Jenna Washnieski, The Born Leader - Why Self-Awareness Is The #1 Leadership Trait, Creating New Roles For Yourself, and The Beauty Of Listening To Your Intuition

Please enjoy this conversation with Jenna Washnieski (see her bio below). Jenna has great energy and we discussed how she was born to be a leader, how a letter she wrote to herself at seventeen predicted her career, why she journals (she has a closet full of them representing the last 20 years), what it's like to be the youngest executive at your company, the beauty of trying different things in your career, why self-awareness is the number one leadership trait, how listening to your intuition helps your career, the importance of having a positive affective presence as a leader, how she incorporates her yoga teaching into helping her leadership coaching clients, creating new roles for yourself without leaving your current company, and why you should be open to exploring your options. She also reveals that her love of dancing led her to work in the cabaret industry :-) You will love Jenna and will learn from her career journey!

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Jenna's bio: Jenna Washnieski's (LinkedIn) first leadership role was at age 3 when she became a big sister. In the decades to follow, she landed in countless positions of taking charge, making decisions, and influencing people. Her career includes 20+ years in the nonprofit industry, with more than a decade in executive leadership. Jenna currently works as a leadership coach and facilitator, helping companies build exceptional cultures, and supporting leaders as they develop the confidence to create fulfilling lives both in AND outside the workplace. Jenna holds a Master of Public Health specializing in health promotion and behavior change, is an ICF-certified professional coach (ACC), is certified in Integrative Enneagram (IEQ9), and is an Energy Leadership Index-Master Practitioner. Additionally, Jenna is a yoga instructor and finds joy in integrating yoga philosophy with leadership development to help people design more balanced lives. She shares these and other practical (and often irreverent) lessons through her writing, transformational workshops, and on her podcast, In With…The Podcast. When she’s not coaching or practicing yoga, she’s walking her 130-pound Mastiff around Kansas City.