{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lead the People","title":"#60: Leadership Experience with Jessica Ivins","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1711,"description":"Jessica Ivins is a veteran User Experience (UX) researcher. She leads UX research and research operations at The Predictive Index. Before joining The Predictive Index, Jessica honed her skills through a variety of roles in UX research and design. She’s dedicated much of her time to the UX community, presenting at conferences, appearing on podcasts, and writing many blog posts.\nTop 3 Takeaways\n\nWords matter. There’s ample confusion about the difference between management and leadership. The most important definition of leadership is your own.\nLead by example. As a leader, all eyes are on you. You’re always in control of how you comport yourself through modeling your attitudes and behaviors in any situation.\nGo for growth. A fixed mindset may be common, but it’s not the only option. A growth mindset is not only possible, it’s preferred.\n\nFrom the Source\n“To be a manager, you have to be given a title with management responsibilities, and at the core of your responsibility as a manager is you're responsible, responsible for retention and results.”\n“A leader can be just about anybody, and as a leader, you're moving other people toward change and hopefully positive change.”\n“ I think most people have the potential to be a leader, and that's the beauty of being a leader, right? And it's very fulfilling, too, right? You don't have to earn a management title. You don't have to earn a leadership title, so to speak. You can just help other people move toward positive change.”\n“I do see it go the other way, too, though, where people who have pretty lofty titles are reticent or hesitant to consider themselves to be a leader, even though they'd be managing large groups of people.”\n“I have a daughter and so modeling is huge for me as a parent, but it's really showing up in the career context. It's really showing up as the professional that you want to be and that can make your workplace better, that can make the people around you better, and just basically modeling that for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o852s7Ljq2fxvNhM2wAX6FEYs5tcnEvuQ7Pb0h1_KDE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODhm/YzA1ZTg2MDllZThi/OTE2ZWQ4YmEyNWI0/MWRlMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}