Your career doesn’t have to follow a straight line to have a clear purpose.

Lisa talks with Jennifer Dulski on this week’s episode of How We Future. Jennifer is an entrepreneur, Stanford Business School Professor, and author of Purposeful.

Jennifer’s own career has taken her from teaching and nonprofits to Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Change.org, and her current company, Rising Team. But what all these roles have in common is that Jennifer has been devoting her life to amplifying the potential in other people.

Together, Lisa and Jennifer explore what it means to build a purposeful life and career, how to make an impact even when you feel too small to make a difference, and why sometimes the best career strategy is simply to just add value.

They also get into what Jennifer learned as a college crew coxswain about leading teams, knowing when to push and when to ease up, adapting to different people’s motivations, and being willing to “take one for the team.”

In this episode, we explore:

• Finding the thread of purpose across a winding career
• Why high expectations + support can help people reach their potential
• How teaching can make you a better learner and leader

And because the future of leadership is changing fast, Jennifer shares how she’s experimenting with AI to help people practice difficult conversations. You won’t want to miss this episode.

Links from the episode:

• Purposeful by Jennifer Dulski
• Jen’s company, Rising Team
• How We Future featuring Coach John Tanner

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