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How clear are you with your team on your purpose as a leader and how they’re supposed to deliver on it? As an effective leader, you must be clear on what your home run looks like and communicate it to your team to achieve success.
In this episode of the She Leads Now Podcast, Ann Sullivan talks about her HR career in corporate, transitioning to entrepreneurship, and how she’s established herself as an expert. Ann has held executive-level human resources, organization development, and training roles with Life Technologies, PepsiCo, YUM! Brands and Callaway Golf. Her experience as a generalist and specialist in corporate and field positions across highly competitive, dynamic industries makes her a uniquely qualified and versatile professional.
Listen in to learn the power of owning our identities and advocating for ourselves and each other as women in leadership spaces. You will also learn how to help your team become successful by helping them navigate difficult conversations and creating space to build trust.
Key Takeaways:
- The importance of advocating for ourselves and each other as women in leadership spaces.
- How to show up as an authentic expert unafraid to tell the truth when working as a consultant.
- The importance of asking for feedback to become a more effective expert and leader.
- How to help your team navigate difficult conversations and create space to build trust.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [2:38] Ann on her career growth in HR and her transition from corporate to entrepreneurship.
- [6:38] Why she chose to remain a generalist in her consultancy plus the advantages of skills variations as a business owner.
- [12:09] She explains the challenges women face in leadership spaces and how to overcome them.
- [17:36] Tips on how to become a more effective expert in your career or as a business owner.
- [26:55] How to shift as a leader by having a clear homerun with your team and helping them become successful.
- [34:25] How Ann rallies/influences people to support and help push for her ideas.
- [37:41] She describes the leadership style and philosophy she has adopted over the years.
- [38:30] Ann on her final thoughts and her readership method.
- instilled in us and support the current people in leadership roles?
Resources Mentioned:
- Website: https://www.innovativehrresources.com/
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.innovativehrresources.com/
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