December 26, 2023

Staying In Your Lane By Sharpening Your Self-Awareness with Jenn Rivera | Episode 49

I’m so excited to chat with Jenn Rivera, Founder & CEO of Ascender Consulting. She’s a no-nonsense, super relational business owner who’s great at big picture visioning, but is also an awesome ops and systems thinker.

Jenn is a big fan of staying in your lane, not only to lean into your strengths, but also to get closer to that ever-elusive work-life balance. And for her, self-awareness is the most important step.

In this episode, we chat through:

Using the Kolbe A assessment to understand her decision making
Exploring the different elements of who she is and her strengths
Thinking about her next “word of the year”: explore
Planning in March, rather than Dec or Jan
Visioncasting for her life and on behalf of clients
Shifting away from other people’s expectations toward self-awareness
Deciding to leave corporate despite enjoying the work and the people, after refusing to fall in line with leadership decisions that didn’t align
Listening first, rather than assuming
Trusting your gut and trusting your clients
Being honest and kind, even when it means saying no
Building in extra time, even when you don’t think you need it
Choosing or creating your own path to success instead of following the most traveled one

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