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About This Episode
Tune in to hear Janet Foutty’s bold journey as an accomplished senior business leader, technologist, and speaker. Her three-decade tenure at Deloitte has been a masterclass in professional courage and personal growth. Janet's story underscores the importance of being open to new opportunities and trusting your instincts. These choices can often lead to accelerated personal development and career growth, defying the traditional paths laid out before us. Janet also discusses the bestselling book she co-authored, Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, which emphasizes that it’s not just about reaching leadership positions but flourishing in them with the support of a community and continuous personal growth. Throughout the episode, Janet's reflections offer invaluable lessons for anyone at a career crossroads or seeking to inspire their leadership journey, highlighting the importance of aligning our professional and personal lives. Janet's bold choices, and the subsequent growth they fueled, remind us that the paths we choose in our careers can be as unique and transformative as we dare them to be.
About Janet Foutty
Janet Foutty is an accomplished senior business leader, technologist, author, and frequent public speaker. She spent over 30 years at Deloitte during which she led numerous practices through change and growth including technology and government and culminated her Deloitte career by serving as CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and US Board Chair of Deloitte respectively. Janet is focused on applying her leadership experience and passionate advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion; women in leadership; and the need for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through investing her time across non-profit, public policy, corporate America and academia. She currently serves as chair of Bright Pink, a nonprofit dedicated to young women’s health; member of the National Semiconductor Technology Center Selection Committee; Argonne National Lab; and board member of The Chicago Network. She also serves on NYU Stern’s Tech advisory council and Indiana University Kelley School of Business Dean’s Council and is currently Kelley School's Poling Chair for the 2023-2024 academic year. Janet has been published in top-tier business publications including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. And, recognized for her leadership by Fortune, Crain’s, Chicago Magazine, AICPA, City Year Chicago, and New York Moves Magazine. She is the co-author of a bestselling book, Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She is an inductee of the Kelley School of Business Academy of Alumni Fellows.
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About This Episode
Tune in to hear Janet Foutty’s bold journey as an accomplished senior business leader, technologist, and speaker. Her three-decade tenure at Deloitte has been a masterclass in professional courage and personal growth. Janet's story underscores the importance of being open to new opportunities and trusting your instincts. These choices can often lead to accelerated personal development and career growth, defying the traditional paths laid out before us. Janet also discusses the bestselling book she co-authored, Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, which emphasizes that it’s not just about reaching leadership positions but flourishing in them with the support of a community and continuous personal growth. Throughout the episode, Janet's reflections offer invaluable lessons for anyone at a career crossroads or seeking to inspire their leadership journey, highlighting the importance of aligning our professional and personal lives. Janet's bold choices, and the subsequent growth they fueled, remind us that the paths we choose in our careers can be as unique and transformative as we dare them to be.
About Janet Foutty
Janet Foutty is an accomplished senior business leader, technologist, author, and frequent public speaker. She spent over 30 years at Deloitte during which she led numerous practices through change and growth including technology and government and culminated her Deloitte career by serving as CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and US Board Chair of Deloitte respectively. Janet is focused on applying her leadership experience and passionate advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion; women in leadership; and the need for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through investing her time across non-profit, public policy, corporate America and academia. She currently serves as chair of Bright Pink, a nonprofit dedicated to young women’s health; member of the National Semiconductor Technology Center Selection Committee; Argonne National Lab; and board member of The Chicago Network. She also serves on NYU Stern’s Tech advisory council and Indiana University Kelley School of Business Dean’s Council and is currently Kelley School's Poling Chair for the 2023-2024 academic year. Janet has been published in top-tier business publications including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. And, recognized for her leadership by Fortune, Crain’s, Chicago Magazine, AICPA, City Year Chicago, and New York Moves Magazine. She is the co-author of a bestselling book, Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She is an inductee of the Kelley School of Business Academy of Alumni Fellows.
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Website: JanetFoutty.com
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