Episode 26 - Interview with Jennifer Thornton

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Founder and CEO of 304 Coaching, Jennifer Thornton is a sought-after business strategist, specializing in startups and large value-based organizations. She assists her clients in building talent that complement their business strategies to ensure exponential growth.

Her unconventional approach in creating innovative workforce development solutions for companies has driven her consulting firm into rapid growth with its Conversational Intelligence® training, Executive Coaching and Leadership Academies.

For more than 20 years Jennifer has been developing her expertise in Talent Strategy and Leadership Professional Development throughout her career as an HR Professional. She’s led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, expanding into new markets, managing franchise retailers, and developing key strategic partnerships.

In this episode, we speak about understanding fear and how it impacts our responses as leaders. Jennifer shares how we can step out of that fear state in order to move from crisis management towards collaboration and innovation.

Jennifer also emphasizes the importance of leaders inviting their teams into the conversation, letting their voices be heard and talking about finding solutions. Effective leadership starts with the ability to know that you might not have all the answers – but when teams work effectively together, there's a chance to build knowledge and capability to move forward collectively.

We dive into the Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership, and Jennifer gives some very interesting examples of how they show up when we are dealing with change. You definitely don’t want to miss this!

Find out more about Jennifer on her website: www.304coaching.com.