Today Jeannette features in "a room with a view" podcast! Jeannette covers her journey to success, the importance of being brave and stepping up to live your potential, consistent daily habits for success, letting go of things that are not you, gender diversity in leadership, creating a pipeline of talent for diversity, being an authentic and agile leader, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and the importance of people in making a hotel memorable. The episode also touches on the music scene in Manchester and the rivalry between Manchester United and Manchester City, as well as Linfoot's background and career path.
KEY MOMENTS
- "We have Republicans and Democrats, Man City, Man U, Liberal and Labour. It's blue and red."
- "Belief plus purpose plus action equals results."
- "I think the ten most dangerous words are 'what will other people think' and 'what will other people say?'"
- "Transformation is not necessarily about trying to become someone different. It's actually trying to let go of the things that are not really you."
- "But, yeah, I was often always the only woman in the boardroom with a P&L. Yeah, it was quite tough, actually."
- "in my opinion, it should always be the best person for the job."
- "Women, we need to hold our hand, put our hand up and keep our bloody hand up. And it annoys me that we're still having to make the bloody case, to be honest."
- "But I think bringing your whole self and being an authentic leader, not having all the answers is actually a strength to say, I don't have all the answers, but let's figure it out together."
- "Yes, you want a nice environment and you want great food, but service and service with a smile on a human basis for me is is is what makes a hotel experience memorable."
- "Believe in yourself. Believe in yourself. 100 percent."
ABOUT THE HOSTJeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT THE HOSTJeannette’s linktree - https://linktr.ee/JLinfoothttps://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsU57ZGoPhm55_X0qF16_QLinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfootFacebook - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfootInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot/Email - info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com
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