary in work and life, this workshop will show you what it takes to become a high performer as well as how to develop and lead a team of high performers. We'll discuss what actions are most effective in developing productive, successful, and happy employees as well as what blocks workers from performing their best. We'll discuss cutting-edge brain research delivered in plain language, and we'll present practical business...
Boost Your Brain Power
At the human brain's very basic level, we are NOT naturally wired for success in the 21st century. The good news is we can change that when we become aware of how our brain works. This course will provide you with a foundation for maximizing your brain potential at home and work. You'll learn the building blocks of our brains' functions - attention, memory, emotion, and cognition - and how boosting them will boost your workplace performance and productivity.
In this...
RPM: Three Steps to Extraordinary Achievement in the Workplace
Every one of your employees has it in them to become extraordinary. I really mean it. You can give your employees goals and tools, but this doesn't guarantee achievement. If you really want to cut through to what makes a difference, you have to break habits, rewrite routines, change attitudes, and shake things up. To do this, you need someone who has experienced extreme change in high-stake circumstances over and over again.
Learn from aviatrix, explorer, and scientist Sandi Leyva...



