For the next two days INJOY Stewardship Solutions is dispatching me to attend the 2019 Global Leadership Summit. This event will be two days of deep-dive learning and viewed by over 405,000 globally. As a special gift to everyone reading these posts, INJOY Stewardship Solutions offering a complimentary downloadable Ebook entitled “How To Negotiate A Pay Raise.” Click Here or on the image provided to Download this Free Resource!
The Summit’s next speaker was Jo Saxton. Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, England, Jo brings a multicultural and international perspective to leadership. She has served on staff teams in churches in the UK and the U.S. and is the founder of the Ezer Collective, an initiative that equips and invests in women leaders. Jo’s book is The Dream of You: Let Go of Broken Identities and Live the Life You Were Made For.
The following are 19 quotes from her inspirational session:
- Leadership is excitng but it is also hard and challenging.
- Leadership can be soul-crushing and heartbreaking.
- Who were you before anyone told you who were supposed to be?
- What you are thinking is what you are becoming. – Ali
- The way you think about yourself is already shaping your leadership.
- You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
- If your body could talk to you, what would it want to say?
- Have you ever had a job that was more than just a job to you?
- 23% of 7500 US employees are burned out at work. 63% more likely to have a sick day.
- Depression and anxiety costs the global economy $1 trillion per year.
- You have one body and your leadership lives in it.
- Who are your people?
- You’ll need friends when it’s hard but you’ll need friends during the good times too.
- 50% of all CEOs reported feeling lonely and 60% stated loneliness affected performance.
- Nothing prepares you for the effect of loneliness in your life.
- We are not superheroes. We are human beings designed for connection and relationships.
- It takes a village to sustain a leader.
- We tend to recruit in our own image.
- I was given more than a seat at the table.I was given skills and resources to build a table of my own.
Great start to the afternoon sessions! The afternoon’s next speaker is Bear Gryllis. Get fired up!
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