Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #236 Jennifer Speciale Career Transitions and Leadership

Career Transitions & Leadership

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Jennifer Speciale about career transitions and leadership, cultural agility, and how we should handle the barriers during transition periods.

We also dive deeper into the essence of building psychological safety in the workplace, imposter syndrome and how companies should execute recruitments.

Jeniffer Speciale –  Career Transitions and Leadership

Jennifer Speciale is an Executive Leadership Specialist, Transformation Advisor and Founder of Speciale Executive Leadership. 

She has a Bachelors Degree in pre-clinical Neuropsychopharmcology from Indiana University Bloomington, Masters Degrees in International Business  and International Relations & Diplomacy from Seaton Hall University. Her work has included recruitment, talent, change and transformation roles at Google, Bloomberg, Indeed, Fjord, McKinsey & Company and Amazon. She also recently became a Board Member for the Women in Leadership program at Mercy University.

Jennifer Speciale  talks about:

  • Growing up interested in language and culture
  • How to build trust and relationship with different cultures
  • Observation and empathy go together
  • Qualities that make you a leader 
  • Building psychological safety
  • Being interested in neuropsychopharmacology and helping people
  • Key things to keep in mind during recruitments
  • Behavioral based questions during the recruitment process
  • Staying close and being true to your passion
  • Career trajectories
  • Obstacles encountered when shifting into new roles
  • The imposter syndrome
  • Handling internal and external handbreaks

Tweets

“If you can empathise and mitigate your own frustration and see it for what it is, the only way to turn it around is by making it a safer environment and letting them feel that you genuinely want them to succeed. And that’s the only way to calm the nerves.” Empathy and frustrations by Jennifer Speciale on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Not everybody is a strong leader, but they still deserve and should move up in their career.” Jennifer Speciale talks about career trajectories on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Leadership is something that can be learned, taught, and practiced.” Jennifer Speciale talks about becoming a leader  on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Jennifer Speciale  www.jenniferspeciale.com
Jennifer Speciale  LinkedIn
Jennifer Speciale Youtube
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #181 Anne Duggan Courageous Invitations

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #181 Anne Duggan Courageous Invitations

Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast #181 Anne Duggan Courageous Invitations

Courageous Invitations

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Anne Duggan about Courageous Invitations, growing a leadership mindset, and finding and connecting with “your people”.

We also dive deeper into the formula of peak performance leadership, understanding the self, purpose and passion, and being a fearless woman leader.

Anne Duggan – Courageous Invitations

Anne Duggan is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in managing complex projects and infrastructure procurement for top companies like KPMG, Suez Environment Group, Lendlease, and Macquarie Group. She’s a jack of all trades, being a solicitor, chartered accountant, and holding an MBA in Law and Business, a Masters of Science in Coaching Psychology, and even studying veterinary nursing.

But our guest’s passion doesn’t stop there. She’s also a trailblazer in social infrastructure development, having led some of the most significant affordable housing bids in Australia. With her expertise and drive, there’s no doubt that she can continue to make a significant impact in both the corporate and social sectors.

Anne talks about:

  • The core of courageous leadership
  • Finding people that you have a connection with
  • Importance of having a very diverse group of ideas and thoughts and background
  • Diversity in an organisation
  • Having a purpose vs. having a “why”
  • Courageous Invitations
  • Working with Dr Jefferson Yu-Jen Chen
  • Peak performance
  • Betting wisely by giving now and gaining more later
  • Fear of failure
  • Having a solid foundation for confidence
  • The power to change is in your control
  • Be the leader that people want to follow
  • Work less and achieve more
  • Navigate distraction, uncertainty & self-sabotage

Tweets

“I think that the thing that really comes out is the heart and that is actually at the core of courageous leadership. It’s actually leading with your heart and being true and authentic to yourself.” Anne Duggan talks about having courage as a leader on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“Disrupt yourself and think about what you really can be doing that’s different because you don’t have to be on the traditional trajectory to actually have an amazing career” The journey of finding oneself and establishing a career with Anne Duggan on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

“Getting to peak performance is also a journey. It’s not something you just switch on immediately and you’re there. It’s something that you build and develop and grow over time” Anne Duggan on how to attain peak performance on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast. 

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Courageous Invitations www.courageousinvitations.com
Anne Duggan www.infrapartners.com.au
Anne Duggan Linkedin
Speakers Institute Corporate www.speakersinstitutecorporate.com
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Recommended Reading:

Courageous Invitations Book