KL066: The Purposeful Leadership Advantage
Keep Leading!®
English - June 05, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes - ★★★★★ - 172 ratingsBusiness Education Self-Improvement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
KL066
Jennifer McCollum
CEO of Linkage, Inc.
The Purposeful Leadership Advantage
Episode Summary
I interviewed Jennifer McCollum, the first female CEO of Linkage, Inc! The mission of Linkage is to “Change the Face of Leadership!” Our conversation streamed on Keep Leading LIVE!™ via YouTube and Facebook. We discussed “The Purposeful Leadership Advantage.”
Bio
Jennifer McCollum is CEO of Linkage, Inc., where she oversees the strategic direction and global operations of the Boston, MA-based leadership development firm. With a mission to “Change the Face of Leadership,” Linkage has dedicated 30 years to improving leadership effectiveness and equity in hundreds of organizations globally. Linkage provides solutions to Accelerate Purposeful Leadership, Advance Women Leaders, and Create Cultures of Inclusion, using assessments, training, coaching, consulting, and conferences.
For decades, Linkage has studied what the best leaders do, and amassed assessment data from one million leaders to surface the Purposeful Leadership model. Our research proves that leaders who generate the best results align their purpose to the organizational direction, and fulfill five specific commitments: to inspire, engage, innovate, achieve, and become. In 2019, Linkage isolated specific inclusive leadership behaviors and found they correlate perfectly to Purposeful Leadership, indicating inclusion is a proxy for effective leadership. Additionally, for more than 20 years, Linkage has addressed the challenge of advancing women leaders, surfacing specific hurdles that women face and competencies to overcome them. Linkage’s approach is captured in two books: Become: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership and Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement.
Jennifer has 20 years of experience in building and managing businesses in the leadership space. Before Linkage, she spent a decade growing leadership businesses at Korn Ferry and Corporate Executive Board (CEB), now Gartner. She is an avid tennis player and skier and resides in the Washington, DC area with her husband and three children.
Website
https://www.linkageinc.com/
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferscherermccollum/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/J_McCollum1
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/LinkageInc/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/linkage.inc/
Leadership Quote
Harry Kraemer’s advice has been at the forefront of my mind over and over like a mantra during this crisis. He is the former CEO of Baxter and now a PE founder and “best MBA professor in NA” from Kellogg School (Bia school at Northwestern). He said EXPECT a crisis, and when it’s here, you need to “Do the right thing and do your best.” What does that look like?
· Tell people what you know.
· Tell people what you don't know.
· Commit to getting back to them when you know.
That builds trust & vulnerability!
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Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information
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The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn.
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KL066
Jennifer McCollum
CEO of Linkage, Inc.
The Purposeful Leadership Advantage
Episode Summary
I interviewed Jennifer McCollum, the first female CEO of Linkage, Inc! The mission of Linkage is to “Change the Face of Leadership!” Our conversation streamed on Keep Leading LIVE!™ via YouTube and Facebook. We discussed “The Purposeful Leadership Advantage.”
Bio
Jennifer McCollum is CEO of Linkage, Inc., where she oversees the strategic direction and global operations of the Boston, MA-based leadership development firm. With a mission to “Change the Face of Leadership,” Linkage has dedicated 30 years to improving leadership effectiveness and equity in hundreds of organizations globally. Linkage provides solutions to Accelerate Purposeful Leadership, Advance Women Leaders, and Create Cultures of Inclusion, using assessments, training, coaching, consulting, and conferences.
For decades, Linkage has studied what the best leaders do, and amassed assessment data from one million leaders to surface the Purposeful Leadership model. Our research proves that leaders who generate the best results align their purpose to the organizational direction, and fulfill five specific commitments: to inspire, engage, innovate, achieve, and become. In 2019, Linkage isolated specific inclusive leadership behaviors and found they correlate perfectly to Purposeful Leadership, indicating inclusion is a proxy for effective leadership. Additionally, for more than 20 years, Linkage has addressed the challenge of advancing women leaders, surfacing specific hurdles that women face and competencies to overcome them. Linkage’s approach is captured in two books: Become: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership and Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement.
Jennifer has 20 years of experience in building and managing businesses in the leadership space. Before Linkage, she spent a decade growing leadership businesses at Korn Ferry and Corporate Executive Board (CEB), now Gartner. She is an avid tennis player and skier and resides in the Washington, DC area with her husband and three children.
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferscherermccollum/
https://twitter.com/J_McCollum1
https://www.facebook.com/LinkageInc/
https://www.instagram.com/linkage.inc/
Leadership Quote
Harry Kraemer’s advice has been at the forefront of my mind over and over like a mantra during this crisis. He is the former CEO of Baxter and now a PE founder and “best MBA professor in NA” from Kellogg School (Bia school at Northwestern). He said EXPECT a crisis, and when it’s here, you need to “Do the right thing and do your best.” What does that look like?
· Tell people what you know.
· Tell people what you don't know.
· Commit to getting back to them when you know.
That builds trust & vulnerability!
Subscribe, share, and review on Apple Podcasts!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512
Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information
Keep Leading LIVE (Live Recordings of the Keep Leading!® Podcast)
The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn.
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