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Whitney Kenter is the Founder of Glowe Connective. She calls it an Un-Consultancy that helps leadership teams ask themselves the tough questions so they can properly focus their personal and professional efforts. She’s worked with companies all across the country, with incredible results.
She talks to Cynthia about her path from the corporate world to her company Glowe Connective. Though typically risk averse she felt she had no choice but to launch this service. There is an easier, healthier, and more pleasurable path to success and she’s ready to help you find it.
1 – Intro 00:43
2 – What is Glowe Connective? 01:30
3 – Starting a company during COVID 02:09
4 – How did you start Glowe with such a full plate 04:31
5 – How did you get started with Matter 09:52
6 – How did you balance the technical and psychological? 11:40
7 – Challenge of communicating family goals across generations 15:34
8 – Were you destined for this role all along? 19:05
9 – Meeting resistance with curiosity 21:49
10 – Roads leading to Glowe 24:11
11 – Good stories to illustrate what Glowe does 25:27
12 – Slowing down to speed up 31:32
13 – Challenges you’ve faced as a woman 35:26
14 – More on Glowe with an E 45:21
15 – Finding the right fit at a company 48:01
16 – Not having all the answers as a leader 52:18
17 – Having difficult conversations 55:56
18 – Learning how to be true to yourself 58:23
19 – What should someone do if they’re stuck? 1:06:08
20 – Importance of coaching for highly successful people 1:07:51
21 – How do you find clients 1:11:42
22 – Un-Consultancy 1:12:29
23 – Region that resonates best 1:13:54
24 – What does an engagement look like 1:17:47
25 – Biggest transformation 1:20:14
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“Young Shannon became an overachiever because she was a people pleaser. She needed to please others. And so that really developed in my adulthood as well. “
“They say, I’m still working 60, 80 hours a week. I got into this so I could pick my kids up from school and so I could attend their soccer games that are after school and I haven’t been able to attend one. I got into this so that we could go on great family vacations. And I haven’t been on a vacation now in five years. More people are coming to us for those reasons…it’s the lifestyle sacrifices that are causing people more pain than taking home a paycheck that isn’t what they thought it would be.”
It’s not about me selling and, you know, me making money. It’s about you being satisfied and happy with what you want and what you need. And I’ve always had that kind of philosophy, and my dad had that, too. And people recognize you’re not in it for yourself, you’re in it for them. And you’re sincere, and it really goes a long way.
Leadership is not about the leader. And I equate this back to basketball. When you have coach or coaches, they can’t go out on the court and shoot the ball and dribble the ball and pass the ball. But coaches have to be really good at getting work done through others. And so from a leadership perspective, that’s how I see it. As a leader, I have to be really good at getting work done through others.
“Gallup just got done with their survey for 2022. They found 25% better profitability in companies that have great employee cultures. Because when you have happy employees, happy employees make your customers happy. Happy employees want to invite other people to come work at their company. Happy employees want to share their ideas to make the company better. All of a sudden, you’ve created this culture where people want to contribute, and that’s the reason we do what we do.”
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