I got to catch up with fellow retail veteran and leadership expert - Jennifer Thornton this week on the Lady Leadership podcast. Jennifer started her career at the mall working first in store as it was cool to hang at the mall, then in operations and then in HR growing her career into the C-suite to the Head of International HR for a large global retailer. Jen got to travel and work around the world!
Jennifer always believed that results came from talent and it was more strategy driven and that you couldn't get the results you needed unless you had a great team. Jen had helped companies launch in different countries and different brands and she thought that perhaps she could do this for herself. As such she launched 304 Coaching where they help companies develop talent strategies to support their companies.
We talked about what Jen calls the talent cliff and how Jen's company can help businesses develop their talent to support where they are going not where they are now. Often businesses are super focused on what the business is trying to achieve rather than can the talent support this and they go off what Jen calls the talent cliff. That is there top talent starts to lead in fear and control, good people leave and the people that stay just say yes because they don't want to get into trouble!
Jen likes to focus with her clients rather than on where they are now and the problems they have now, but rather where are they going? What do they need in 1, 3 and 5 years. What skills and competencies do they need the team to have where they are going? What are the new roles that they need and how do we get the current team ready for where they are going?
Jen likes to work with the top talent to grow and develop their skills for this future place so that this becomes the norm for the company and the company start to embrace this.
This is a must listen for leaders of teams and for Hr professionals.
About me:
My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer! I am passionate about helping women in their careers.
What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.
So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact:
Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/
LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre
Twitter: sjmcintyre1
Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre
Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership
I got to catch up with fellow retail veteran and leadership expert - Jennifer Thornton this week on the Lady Leadership podcast. Jennifer started her career at the mall working first in store as it was cool to hang at the mall, then in operations and then in HR growing her career into the C-suite to the Head of International HR for a large global retailer. Jen got to travel and work around the world!
Jennifer always believed that results came from talent and it was more strategy driven and that you couldn't get the results you needed unless you had a great team. Jen had helped companies launch in different countries and different brands and she thought that perhaps she could do this for herself. As such she launched 304 Coaching where they help companies develop talent strategies to support their companies.
We talked about what Jen calls the talent cliff and how Jen's company can help businesses develop their talent to support where they are going not where they are now. Often businesses are super focused on what the business is trying to achieve rather than can the talent support this and they go off what Jen calls the talent cliff. That is there top talent starts to lead in fear and control, good people leave and the people that stay just say yes because they don't want to get into trouble!
Jen likes to focus with her clients rather than on where they are now and the problems they have now, but rather where are they going? What do they need in 1, 3 and 5 years. What skills and competencies do they need the team to have where they are going? What are the new roles that they need and how do we get the current team ready for where they are going?
Jen likes to work with the top talent to grow and develop their skills for this future place so that this becomes the norm for the company and the company start to embrace this.
This is a must listen for leaders of teams and for Hr professionals.
About me:
My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer! I am passionate about helping women in their careers.
What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.
So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact:
Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/
LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre
Twitter: sjmcintyre1
Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre
Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership