The Room Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jenny DuFresne
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Have you ever experienced the consequences of a leader's "decide and announce" approach to change, leaving team members frustrated and uncertain about the future? Have you ever experienced the consequences of a leader's "decide and announce" approach to change, leaving team members frustrated and uncertain about the future?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room where Jenny recounts the struggles of a leader, whose ineffective communication led to a team being divided into three groups: those embracing change, those who would "wait and see," and those frustrated agitators. Learn how abrupt decisions and poor engagement, worsen divisions and trust issues. In this engaging episode, Jenny reveals how getting buy-in isn't just a checkbox—it's the foundation of successful leadership.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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Have you ever considered the true cost of loyalty in both personal and professional relationships? Loyalty can shape lives, decisions, and even destinies. But when is loyalty worth the price, and when does it become detrimental?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room. In this episode, Jenny explores the thought-provoking theme of loyalty's cost. Drawing from personal experiences and contemporary events, she delves into loyalty's impact on individuals, leadership, and even politics. Reflecting on a story of loyalty from her childhood, Jenny contemplates the price individuals pay for unwavering commitment. From former President Donald Trump's followers to characters in the TV series Billions, loyalty's power is examined alongside its potential consequences.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Will your team look more diverse, less diverse, or the same in four year’s time? What is your responsibility as a leader to ensure you are attracting candidates from different backgrounds and different environments? Should you start thinking about non-traditional candidates and non-traditional opportunities? Should this even be a concern for you?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal the affirmative action ruling and what that means to leaders and what the composition of their teams will look like in four years. Jenny considers how this decision will cause an economic challenge or crisis because communities that have had the opportunity to attend a four-year university will no longer have that opportunity.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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Do you know why you are stuck as a leader? Are you a middle manager who’s stuck? An executive level or C-Suite level leader who’s stuck? How do you get unstuck? Do you just want to scream in frustration, “Why am I stuck?”
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses how leaders should invest in themselves, stop asking for permission, and move their mission forward so they can get unstuck and get out of the circumstances that are not fruitful for a leader and have a real impact.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What are the top five attributes that you glorify as a leader? Do you validate the team member who works long hours? Are you proud that you have made yourself accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week to your team members? Are these characteristics actually healthy or unhealthy for an organization (and for you)?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she explores five different “glorifications” that not only hurt her leadership but also negatively affected her personal life.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
What are the things you’ve glorified that you shouldn’t have in your leadership journey? Or do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What happens when you need to be a leader outside of the workplace? Have you ever had to be a leader for your family? For your partner? What happens when you need to be a leader for those who you most care about outside of work? How do you talk to your children?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this deeply personal episode of The Room, as she shares her most recent experience of racism not in the workplace, and not directly against her…but against her son and his teammates. Listen as she reflects on the experience and what it means to be a leader outside the workplace.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has had to deal with racism or sexism or homophobia in or out of the workplace? How did they use their leadership skills to confront the situation? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What kind of culture have you curated for your team? Do you have a culture of no when it comes to prioritizing work? Or does the culture enable people to say yes, become more stressed, and become overloaded with tasks? Is your team overextended?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses the importance of setting a healthy culture where it’s ok to say “no” and how setting boundaries will increase the quality of work for your team.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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Does your leadership journey ever feel like a marathon? Do the goals you’ve set for yourself, your team, or your company just seem unachievable at times? Or do you sometimes just lack the motivation to go after them? Spoiler alert: this happens to most leaders!
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she compares her challenges with preparing for the Marine Corps Marathon with the daily struggles of being a leader. Jenny will discuss how consistency plus commitment equals confidence.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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With 2023 just around the corner, have you started thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions? Or maybe you’ve been thinking about the New Year’s Resolutions that you didn’t keep this year. Want some advice? Stop thinking about the resolutions, they just don’t work!
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, in this second episode in a series of Change Proof Goals. She will explain five reasons why leaders so often fall short of achieving their goals—and how to change that. Get started and set your 2023 Change Proof Goals at www.LeadersTransform.com/goals .
As we edge closer to the end of 2022, how will you walk into 2023? What will you do that is different? As leaders, we can’t be stuck in a 20th century leadership style because it simply doesn’t work anymore. We have to take the time to challenge ourselves. What is your vision or new idea for how to lead? If you don’t take the time to challenge yourself, you’ll be doing the same thing over and over. And as a leader, you can’t keep doing the same sh-t!
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she challenges leaders with the hard questions about leadership transformation so they can grow along their leadership journey.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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You might’ve heard the phrase, “leadership is inherently lonely.” As the stress increases for a leader, the more challenged our communication gets, and then more we’re having to deal with even more complex problems. Who do you turn to when this happens? Who has your back when this happens? Who is actively investing in you?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she explores the importance of not being alone on one’s leadership journey and how to build relationships with people who will actively sponsor and support you.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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The global pandemic. Supply chain issues. Economic uncertainty. The great resignation. Extreme weather events. And the list goes on…as leaders we are expected to thrive in spite of the turbulence, the uncertainty, and the constant change when in reality most of us just want to scream, “can I get a break?!”
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses how leaders can get the help that they need to be as effective as possible so they can to thrive in their roles and then ensure that their teams thrive in their own roles.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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It starts subtly. You feel that your authority is decreasing. You begin to doubt every single initiative you’ve started. You feel micromanaged. Your achievements are minimized. You’re constantly interrupted and your ideas are not supported. You feel isolated. Then you realize and ask: is my boss undermining me?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses the impacts of a boss who undermines their people. She shares ideas and helpful tips for how to take care of yourself and what to do if you find your boss is undermining you.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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What is your leadership style? Does your leadership reflect someone who is stiff, showing no emotions and reserve? Or are you more approachable, relatable, and connectable? In other words, are you a HM King Charles III or HM Queen Elizabeth II?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on HM Queen Elizabeth II’s leadership journey and how it evolved over her 70 years as Queen of England. Did Queen Elizabeth II feel confident and ready when she took the throne at age 21? Did she have doubts? The world talked about her poise and her dignity, but what about the harder parts of leading millions of people?
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What would you do if an employee comes into your office and says, "I need to have an abortion." How do you respond? Do we moralize them and say it's God's will you're pregnant? Or, if you're pro-life, do you allow your personal convictions to be revealed? Or do you take some sort of balanced position? The bigger question is: should leaders assert our personal convictions in the work environment?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on our responsibilities as leaders when major events, such as the Roe v. Wade decision, collide with our employees and their personal lives. She'll show how respectful communication plays a large role in creating a psychologically safe workplace environment.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Or have you experienced an employee sharing difficult news with you? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What is a leader's role when it comes to social and political issues at work? How do you manage when employees' have conversations about what is affecting them—from social justice movements, to political beliefs, to controversial theories, or books? Can you afford to ignore these conversations? What happens when it starts negatively affecting the culture of the workplace?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she explains how one book completely changed the atmosphere of a business—and how she handled the shift in the culture. She'll reflect on her actions when one of her employee's support of a political figure's view on social justice issues changed the dynamic in the office. And although the event happened almost fifteen years ago—the lessons learned still very much apply today.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
How have you handled difficult moral situations? How would you discuss an employee's beliefs? Send us your name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What would you do if an employee walked into your office first thing Monday morning and shared life-altering news? News that would affect them for the rest of their lives? Would you maintain your role and separate yourself from the employee and only offer professional advice? Or would you see your employee as a human being whose suffering and empathize with them while possibly crossing the professional boundary in order to comfort them?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares one of the most difficult days she's had as a leader. She'll share her experience and her decision to "cross the professional boundary" when an employee shares his life-altering news that he had yet to share with his own family and friends.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Or have you experienced an employee sharing difficult news with you? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What does it mean to be a courageous leader? Is it the same thing as being a hero? What is the difference? How can leaders stand up and use their voice when it’s the least convenient and has the potential to be the greatest cost? What does it mean to have the ability to persevere despite the circumstances?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses recent national headlines and the lack of courage displayed by leaders. From the January 6th hearing, to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Jenny examines the lack of courage and the consequences that followed.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has demonstrated courageous leadership? What does a courageous leader look like to you? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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Are you a leader who leads with your heart? Do you lead with empathy? Do you take the time to look at multiple sides, get information from all sides of an issue? Do you make studied and reflective decisions? Are you a leader who acts against group think group think is really beginning to destroy our communities?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on the hearings of the Jan 6th committee and challenges leaders with hard questions: Are you a courageous leader? Do you stand against things that are destructive? Are you leading in a way that you are truly proud of? And when you go home at night, are you proud of the decisions that you've made?
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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There is one question for leaders that is seemingly simple to answer on the surface, but when you think about it, it's not as easy to answer as one might think. The question is: Is it easy to be courageous? Think about it. Would you be courageous in the face of losing your job, your reputation, your basic needs? Would anybody be courageous?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on what it means to be courageous during the difficult times of knowing what the right thing is, but having to consider a myriad of outside factors.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
What would you do if you knew that your leaders were doing things that were unethical, but that if you took a stand, if you vocalized disagreement that it could cost you? What are some of the things you’d consider?
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What is the true cost for not valuing your people? What if your best employee asks to double her salary, would you give it to her? Would you even recognize that maybe she deserves it? Or will you let her go because you can just find someone else—someone cheaper—to fill her shoes?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she describes the true cost of not valuing your team. Jenny talks through all the costs of unintended attrition, which is a lot higher than most leaders think.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Have you ever overlooked the requests from your best employee to ultimately have them leave? Send us your story! Or do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What’s the most difficult thing about your leadership role? Do you ever feel like you are the only one who has experienced the challenges and difficulties you face day in and day out? What do you do when you can't make head or tails of what's going on around you?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she explains how all the challenges a leader faces are all normal. Yes, all normal. During these tough times, leaders need to be able to step back, get a fresh perspective, engage a mentor, and stop trying to solve the same problems with the same solutions.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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What would you do if you had access to one of the most powerful leadership tools? A tool that doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t require additional degrees, a tool that has helped leaders build multimillion dollar companies and has guided world leaders through chaotic times? Would you grab it? Would you use it?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares the tool that has changed the game for thousands of leaders all over the world…and why many leaders chose not to use this powerful tool.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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So many leaders take on the triumphs of a job well done, yet at the same time absorb all the impacts of disappointment.
Many successful leaders work long hours…long days…long weeks…long years. And in the process of their upward successes, they lose themselves. They sacrifice everything they have and often find themselves unbalanced and burned out. Sound familiar?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room as she talks about the importance of radical self-care and its value to not only leaders but also for the people they lead.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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What is the biggest mistake you’ve made in your career? What caused the mistake? Was it because you got caught up in a hype? Or perhaps you sold yourself short? Sometimes when an opportunity presents itself, we need to take a step back and breath, otherwise we might make a $20,000 mistake.
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she continues to share her story from Episode 14 when she worked with a civil rights icon… and the $20,000 mistake she made.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
Have you ever made a “$20,000 mistake”? Send us your story! Or do you know someone who has a compelling leadership story or lessons? Someone whose leadership road was bumpy? Send their name, business, and contact info to prosupport@leaderstransform.com.
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It is important for leaders to stay clearheaded and take a step back to look at the situation. But what happens when you meet your hero? Or when you get really caught up in an experience? Or an opportunity presents itself that you just cannot pass up?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her experience of working with a civil rights icon, who had changed thousands of lives, and how she became starstruck during this incredibly important time in her professional life.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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When was the last time you received feedback? Last week? Last month? Never? Nearly 65% of employees say they would appreciate acknowledgement and understand where they are and how they can do better from their leaders. If feedback is so important for leaders and employees, why don’t we do it more? How can we get better?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses the importance of feedback and the cost to companies who don’t give feedback. The hard truth is leaders cannot afford to give feedback. Yes, it can be uncomfortable, but that’s why Jenny is talking about it in this week’s episode.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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With hundreds of business and leadership books on effective communication, why are leaders still so bad about communicating? Because it's more than just communication—its about ensuring lines of authority and responsibility are clear. It's recognizing the impact of lack of clarity and communication can have in organizations and knowing we must take into consideration the listener and what they understand about our vision.
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her story of when she simultaneously worked for three bosses, who had multiple missions, competing priorities and inconsistency in communication and directives…and how she reacted to the leaders in the company.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Did you know that 70% of leaders experience what’s known as imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome is a pattern of self-doubt that most leaders experience in their lifetime. Self-doubt is not a fact, its an emotion and it has the ability to sidetrack even the best leaders.
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses how self-doubt can negatively affect a leader and how leaders can recognize and respond to the imposter syndrome.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Why are leaders willing to talk about some topics…but not others? Do we sometimes decide to avoid to hard topics and not say anything because it “might be easier” or we’re afraid of saying the wrong thing? As leaders we can not afford to be silent when traumatic things happen that affect our team and our people.
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this BONUS episode of The Room, where she reflects on why leaders were willing to share social media posts about Will Smith’s slap heard around the world, but remained quiet about the ten murders in Buffalo, NY. As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Have you ever worked in an environment where you just weren't valued, where your contributions weren't valued, where your observations weren't valued, just you just weren't valued at all?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses the impact and influence leaders have on people…both the good and the bad. She reflects on her experiences in the Marine Corps and how they have formed and shaped the ways she works with leaders in companies today.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Have you ever changed someone’s idea of what you were capable of? How did you do it? How did it make you feel? Or, are you currently trying to change someone’s preconceived notion of your capabilities?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she reflects on leadership lessons from the Marine Corps that shaped how she built organizations, gave her purpose, and the day where she changed one senior leader’s mind about the capability of women.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Have you ever experienced someone telling you, “you can’t do that because you’re too old, too young, a woman, a man, (or you fill in the blank)?” How did you overcome other peoples’ expectations of you? Or...have you unintentionally set standards for different departments or different groups of people?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her early leadership journey in the Marine Corps when she was told “you cannot do that” and how she overcame assumptions and became the leader she is today.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Think about the people that really excelled under your leadership. Think about the people who did not flourish under your leadership. Sometimes knowingly and sometimes unknowingly, leaders strip away important things that have made employees or team members feel very valued. How do you handle that? Are you the reason why your team members leave?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her story about two very different bosses—one who created a high culture of trust…and other…well, let’s just say Jenny doesn’t work for them anymore.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Why are leaders reluctant to invest in people? They often spend more time putting out fires instead of figuring out the next big step. However, if a leader trusts their team members more can get accomplished. Do you trust your team?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her leadership story about her first boss who mentored her, challenged her, and trusted her to get some of the toughest responsibilities in the office…including some aspects of her boss’s job.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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What happens when fear seizes a leader? Who can they turn to? Are leaders allowed to be vulnerable to connect and open their heart to those around them?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she concludes her leadership lessons from Marine Corps bootcamp. Listen as she shares the story of an amazing leader who championed her when she was fired from her leadership role when she suffered baseless accusations and the leader who picked her back up.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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As a leader, have you ever wanted to slap someone the way Will Smith slapped Chris Rock? Or maybe not physically slap someone, but do something that’s so out of character for you it might as well be a slap seen around the world? How does a leader come back from that? Or are there ways in which we can avoid the proverbial slap altogether?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this BONUS episode of The Room, as she shares her lessons about how to work through the challenges of leadership and overcome barriers to losing your cool. Spoiler alert: it starts with radical self-care.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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What happens when a leader’s credibility is destroyed? How does that leader recover from a destroyed career? You are grinding really hard and moving forward, when someone pulls the rug from underneath you. What next? Were you humiliated? Did you hide your emotions? Did it kill your enthusiasm and drive?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her compelling story from Marine Corps bootcamp about being accused as a racist and fired from her leadership duties and how she pressed on.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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As leaders, our job is to connect with people no matter their background or beliefs. But what happens with someone you’re trying to connect with doesn’t believe in you? Or is jealous of your success? Or worse—tries to stab you in the back to bring you down?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her betrayal from another recruit during Marine Corps boot camp and what she learned from it.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Leadership is a whole lot more than getting people to follow you. Sure, we hear about inspirational and motivational stories, but what about the fact that leadership is sometimes the grind of making really difficult decisions?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she shares her early leadership journey from childhood until the grind of Marine Corps bootcamp.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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Have you ever wondered how successful leaders navigated tough situations? And how did they come out on the other side with seemingly little to no bumps or bruises?
Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this inaugural episode of The Room, as she explores and asks the questions that many people want to know about leadership, but never ask.
As a leader with over two decades of leadership experience, Jenny shares her journey and interviews leaders who are willing to be vulnerable with their stories.
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