Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Released Wednesday, 21st August 2024
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Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Nobody Believes You: Why Having a Vision is Important S5 EP8

Wednesday, 21st August 2024
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In the eighth episode of Season 5, Jenni explores the concept of being visionary as one of the eight practices essential for credible leadership. She provides a definition of visionary and emphasises the importance of clear communication, passion, and the ability to inspire action.

Jenni also outlines three key steps to build this practice: inspiring others through courage and vulnerability, adapting communication to different environments, and maintaining consistency in storytelling. Tune in to the full episode to learn how to create purpose and drive through effective visionary leadership!

Episode Timestamps:

  • 00:31 - Defining Visionary as a Leader
  • 01:06 - The Importance of Communication in Visionary Leadership
  • 02:13 - Consequences of Lacking Vision
  • 05:09 - Building Visionary Leadership

Key Takeaways From This Episode:

  • Visionary is about the ability to clearly communicate where you're going and inspire others
  • It's not merely being a "visionary leader" like Steve Jobs but about articulation and passion for the future
  • Without clear vision, teams cannot understand their purpose, leading to apathy and disorganised efforts
  • 3 practical steps for building visionary as a practice

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This podcast gives you bitesize advice and guidance on internal communication and leadership credibility. Each episode is less than 15 minutes to help you get access to support for your employee engagement strategy, your internal comms and your leadership development. Jenni Field is an expert in leadership credibility and internal communication. Author of Influential Internal Communication, and Nobody Believes You - Become a Leader People Will Follow, her work as an international speaker and coach, helps leaders and their organisations become more efficient and more engaging. After spending 13 years working inside organisations as Head of Internal Communications and Communications Director, Jenni set up the consultancy Redefining Communications to help organisations and teams use communication to go from chaos to calm. Since 2017 Jenni has published two books, hosted two popular podcasts that discuss leadership, communication and wellbeing and conducted research into communication with deskless workers, the role of line managers and why we follow some leaders and not others. In 2020 she was the President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and she holds qualifications and accreditations in internal communication, company directorship and facilitation. She is an impressive speaker, inspiring leader and is globally recognised in the communication industry as a force for change in the way leaders and organisations as a whole communicate with their teams. How to connect with Jenni: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifield/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifield/Mailing list: https://redefiningcomms.com/join-our-community/

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