Getting It Done: How Ranarda Jones Built a 35-Person Medicare Consulting Firm Without a Clear Plan

Guest Episode 8: Getting It Done: How Ranarda Jones Built a 35-Person Medicare Consulting Firm Without a Plan In this episode, Ashlee welcomes Ranarda Jones — co-founder and CEO of PSyn, Inc., managed care consultant, Medicare expert, and accidental entrepreneur with 35-plus employees — for one of the most honest, hilarious, and genuinely energizing conversations on This Wasn't My Plan yet. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN * How Ranarda went from retail pharmacy to staffing agency founder to Medicare consulting CEO — and why none of it was planned * Why leading with clarity and consistency is the most important leadership lesson she has learned * Why being authentically yourself — without switching versions of who you are — is the most powerful career advantage you will ever have ABOUT RANARDA JONES Ranarda Jones is the co-founder and CEO of PSyn, Inc., a managed care consulting firm that specializes in improving Star ratings — quality scores — for Medicare plan sponsors. With a career spanning retail pharmacy, long-term care, hospital, mail order, pharmaceutical sales, corporate managed care, community pharmacy ownership, staffing, and real estate, Ranarda brings a rare end-to-end view of the healthcare sector that most consultants simply do not have. She is also a mentor to pharmacy interns, a YouTube vlogger, and the kind of person who makes you feel like anything is possible just by being in the same room. Connect with Ranarda: * Website: https://www.psyninc.com * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranardajones/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranardad/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themedicareceo KEY MOMENTS * (02:00) How Ranarda discovered she had 19 employees she did not know about * (07:00) From pharmacy school to staffing agency — and why she started her first business in one night * (12:00) Leaving corporate America, losing money on house flips, and working a job she hated 40 minutes away * (24:00) Why confidence is not the absence of failure — it is knowing what you are good at and what you are not * (31:00) The most important leadership lesson: lead with clarity and consistency CALL TO ACTION To learn more about Ranarda's work in Medicare consulting and managed care visit: 🔗 https://www.psyninc.com To learn more about Ashlee's leadership workshops: 🔗 https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-workshops ABOUT ASHLEE Ashlee is a leadership strategist and executive workshop facilitator who helps teams communicate with clarity so decisions move forward and performance improves. Connect with Ashlee * Follow Ashlee on Social:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleeklevenshayes/ https://www.instagram.com/rxashleehayes/ * Workshops: https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-workshops KEYWORDS entrepreneurship, Medicare consulting, managed care, leadership, authenticity, career pivots, women in business