Ep 14: Living Bravely and Reframing Failure with Jennifer Yates [Part One]

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Sometimes we paint failure with dark, heavy strokes, but what if we dipped our brushes in the vibrant hues of learning, growth, and opportunity instead? Join me, as I sit down with Jennifer Yates, who transforms her narrative of beauty school dropout to corporate trailblazer into a masterclass on embracing the beautifully messy art of failing forward. Together, we traverse the landscape of her past endeavors, including the bittersweet saga of her boutique's struggle and the personal debt that ensued, all while extracting the wisdom that only such experiences can provide.
Jennifer Yates is a multi-faceted entrepreneur with a colorful background; from beauty school dropout to former tractor driver, she's also rocked out as a punk rock bassist and boasts four-time founder/co-founder status. Despite early setbacks with her retail boutique, she rebounded, co-founding a successful interactive arts fair. With a lengthy corporate stint at Pitney Bowes, Jennifer ultimately followed her passion for empowering teams, founding Roux, a business operations consultancy. Her approach, prioritizing human-centric strategies, has resulted in thriving teams, happy leaders, and successful businesses.
Topics covered:

• Jennifer's journey from various roles to the one she's in now.
• Importance of human-centered approaches in business operations.
• Jennifer's approach to understanding people.
• Importance of focusing on real-world skills and interactions in business management.
• The joy and connection found in podcasting and the spontaneous nature of conversations.
• The value of allowing people to shine in their expertise.

Here are some actions you can take whether you have 5 minutes or 50:

• If you have 5 minutes, read this article from CNBC that tells you the four things you can do to reframe failure.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/a-psychologist-says-the-most-successful-people-reframe-failure-by-doing-4-things.html
• If you have 50 minutes, do a deep dive into failure from Better Up and learn how to recover from failure, the stages of it, how not to fear it, etc.
  • https://www.betterup.com/blog/what-is-failure

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Connect with Jennifer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferayates/
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Chapters

1. Ep 14: Living Bravely and Reframing Failure with Jennifer Yates [Part One] (00:00:00)

2. Failure and Collaboration With Jennifer Yates (00:00:02)

3. Human-Centered Business Operations Approach (00:17:28)

4. Empowering People in Project Management (00:24:06)

5. Nurturing a Failed Retail Store (00:30:29)

6. Overcoming Financial Desperation (00:49:14)