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Published Jan 30, 2024

Vanessa Gennarelli: Surviving Change at Work

Vanessa Gennarelli shares invaluable insights on navigating career transitions, understanding workplace change, and balancing mission-driven work with financial realities, offering practical advice for adapting to new leadership and leveraging uncertainty for growth.
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  • Trial and Error

    Exploring leadership roles often involves a trial-and-error approach. shares his experience of managing small teams and realizing it wasn't his strength, emphasizing the importance of prototyping leadership roles. supports this by noting that it's okay to try management and decide it's not the right fit.

    We can try things, and we can change course, and it's okay.

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    adds that having managers who genuinely want to lead creates a better work environment 1.

       

    Leadership Styles

    Understanding different leadership styles is crucial for team dynamics. discusses the tension between mission-driven work and financial necessity, highlighting the cognitive dissonance many feel. She provides tools for aligning career paths with personal values.

    The economic climate has created this massive tension between money and mission in our work lives.

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    shares a personal story about the impact of leadership changes, underscoring the importance of authentic leadership 2 3.

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