ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jennifer McCloskey started her career as a civil engineer in construction and at the Department of Energy before founding Girardi Associates, where she now trains leaders across corporations, government agencies, and universities worldwide. On Episode 23 of Common Threads, she tells Heath Alloway about how her guiding mantra, "find a way," comes from a remarkable story about her father illuminating a dark runway with nothing but Jeep headlights so a low-fuel pilot could land safely. That same resolve carried her into a male-dominated field and eventually into corporate training, where she discovered that motivation without process rarely sticks. Jennifer and Heath dig into what's shifting in leadership development, like situational leadership, the move from small talk to deep talk in networking, and why resiliency training has become such a hot topic at firms. All of this informs a closer look at how professional services firms should position themselves as AI takes on routine work, and why character, not competence, is the trait worth hiring for.
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