Leadhership Reloaded Series w/Alden Reynoso: Succeeding in Your Career Through Embracing Failure

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Are you ready to move past the obstacles that have been holding you back to become a better leader? Efficient leaders are the ones who can learn to recognize and embrace their  failures and make use of them. They have the power to become more self-aware and confident in their ability to lead. 

In this episode of the She Leads Now Podcast, Alden Schmid Reynoso is an experienced Employment professional with more than 25 years in the Human Resources field. Through her firm, HR Brain Trust, Inc., she works across a variety of industries to provide clients with employee & leadership development training and human resources compliance consulting services.  

Listen in to learn how future leaders can be fully equipped and prepared to succeed in their career or in life by overcoming obstacles, embracing failure, and learning from your mistakes. You will also learn the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership and how it will help you become a better leader. 

Key Takeaways:
  • The importance of finding balance between your personal life and your professional career so that you can remain productive and healthy without sacrificing one or the other.
  • The opportunities and challenges when it comes to women in the entrepreneurship and corporate world. 
  • How women can be more effective in leadership through the use of goal setting and emotional intelligence. 
  • The importance of learning how to escape the human sabotage pattern is key to success in all areas of life: work, relationships and personal development.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:
  • [00:01:15] Alden’s career journey and what actions she took that led her into the leadership space today. 
  • [00:09:18] What Alden does in order to support herself in being able to balance both home and her career. 
  • [00:13:56] What’s the first initial thing to do in order to learn new skills and become proficient in that area.
  • [00:22:33] The potential gaps and opportunities for leaders who are in positions of leadership today to be ready and prepared for the future.
  • [00:28:03] How to be able to support future leaders in accepting and processing and dealing with failures?
  • [00:35:52] How to incorporate your goals and ambition in building your successful career. 
  • [00:37:44] Alden’s advice to her younger self and the Legacy she wanted to leave in this world. 
  • [00:39:48] Alden’s book recommendation has been truly pivotal for her growth, development, and professional career. 
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