Are you struggling to align your leadership with your business vision? Join us as Jessica Fields shares powerful strategies to foster authentic leadership, align your goals, and lead your team with purpose. Tune in to learn how to recalibrate your business for success! #LeadershipAlignment #AuthenticLeadership #BusinessVision #TeamBuilding #GoalSetting #Entrepreneurship #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessSuccess
Key Notes
- Entrepreneurial Journey and Leadership Insights:
- Jessica Fields shares her journey from corporate America to entrepreneurship, emphasizing the importance of following your passion and staying true to your vision.
- Good leadership involves learning from both positive and negative experiences, helping you shape your own leadership style.
- Mentorship’s Role in Leadership Development:
- Finding a mentor outside your field can provide new perspectives and foster growth.
- Leadership isn’t about knowing everything; it’s about collaboration and learning from others.
- Balancing Leadership and Empathy:
- Effective leaders balance empathy with productivity by creating a supportive and open work environment.
- Leaders should encourage team members to express challenges and ideas without fear of judgment.
- The Importance of Leadership Accountability and Authenticity:
- Authentic leadership involves accountability, clear communication, and understanding each team member’s unique approach.
- True leadership fosters motivation and engagement through authenticity and support.
- Aligning Leadership with Business Vision:
- Business activities should always align with the core vision to maintain focus and growth.
- Avoid distractions or pivots that don’t support your long-term goals, and keep your main focus central.
- Hiring for Alignment with Vision and Mission:
- Use behavior-based interview questions to evaluate a candidate’s past actions and gauge alignment with your company’s mission.
- Soft skills and authentic qualities are just as important as hard skills in building a cohesive team.
- The Need for Continuous Adjustment and Flexibility:
- Leadership alignment is not a straight path; it requires regular adjustments and flexibility.
- Recognize when changes are needed, and lead your team through transitions to stay aligned with your goals.
- Movement, Adjustment, and Alliance in Leadership:
- A successful leader ensures constant progress (movement), adapts when necessary (adjustment), and fully commits to the business’s mission (alliance).
- Alignment within the team leads to better cohesion, productivity, and overall business success.
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Offer
Jessica is offering a free 30-minute discovery call for listeners. During this call, she can provide guidance on various needs, including corporate training, one-on-one coaching, or addressing immediate HR-related questions. She invites listeners to visit her website at www.guidedfieldslc.com and mention they heard her on the podcast to take advantage of this offer.
Meet Jessica
Jessica Fields is a Senior Leader in the Talent management space with 20 years of knowledge and experience. She is passionate about using her knowledge to help other leaders and individual contributors, develop authentically and expand their reach of service while developing an engaged and growing workforce.
In 2020, Jessica founded Guided Fields, LLC which provides organizations, leaders, and individual contributors with a roadmap for professional development through coaching, training, or programming that offers goal clarity, thought partnership and intentional career growth pathways. She also speaks at conferences and events where her message is designed to inspire and encourage leaders to use their authentic talents and gifts to grow and thrive while helping others do the same.
