Leading Change in Times of Great Uncertainty

How do we deal with uncertainty? My guest on this episode of Talking Business Now—Julie Benezet—has some ideas on how to handle it. And she has the experience to back it up.
In 1999, Benezet was the new director for a fledgling dot com called Amazon. Her challenge was to figure out how to lease just the right real estate and buildings in just the right places, to help the company survive and thrive. And as they say, the rest is history.
As the first global real estate sales executive for Amazon, she helped manage the company’s growth and rapid expansion during the uncertainties of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Benezet is the author of the award-winning book The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None, and she has just released a companion workbook titled, The Journal of Not Knowing.
Julie speaks, coaches and writes on galvanizing change in the 21st century and decoding human behavior in the face of uncertainty.
 In this episode of Talking Business Now, Julie talks with us about her book and leadership lessons from her many years as an executive, lawyer and entrepreneur. Tune in to discover:

What drives her to build businesses for heself and for others.

The lessons she learned as part of the leadership team at Amazon.com.

Why change is a challenge and why so many people fight it.

The most important role of a leader—and why that role hasn't changed.

The Core Four—the principles that act as “navigation lights" for traversing the discomfort that comes with pursuing something new.

The most important advice for people who want to start or grow a business

MORE ABOUT JULIE BENEZET
Benezet continues to "explore the new," build businesses and help others do the same. She is currently an executive coach, teacher and owner of The Journey of Not Knowing®, a leadership program she founded. The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None, received a 2017 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal and the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Silver Medal for Business & Economics.
Before joining Amazon.com, Julie built businesses and raised capital for a broad range of industries from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups. She practiced law in New York and Seattle.
She led the “Challenges of Leadership” program for executives at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for 10 years. She has appeared in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tech Republic.com, Training Industry and The Zweig Letter.
CONNECT WITH JULIE BENEZET

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejourneyofnotknowing

Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeyofnk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-benezet-a4515/

Blog: “The View from the Treehouse” at https://www.juliebenezet.com/blog

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How do we deal with uncertainty? My guest on this episode of Talking Business Now—Julie Benezet—has some ideas on how to handle it. And she has the experience to back it up.

In 1999, Benezet was the new director for a fledgling dot com called Amazon. Her challenge was to figure out how to lease just the right real estate and buildings in just the right places, to help the company survive and thrive. And as they say, the rest is history.

As the first global real estate sales executive for Amazon, she helped manage the company’s growth and rapid expansion during the uncertainties of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Benezet is the author of the award-winning book The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None, and she has just released a companion workbook titled, The Journal of Not Knowing.

Julie speaks, coaches and writes on galvanizing change in the 21st century and decoding human behavior in the face of uncertainty.

 In this episode of Talking Business Now, Julie talks with us about her book and leadership lessons from her many years as an executive, lawyer and entrepreneur. Tune in to discover:

What drives her to build businesses for heself and for others.
The lessons she learned as part of the leadership team at Amazon.com.
Why change is a challenge and why so many people fight it.
The most important role of a leader—and why that role hasn't changed.
The Core Four—the principles that act as “navigation lights" for traversing the discomfort that comes with pursuing something new.
The most important advice for people who want to start or grow a business

MORE ABOUT JULIE BENEZET

Benezet continues to "explore the new," build businesses and help others do the same. She is currently an executive coach, teacher and owner of The Journey of Not Knowing®, a leadership program she founded. The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None, received a 2017 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal and the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Silver Medal for Business & Economics.

Before joining Amazon.com, Julie built businesses and raised capital for a broad range of industries from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups. She practiced law in New York and Seattle.

She led the “Challenges of Leadership” program for executives at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for 10 years. She has appeared in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tech Republic.com, Training Industry and The Zweig Letter.

CONNECT WITH JULIE BENEZET

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejourneyofnotknowing

Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeyofnk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-benezet-a4515/

Blog: “The View from the Treehouse” at https://www.juliebenezet.com/blog

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