The Room Podcast

Change is constant. We’ll all agree that change isn’t something we can contain or even stop. Anyone in a leadership role is faced with navigating change daily. But what happens when it’s too much? What impact does ambiguity, rapid change, and constant tough choices have on us? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training...

Have you lost faith in your ability to achieve the goals that you set out to achieve? Or perhaps you don’t even know where you should start? Or perhaps you’re a leader whose been successful in the past but now struggles with setting and finishing goals?  Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this epi...

Have you set goals for yourself only to have someone impose limitations on you just because of your gender, your race, your sexuality, or your background? What if you were to change your mindset on how to set your goals so that you can achieve them? No limitations, just an inspired life with no limits and no boundaries. Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of L...

Ask yourself: What has gotten in the way of achieving results?  Is it lack of commitment? Or perhaps it’s because you failed to have specific outcomes for those results? Or maybe did it just come down to desire for those goals?   Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, in...

What gets in the way of your success? Do you fall short of your goals? Have you ever stopped and took a moment to think about why you didn’t achieve you goal? Like really, deeply thought about it? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, in this second episode in a series of  C...

With 2023 just around the corner, have you started thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions? Or maybe you’ve been thinking about the New Year’s Resolutions that you didn’t keep this year. Want some advice? Stop thinking about the resolutions, they just don’t work! Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in t...

As we edge closer to the end of 2022, how will you walk into 2023? What will you do that is different? As leaders, we can’t be stuck in a 20th century leadership style because it simply doesn’t work anymore. We have to take the time to challenge ourselves. What is your vision or new idea for how to lead? If you don’t take the time to challenge yourself, you’ll be doing the same thing over and over...

The global pandemic. Supply chain issues. Economic uncertainty. The great resignation. Extreme weather events. And the list goes on…as leaders we are expected to thrive in spite of the turbulence, the uncertainty, and the constant change when in reality most of us just want to scream, “can I get a break?!” Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transfo...

It starts subtly. You feel that your authority is decreasing. You begin to doubt every single initiative you’ve started. You feel micromanaged. Your achievements are minimized. You’re constantly interrupted and your ideas are not supported. You feel isolated. Then you realize and ask: is my boss undermining me? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Tr...

What is your leadership style? Does your leadership reflect someone who is stiff, showing no emotions and reserve? Or are you more approachable, relatable, and connectable? In other words, are you a HM King Charles III or HM Queen Elizabeth II? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Roo...

What would you do if an employee comes into your office and says, "I need to have an abortion." How do you respond? Do we moralize them and say it's God's will you're pregnant? Or, if you're pro-life, do you allow your personal convictions to be revealed? Or do you take some sort of balanced position? The bigger question is: should leaders assert our personal convictions in the work environment? J...

What is a leader's role when it comes to social and political issues at work? How do you manage when employees' have conversations about what is affecting them—from social justice movements, to political beliefs, to controversial theories, or books? Can you afford to ignore these conversations? What happens when it starts negatively affecting the culture of the workplace? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host...

What would you do if an employee walked into your office first thing Monday morning and shared life-altering news? News that would affect them for the rest of their lives? Would you maintain your role and separate yourself from the employee and only offer professional advice? Or would you see your employee as a human being whose suffering and empathize with them while possibly crossing the profess...

What does it mean to be a courageous leader? Is it the same thing as being a hero? What is the difference? How can leaders stand up and use their voice when it’s the least convenient and has the potential to be the greatest cost? What does it mean to have the ability to persevere despite the circumstances? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transfo...

Are you a leader who leads with your heart? Do you lead with empathy? Do you take the time to look at multiple sides, get information from all sides of an issue? Do you make studied and reflective decisions? Are you a leader who acts against group think group think is really beginning to destroy our communities? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders T...

There is one question for leaders that is seemingly simple to answer on the surface, but when you think about it, it's not as easy to answer as one might think. The question is: Is it easy to be courageous? Think about it. Would you be courageous in the face of losing your job, your reputation, your basic needs? Would anybody be courageous?  Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, lead...

What is the true cost for not valuing your people? What if your best employee asks to double her salary, would you give it to her? Would you even recognize that maybe she deserves it? Or will you let her go because you can just find someone else—someone cheaper—to fill her shoes?  Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business g...

What’s the most difficult thing about your leadership role? Do you ever feel like you are the only one who has experienced the challenges and difficulties you face day in and day out? What do you do when you can't make head or tails of what's going on around you? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this...

What would you do if you had access to one of the most powerful leadership tools? A tool that doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t require additional degrees, a tool that has helped leaders build multimillion dollar companies and has guided world leaders through chaotic times? Would you grab it? Would you use it?  Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders...

What is the biggest mistake you’ve made in your career? What caused the mistake? Was it because you got caught up in a hype? Or perhaps you sold yourself short? Sometimes when an opportunity presents itself, we need to take a step back and breath, otherwise we might make a $20,000 mistake. Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business gr...

When was the last time you received feedback? Last week? Last month? Never? Nearly 65% of employees say they would appreciate acknowledgement and understand where they are and how they can do better from their leaders. If feedback is so important for leaders and employees, why don’t we do it more?  How can we get better?  Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert,...

With hundreds of business and leadership books on effective communication, why are leaders still so bad about communicating? Because it's more than just communication—its about ensuring lines of authority and responsibility are clear. It's recognizing the impact of lack of clarity and communication can have in organizations and knowing we must take into consideration the listener and what they und...

Did you know that 70% of leaders experience what’s known as imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome is a pattern of self-doubt that most leaders experience in their lifetime. Self-doubt is not a fact, its an emotion and it has the ability to sidetrack even the best leaders.    Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth t...

Why are leaders willing to talk about some topics…but not others? Do we sometimes decide to avoid to hard topics and not say anything because it “might be easier” or we’re afraid of saying the wrong thing? As leaders we can not afford to be silent when traumatic things happen that affect our team and our people.    Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO...

Have you ever worked in an environment where you just weren't valued, where your contributions weren't valued, where your observations weren't valued, just you just weren't valued at all? Join Jenny DuFresne, Host of The Room Podcast, leadership expert, and CEO of Leaders Transform, a business growth training firm, in this episode of The Room, as she discusses the impact and influence leaders have...