23 | How Overcoming Challenges Creates Better Character

By her own admission, Jeni's career journey has been a meandering one. Following an Arts degree from University College Dublin she completed a Masters in European Studies. Her career started in the voluntary sector before a move into IBEC - Ireland's largest business lobby group - a role "that was a real apprenticeship".  It was in that role that she started to think about HR and how businesses can drive success through their people. She held a number of HR positions before joining Openet in 2015 where she is responsible for looking at how structures, systems and people can support and deliver on the company's overall vision and purpose. Show Notes: 2.35 – Jeni, her career and Openet – 7.30 – Bringing culture to life through change – 11.20 – Values, behaviours and culture – 14.15 – Leading change – behaviours vs tasks – 13.50 – Carrots or sticks to motivate change– 18.00 – Leadership's contextual - not everyone is a leader all the time – 23.18 – the purpose of leadership is to grow leaders – 24.00 – Leaders must have opinion and conviction - 24.30 – Forging leaders – 25.00 – it's easy to overthink 'leading' – 26.54 – A leader's role during change – 31.55 – Jeni's advice to herself