In With the Podcast (with Jenna!)

Jenna introduces us to Amanda Davis, Chief Advancement Officer & President, University of Missouri-Kansas City Foundation. Amanda shares wisdom from her long career in leadership. Everything from being on the front lines of Hurricane Katrina to getting 360 feedback that caused her to modify her approach to working with teams. We talk about the valuable skill of "leading up" and how empathy is...

Jenna has a history crush on two brave boys. We learn about the power of courage and how it’s the foundational step for building confidence. Jenna gives us three tools to boost our confidence in and outside of work. We name our western frontier and create a map to boldly head toward it. Jenna gently introduces us to her affinity for stuffed animals. Get your Season One Companion Guide here Ready t...

Jenna teaches us how to identify unhelpful messages that enter our brains and shares some online sports gambling strategies. We start noticing the meaning we put on stuff that’s happening around us and become sophisticated at determining which pieces of junk to toss in the recycling bin. Jenna encourages us to befriend our Inner Mean Girl and generally become more curious as we apply our Junk Mail...

Jenna can’t stop talking about influence! We continue our self-awareness convo by digging into the next two keys for amplifying your influence. We de-mystify the dreaded “V” word (vulnerability), and investigate the ways we’re shaping the culture around us (for better or worse). Jenna gives us an assignment that might make us feel super awkward. But that’s kinda the point. Get your Season One Comp...

Jenna introduces us to the topic of influence and reminds us that we’re influencing people around us all the time, which is honestly really f*cking stressful if you think about it too much. We begin to talk about the power of self-awareness and the ways it helps you become a calmer driver (maybe) and a more memorable leader (definitely). We also talk about bad bosses and the plight of inconsistenc...

Jenna finds a letter from her 17-year-old self that predicted the future. We look at the stuff we’re good at, the passions we’ve had since forever and how we need to immediately do more of those things at work (and honestly, outside of work too). We begin to excavate, polish and reveal our jewels to the world and learn that we’re not doing anyone any favors by being shy about our gifts. Jenna give...

Jenna recalls staring out the window and having an existential crisis. We look at the role of our values and how knowing your true north helps you create consistency, happiness and fulfillment both in AND outside of work. We determine which of our pillars are strong and which are crumbling like they’re on an ancient temple. Jenna asks what our values are and reminds us we have a hot ass. Get your...

Jenna takes you on a Marty McFly journey of her life and where she discovers that being an overachiever doesn't actually equal happiness. (Shocking!) We start to look at the things that really matter in our lives and debunk the idea that everyone has it all figured out except for us. We look at our proverbial closets and start making space. Jenna asks how we want to feel and why it’s important to...

Jenna shares a pivotal moment in her leadership career where she realized she couldn’t fake it as well as she thought. We start to discover the power of an elevated professional development plan. Plus, we learn the hard truth that we have to be responsible for leading ourselves, which totally sucks because it’s way easier to NOT do it and hide in bed with Hershey’s Kisses. Jenna asks us to identif...

Have you ever had that feeling that deep down you’re meant for something bigger and something more, but you don’t know what it is and you can’t quite  put your finger on it? I get it. I’ve been there.  In With the Podcast is about getting rid of old, unhelpful stuff that’s keeping you small and getting in the way of fully stepping to the big life you know you’re designed to live.  In the first sea...