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How clear are you on the vision you want to create for your life? Building a vision where your work supports the life you want to build for yourself is what you should be focused on as a leader. Your action steps now should be about who you truly are and how you want to show up in the world.
In this episode of the She Leads Now Podcast, Kristen Harcourt talks about self-leadership, how to create an authentic vision and emotional intelligence in leaders. As a keynote speaker, executive coach, and emotional intelligence expert, Kristen empowers executives and leaders at all levels to build lives and organizations of success, health, and sustainability
Listen in to learn how to get clear on the vision of the life you want to create to have a life-work integration. You will also learn what it means for a leader to be emotionally intelligent, plus the elements of emotional intelligence.
Key Takeaways:
- How to show up from your most authentic place and feel energized to lead.
- How to execute self-leadership by having a vision and being able to drive towards that vision.
- How to humanize the workplace by developing the emotional intelligence of leaders.
- Allowing yourself the space to heal so you can make decisions objectively as a leader.
- How to shift your mindset around networking to genuinely get to know people.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:
[1:56] Kristen on her career background and how she’s learned to serve people in her coaching business.
[6:16] How she learned to embrace and have fun with her non-linear entrepreneurial journey.
[12:50] How to get clear on the life you want to create and have a life-work integration that serves you.
[17:43] The steps to consider to change what’s not working and create your vision.
[23:09] The true meaning of emotional intelligence and how leaders can practically build on it.
[34:40] How to consciously lead above the line as opposed to below the line.
[38:56] She defines her leadership philosophy as a combination of compassion, integrity, and courage.
[39:30] Kristen’s thoughts on building a networking mindset plus her words of advice to her younger self.
[41:53] Her book recommendations plus her aspiration to lead with love.
Resources Mentioned:
- Website: https://kristenharcourt.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenharcourt/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenharcourt/
Book Recommendations:
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leaders by Chapman
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Effortless by Greg McKeown
- Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
- Emotional Agility by Susan David

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