Be Brave Be Badass
Leadership Strategist. Innovation Executive. Keynote Speaker.
Helping leaders navigate complexity, build teams that perform, and turn bold ideas into measurable results.
About Angela Gill Nelms
Engineer. Executive. Entrepreneur. Educator. Podcaster. Builder.
The titles have changed, but the work has always been the same: turning complexity into clarity and possibility into action. I’ve spent my career building companies, teams, leaders, technologies, and communities, often stepping into the places where the path forward isn’t obvious. Whether I’m leading an organization, helping a breakthrough reach the people who need it, teaching the next generation, or having an unfiltered conversation about leadership, I’m driven by one question: How do we make meaningful things happen? Because ideas matter. People matter. But ultimately, impact is what happens when we have the courage to move.
Real Results. The AGN Group
Speaking • Workshops • Executive Coaching • Strategic Support • Podcast Production
Leadership gets messy. We help you lead through it.
The AGN Group helps leaders and organizations navigate growth, change, complexity, and the realities of leading people. We work with executives, emerging leaders, and teams to build stronger leadership capabilities, tackle the issues getting in the way of performance, and create organizations where people can do their best work.
What makes our approach different? We’ve actually done the work. Our perspective comes from decades spent building companies, leading teams, navigating high-growth environments, managing through uncertainty, and learning—sometimes the hard way—what works and what doesn’t. We bring that real-world operating experience into every engagement, not just theory.
Ideas That Move People to Action
Keynotes • Panels • Conversations
Angela brings decades of executive leadership, innovation, resilience, and hard-earned life experience to conversations about leading under pressure, building strong cultures, navigating change, and turning adversity into action.
Leaders Say It Best Testimonials
Ryan Jones
Cofounder and CEO, Florence Healthcare
Jim Huling
#1 Bestselling Author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Angela Gill Nelms has a remarkable gift. She asks the kind of thoughtful, probing questions that invite not just answers, but reflection. The result is a conversation that goes far beyond talking points and reaches the deeper places where leadership, purpose, and humanity intersect. Just as impressive is the team behind the scenes. Their commitment to excellence shines through in every detail of the experience—from preparation to production to the genuine care they bring to their work. Great podcasts are never created by one person alone, and this team is exceptional.
I’m deeply grateful for the invitation and incredibly proud of the conversation we created together. It felt authentic, meaningful, and alive in all the best ways.
Thank you, Angela, for creating a space where leaders can bring not only their expertise, but also their humanity.
Learn more about Jim here!
Nils Pannen
Cluster Manager at Joachim Herz Foundation
Angela moderated our event, Kickoff Joachim Herz Entrepreneurship Program + Transatlantic Innovation Forum, and it was a 10/10 experience.
Angela showed great preparation, even with limited time, as well as empathy for the group and their needs, the ability to integrate these needs in the workshop, high professionalism, and dynamic moderation.
Her great introduction to the week-long program paved the way for a successful week of workshops and meetings, so she was an integral part of the program’s success.
Two weeks later, she was the perfect moderator for the Transatlantic Innovation Forum and contributed greatly through her dynamic and engaging moderation style as well as her thematic knowledge.
Learn more about Joachim here!
Dan Gill
Vice President Sales, Warehouse Automation
Angela and her team are engaging with comfort and confidence. Starting at zero on this journey of personal branding and exposure, Angela and her team coach through conversation. I imagine for many, like myself, the decision to “put yourself out there” is a little bit scary. I didn’t know where to start or how to portray what I am about within a landscape of nearly endless avenues of possible exposure. The AGN group effectively breaks this journey up into bite-sized, digestible pieces. I thank the AGN group for guidance, support, and out-of-this-world customer service.
It is very easy to turn a 1 hour meeting with the AGN group into 4 hours of engaging dialogue that truly helps you to reinforce “Who you are” and “What you are truly all about”. #BetterTogether
Learn more about Dan here!
Kajal Jain
Director of Product Management at Florence Healthcare
Working with Angela was a transformative experience that shaped me into a stronger, more confident leader. Her coaching challenged me to grow while always maintaining empathy, pushing me beyond my comfort zone in a way that fostered real development.
She embodied radical candor, fearlessly addressing tough conversations with honesty and care. It was always clear to me that her guidance came from a place of genuine investment in my success. Angela’s unwavering belief in uplifting women leaders continues to inspire me to do the same, and her integrity and ethical approach set a powerful example. She didn’t just preach leadership values, she lived them! And through her support, I have learned to do the same.
What I admire about the AGN Group is its leadership under Angela – a strong, ethical, and courageous woman entrepreneur, coach, and leader. I deeply appreciate her willingness to share the invaluable lessons she has gained throughout her remarkable professional and personal journey. Angela’s ability to uplift others while staying true to her values motivates me to lead with the same strength and compassion. If you’re feeling uncertain and in need of inspiration, this is the perfect place to find it.
Learn more about Kajal here!
Listen. Read. Think Bigger.
Badass Leaders Podcast
Leadership Without the Corporate BS.
Raw conversations. Bold decisions. Real growth.
Hosted by Angela Gill Nelms, founder and executive coach, this podcast delivers unfiltered strategies on mindset, emotional intelligence, team culture, and high-stakes leadership.
Holy Shift! Biomedical Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow
Conversations exploring the biomedical breakthroughs shaping the future of health.
REAL LEADERSHIP BLOG
Practical, unfiltered perspectives on the realities of leadership—building strong teams, navigating hard conversations, making better decisions, and leading when there isn’t a playbook.
There's More to Leadership Than a Résumé.
Lead Executive Leadership
Building organizations, navigating complexity, and leading through change.
Angela’s approach to leadership was built in the arena—not from the sidelines. She has led organizations and teams through rapid growth, difficult transitions, culture challenges, organizational change, and the everyday uncertainty that comes with building something that matters.
Her executive experience spans healthcare, technology, and biomedical innovation, including leadership roles with Florence Healthcare, RenovoRx, Aetos Imaging, and Biolocity, as well as founding and leading The AGN Group. Across those roles, she has built teams, scaled organizations, navigated difficult decisions, and learned that the hardest leadership challenges rarely come with a playbook.
Those experiences shaped how Angela leads today: face reality, communicate clearly, make the hard decisions, and never lose sight of the people affected by them.
Build Building Leaders
Developing people, teams, and the next generation of leaders.
Angela believes leadership isn’t defined by a title; it’s built through experience, challenge, opportunity, and the people willing to invest in us along the way. Throughout her career, she has made developing others a central part of her leadership.
From mentoring emerging leaders and coaching executives to teaching students at Georgia Tech and Emory, Angela creates opportunities for people to stretch beyond what they think they can do. Her approach combines high expectations with candid feedback, practical experience, and a genuine commitment to helping others succeed.
Her own unconventional path—from returning to college at 29 to becoming an engineer, executive, entrepreneur, and educator—shaped that commitment. She knows firsthand what can happen when someone is given the opportunity, support, and confidence to take the next step.
Serve Global Impact
Using leadership, service, and community to make an impact beyond the workplace.
For Angela, service has always been about more than showing up—it’s about working alongside people, building relationships, and contributing to something that lasts.
Her experiences have taken her to Zambia, Mozambique, Haiti, and Guatemala, where she has supported projects ranging from the 100 Wells initiative in Mozambique and post-earthquake medical efforts in Haiti to helping build a medical clinic in Guatemala—mixing concrete, tying rebar, laying blocks, and occasionally watching the locals fix her work. 🙂
What stays with Angela most isn’t the project completed or the miles traveled. It’s the people. These experiences have reinforced her belief that meaningful impact begins with listening, connection, and helping build solutions that can continue long after you leave.
Live Beyond the Office
Curiosity doesn’t clock out at the end of the workday.
Angela is happiest when she’s learning something new, working with her hands, exploring somewhere unfamiliar, or surrounded by animals. That curiosity has led her from IRONMAN races and world travel to blacksmithing, woodturning, beekeeping, and gardening—usually with another adventure already waiting in the wings.
At home, life includes birds, dogs, a garden, beehives, and no shortage of personality and chaos. Whether she’s forging steel, turning wood, tending a hive, growing something new, or exploring another part of the world, Angela believes there is enormous value in being willing to start from scratch and be a beginner again.
These pursuits aren’t separate from how she leads. They keep her curious, humble, resilient, and willing to try things she doesn’t yet know how to do—qualities she carries back into every other part of her life.
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If you’re new, begin with a few of the most impactful insights on leadership, execution, and building teams that actually perform.
Building Your A-Team: Who You Need in Your Corner for Leadership Success
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7 VIRTUAL Team Building Activities
From Conflict to Cohesion: 8 Badass Strategies for Turning Challenges into Success Stories
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