How Tech Leaders can Become the type of Leaders Everyone wants to Work For with Jennifer Anderson

As the digital age progresses and the amount of technology available becomes more diverse, it becomes more challenging to manage employees. Tech teams are constantly trying to improve time management, communication, hiring and retention, and building a dynamic and resilient company culture. In this episode, Jennifer Anderson, a Leadership Career strategist with over 24 years of experience consulting with national and international companies, shares an amazing journey of discovery. She explains how she identified a need in business leadership and leveraged an opportunity to coach them. She shares her approaches to helping ‘crappy leaders’ in the tech space become high achievers and inspire others to tap into their uniqueness and potential.

Snapshot of the Key Points from the Episode:

02:23 How Jennifer became a Leadership Career Strategist. 04:55 Benefits of spotting opportunities and leveraging on them. 07:53 Things you must acknowledge in the start-up mode of your entrepreneurship. 10:01 Practical ways Jennifer helps ‘crappy leaders’ become leaders who inspire others to take action. 14:07 Jennifer's passion for ‘winning the day’. 18:27 How Jennifer helps leaders create their brand awareness. What a personal brand is, and what is it not. 24:12 The concept of ‘leaning in.’

About Jennifer Anderson -

Jennifer Anderson has over 24 years of experience as a Leadership Career strategist – consulting with national and international companies to build their tech leaders into leaders everyone wants to work for while reducing employee attrition. She is sought after as a speaker about leadership and has addressed groups such as NCSEA, Public Relations Society of America, the American Marketing Association, the American Women’s Society of CPAs, the Structural Engineering Association and more. She is published in Forbes and is ranked as a “Top 40 to Follow” on Twitter. For more information and to get in touch with Jennifer, you can find her at: www.MovingForwardSolutions.com.

Resources Mentioned

The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TGTK2L2/

How to connect with Jennifer Anderson:

Website: https://movingforwardsolutions.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careercoachjen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUN5pLJ467hDgXImkAR0KUQ/

About the Host:

Ann Carden is a highly sought-after Expert Business Growth Consultant, Marketing Strategist, three-time published Author, and a #1 Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker for small businesses and entrepreneurs. With more than forty-one years of business experience and coaching and consulting hundreds of coaches, entrepreneur’s and owners in more than forty different industries to more success, Ann knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business. After spending thirteen years in corporate business management, Ann started her journey as an entrepreneur building businesses for herself for twenty-nine years. Her first business started out of financial hardship and Ann was able to propel that business into the international market (before the internet.)

After selling that business, she went on to start and build five more businesses to succeed. She has sold those businesses and today has a passion for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs build their success. She has been featured on the affiliates of ABC, NBC, CW, and FOX, among many other media outlets. Her articles have been published on Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine, and she has been a featured guest on multiple podcast shows such as; “Business Innovators Radio” podcast which can be heard at: BusinessInnovatorsRadio.com/Ann-Carden. She was also chosen as one of the top coaches in the world by Six-Figure Coach Magazine. Through the years Ann has educated thousands of professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and online platforms as a Speaker.

How to Connect with Ann Carden:

Website: https://anncardencoaching.com Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/business-consultant-coach Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/anncarden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ann-Carden-A-Carden-Inc-110882230558068 Grab Ann's free Masterclass at http://www.expertinyou.us

(0:00) Introduction and Jennifer Anderson's journey into leadership coaching (4:31) Transition from corporate work to entrepreneurship (6:07) Advocating for oneself and work-life balance (9:46) Improving leadership skills and the importance of individuality (14:37) Human element in tech and the importance of acknowledging progress (18:06) Building a personal brand in leadership (23:35) 'Leaning in' in leadership and the concept of 'quiet quitting' (27:26) Impact of body language and virtual engagement in meetings (30:46) Shift in workplace culture and the current state of the employment world (33:22) Contacting Jennifer Anderson, closing remarks, and outro