060: Awakening Your Inner Leader with Jennifer Mulholland and Jeff Shuck

Evolve: A New Era of Leadership

In this episode, we explore the transformative concept of conscious leadership and its vital role in today’s evolving business landscape. I’m joined by Jennifer Mulholland and Jeff Shuck, co-owners of Plenty Consulting and co-authors of “Leading with Light: Choosing Conscious Leadership When You’re Ready for More.” They provide profound insights into how embracing conscious leadership can significantly impact personal growth and organizational success.

Jennifer Mulholland is an author, strategist, alchemist, executive coach, and co-owner of Plenty Consulting. From a very young age, she's been dedicated to raising the consciousness of people on the planet. For the last decade, she and her business partner, Jeff Shuck, have helped thousands of conscious leaders and businesses grow in revenue, impact, and fulfillment.

Before becoming co-owner of Plenty, Jennifer was Chief Innovation Officer at SunGard, a Fortune 500 technology company. She founded several businesses focused on bridging the gap between information and impact in healthcare, technology, and holistic wellbeing. She is a certified Reiki and Theta healer trained in shamanic and energy medicine. She has a B.S. degree in Exercise and Sports Science, Psychology, and Coaching from the University of Utah.

Jeff Shuck is an accomplished leader and entrepreneur with deep experience in leadership development, consulting, and social impact. Jeff is co-owner of Plenty Consulting with his business partner Jennifer Mulholland. Together, they have helped thousands of for-profit and non-profit leaders and organizations create their strategies, grow their fundraising, innovate new programs, and develop conscious cultures.

Before founding Plenty, Jeff was co-founder and CEO of fundraising firm Event 360, raising nearly a billion dollars for charity over 12 years. Jeff graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Rochester and earned an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and an MS in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern. His work in positive change and social impact has been featured in a variety of outlets such as Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal, Fatherly, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

🔑 Key Themes & Takeaways:

• Understanding Conscious Leadership: Dive into the essence of conscious leadership, focusing on self-awareness, interconnectedness, and the power of presence. 🧘‍♂️

• Impact of Conscious Leadership on Organizations: Discover how conscious leadership can transform business strategies, employee engagement, and organizational culture. 🌱

• Personal Journeys to Conscious Leadership: Hear Jennifer and Jeff share their personal paths and experiences that led them to embrace and advocate for conscious leadership. 🛤️

• The Four Lights of Conscious Leadership: A deep dive into the Four Lights framework proposed by Jennifer and Jeff in their book, exploring practical ways to implement these principles in daily life and work. 💡

• Strategies for Navigating Change and Challenges: Learn how conscious leaders can effectively navigate through challenges and changes within their organizations and personal lives. 🚣‍♀️

• Building Resilient and Fulfilling Work Environments: Discussion on how conscious leadership can create more resilient, fulfilling, and productive work environments for everyone involved. 🏢

We talk about:

• 4:06 Why is conscious leadership so important

• 8:15 What is elevating conscious leadership to be more acceptable

• 15:40 The roots of why they wrote their book and the ‘being’ vs. ‘doing’ of conscious leadership

• 20:02 The juxtaposition of conscious leadership

• 24:02 Mack Truck moments

• 29:53 Intentionality in leadership by showing up as our best selves to help others achieve their full potential

• 32:31 First Light

• 34:32 Second Light

• 36:53 Being trained as leaders by being rewarded for finding problems and fixing them

• 40:37 Third Light

• 45:31 Fourth Light

• 48:46 Their hope for this book

• 52:45 Best places to get their book, contact, and retreat info

• 56:16 Rapid fire questions

🌈 Closing Thoughts:

The conversation with Jennifer and Jeff underscores the transformative power of conscious leadership in today’s dynamic business environment. We delve into practical strategies and insights for adopting a more mindful, intentional, and holistic approach to leadership and personal development. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on how they can incorporate the principles of conscious leadership into their own lives and workplaces. Share your reflections, experiences, or questions, and join us in redefining leadership for the new era.

#ConsciousLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessTransformation #MindfulnessInBusiness #OrganizationalCulture #PersonalGrowth

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• Leading with Light Book: https://www.leadingwithlightthebook.com

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