Jade Floyd on The Leadership Labyrinth

Twenty women, one labyrinth, and the DC insider secrets in between.I mean, I think I need to hire Jade. That was my honest reaction sitting across from her at Tony and Joe's, oysters on the table, the Potomac right there, talking about power, fear, and the rooms women still have to fight to get into.This is exactly why I wanted her on this DC food podcast. Most leadership books are written by people who never had to read a room, calm an investor, or figure out how to ask for what they deserve. Jade Floyd has done all three for twenty years in this town, and she put twenty of the women who taught her how into one book so the rest of us do not have to learn it the hard way.Jade Floyd is Senior Vice President at Bryson Gillette, the Washington DC strategic communications firm she runs with an incredible team, after a career that took her from the Champagne Bureau to a decade as VP of Communications for Jean and Steve Case, the founders behind Early Mountain Vineyards and the Case Foundation. She teaches at GW's graduate school, made the Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40, and now she has written The Leadership Labyrinth, Women Navigating Power and Purpose in a Changing World, twenty women, twenty stories, one workbook to put it into practice. Episode keyword: Jade Floyd leadership author Washington DC.Key TakeawaysJade Floyd spent twenty years building her career in Washington DC, from the Champagne Bureau to a decade as VP of Communications for Jean and Steve Case.The Leadership Labyrinth is built from interviews with seventy women, thirty formal conversations, and twenty final chapters, twelve of them Washingtonians.On this hospitality industry podcast episode, Jade explains how she learned to read a room by watching restaurateur Stephen Starr ask his staff to adjust the temperature two degrees for his guests comfort.Burnout is not a badge of honor, and Jade blocks off two hours on her calendar every single day to protect her own capacity to lead.This DC food podcast conversation closes with the book's workbook, which pushes readers to separate what they want from what they deserve, and to write down the reason why.QuotesJade Floyd said, "Burnout is no longer a badge of honor. Rest is your right."Jade Floyd said, "You belong in every room you enter."Timestamps00:00 Nycci opens live at Tony and Joe's on the Potomac02:11 Jade Floyd joins the conversation02:49 Twenty years in Washington, from the Champagne Bureau to the Case family07:39 Why leadership rooms need more than one woman in them08:41 How The Leadership Labyrinth started as a favor for a friend10:19 Seventy women considered, thirty interviewed, twenty in the book12:11 Leadership starts with service16:41 The Stephen Starr temperature story and reading the room17:49 Amanda McClements and building a sanctuary at home20:34 Taking the leap with Michelle Lynne Warmer of Decanter Wellness22:20 Susan Tynan, Framebridge, and turning failure into a company23:16 Finding your friendtors and your ride or die tribe27:18 The hundred dollar bill lesson from Jade's father29:11 Why burnout is no longer a badge of honor31:32 Inside the workbook, want versus deserve35:16 Rapid fire, leadership style and the best advice she ever got37:50 Bonus, dollar oyster shucking at Tony and Joe'sConnect with Jade FloydInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jadefloyddc/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadefloyd/