Secrets to becoming a Strategic Leader – in Just 7 Minutes with Jenn Lofgren

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Jenn is giving away a leadership influencing guide which is a good resource to begin your strategic leadership mindset, and it can be found on their website www.incito.ca/leadership-influence-guide

Summary:

Jenn Lofgren is the Founder of Incito, an executive leadership coaching and development firm in Calgary, Canada. A Master Certified Coach, Speaker and Facilitator, Jenn has worked with executives and entrepreneurs across Canada and worldwide, helping them grow into inspired, authentic leaders.

Jenn is a dynamic leader in her own right and has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network (WXN) and one of Mount Royal University’s Outstanding Alumni. She is also a regular contributor to the Forbes Coaches Council.

Here are the highlights of this episode:

Jenn usually works with VP or Senior Management who wants to move to a greater, strategic, and visionary leadership in the company. Because of their position, they are facing the challenges of not knowing what is important since their days are filled with just reacting to certain situations coming their way. This can cause these folks to feel that they are stuck or lonely; so, they do strategic thinking when they are only in bed or what she calls 'busy mind' that keeps them awake at night. They tend to focus on becoming better experts rather than understanding the choices that they're making. Jenn emphasizes that what makes her different when working with her is that she really shows that she cares about her clients.

Jenn’s Valuable Free Action (VFA): Her tip is to watch for the moments when you tell yourself "I have to" or "I have no choice". Instead, ask yourself these two questions: "what's my part" and "what do I want" in order to bring yourself to make conscious choices.