Jennie Lopez is the author of the Intentional Unicorn, and she embodies fully the idea of bringing your whole self to work. She shares with us in this episode about why it’s important to bring your authentic self to work, and she gives us real examples about how to do so.
About the Guest:
Jennie López embodies "Bring Yourself to Work" in everything she does. She empowers diversity and engages employees and organizations to achieve new highs. Her superpower? Her authenticity! She realized that her strengths are a combination of her Latinx heritage, passions, and learnings from being a mom.
Jennie is originally from Puerto Rico and moved to the US to complete her Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering. Her engineering career includes roles in Manufacturing & Quality and in the executive suite as Chief Operating Officer. Jennie is also an executive board member for the Organization of Latinx focusing on developing and accelerating Latinx talent at her company.
In parallel she has also found success in her dancing and fitness careers. Her experiences include: Back up dancer for artists like Julio Iglesias and Ednita Nazario, Superbowl Winning NFL Cheerleader, and Zumba Master Trainer.
After many years of working hard to hide her unicorn horn she realized that’s where magic takes place. She is now proud of being an intentional unicorn and empowers others to do the same.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/intentionalunicorn
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/intentionalunicorn
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@intentionalunicorn
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@intentionalunicorn
Website: www.intentionalunicorn.com
About the Host:
Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.
As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results.
Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:
The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership Legacy
The Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System Collaboration
The Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and Community
The Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team
Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.
www.courageofaleader.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/
Link mentioned in the podcast
How to Use What We Know About Neuroscience to Be Exponentially More Influential (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/how-to-use-what-we-know-about-neuroscience-to-be-exponentially-more-influential-with-laura-berger/
The Courage to Be An Inclusive Leader (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/the-courage-to-be-an-inclusive-leader-with-ellen-burton/
Innovative Ways You Can Create a More Sustainable World (podcast episode): https://courageofaleader.com/captivate-podcast/innovative-ways-you-can-create-a-more-sustainable-world-with-simon-bailey/
The Inspire Your Team assessment (the courage assessment): https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/
Leadership Legacy:
https://courageofaleader.com/your-leadership-legacy/
Leadership Autobiography:
https://courageofaleader.com/LeadershipAutobiography/
Intentional Unicorn book:
https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Unicorn-authentic-thrive-career/dp/1733063595/
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