Relationships & Revenue with John Hulen: Episode 201 Mastering Leadership with Vanessa Judelman

Episode 201 Mastering Leadership with Vanessa Judelman

Mar 22, 2024

Today, John talks with Vanessa Judelman – leadership advisor and coach, speaker, founder and president of Mosaic People Development, author of Mastering Leadership: What it Takes to Lead in Today’s Fast Paced World, wife and mom. Venessa discusses her blend of task-oriented and people-oriented leadership styles and strategies for developing leadership in yourself and others.

Listen to this episode to learn more:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:00] - Vanessa’s bio

[02:33] - From teacher to leadership coach

[04:20] - Becoming an entrepreneur

[05:24] - Vanessa’s leadership style

[06:34] - Personal leadership development

[10:40] - Developing leadership in others

[12:31] - Importance of tone and perspective while communicating

[14:37] - Coming to conversations with curiosity

[15:09] - Introverts vs extroverts in conflicts

[17:21] - Trust-building in relationships

[19:02] - How Venessa improves her significant relationships

[22:48] - Leadership programs and coaching services

[24:08] - Leadership loneliness

[25:18] - Necessary tools and strategies for leaders

[29:35] - Venessa’s book Mastering Leadership

[31:16] - Definition of success

[35:29] - Connect with Venessa

[36:50] - Book recommendations

[38:11] - Wrap up

NOTABLE QUOTES:

“It’s normal to have strengths and weaknesses. Why? Because you’re human; nobody’s perfect. You never will be. And the key is to understand what your strengths and weaknesses are.”

“Seek to understand before being understood.”

“Success is getting up one more time than you fall.”

“Relationships require both character and competence. You can’t be high character and low competence, or vice versa.”

“The times where I’ve been obstinate, and stuck my heels in, doesn’t work so well for my relationship.”

“You can literally coach somebody on a text. You can say, somebody texts your problem. And you can say, ‘Hey, what are your thoughts on how to resolve that?’”

“If you want to have a good relationship at home, you have to constantly be getting better. You have to constantly learn and grow as human beings.”

“Leadership is also about managing your team and really understanding how to develop your people and create that high performance on your team.”

“I’ve noticed people that when you look at their lives, you think that’s a great person. Almost all of them achieved some level of greatness through the avenue of pain; that pain led to that, or they never would have gotten there without it.”

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey (https://a.co/d/6K9ZIGa)
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey (https://a.co/d/goDYSPU)
Soundtracks - The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset) by Jon Acuff (https://a.co/d/fnvhdto)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (https://a.co/d/9W5LYmc)