Jennifer McClure`

Helping Leaders Leverage Influence & Create Maximum Impact.

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Four Strategies to Meet Business Challenges in the Future and Deliver Maximum Impact on Results

I’m very fortunate that my dream job is also my day job, and through my work as a professional speaker, I have the opportunity to speak at conferences and events around the world to leaders in a variety of organizations.

Typically, I’m speaking about topics related to making an impact through people strategies, effective leadership, and personal branding, and one of my favorite audiences to speak to includes human resources leaders.

As a former HR leader and executive, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for HR and People leaders, and I’ve got tons of stories that I can share from my own personal experiences to connect with them.

While reviewing various audio and video files from past speaking events recently as I prepare for a website update, I came across the audio from my 2016 Mega Session at the SHRM Annual Conference, which was held in Washington DC. SHRM is the largest HR association in the world, with over 350,000 members, and every year, their annual conference draws 20,000 people or more. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at the conference every year since 2012, and leading MEGA sessions – which can sometimes include over 2,000 people.

I decided to share the full audio from my MEGA session at the conference with my podcast listeners, because even though I’m speaking to a room full of HR leaders and many of the stories are HR-related, the core message is about how to make the most impact at work, and the strategies and advice shared can be applied by any leader who wants to make a difference.

Also, this particular program is my most popular keynote speech, which I’ve been giving in some form since 2014. If you’re interested in what makes an effective keynote that’s received countless positive testimonials, has takeaways for audience members at all levels of an organization, and has earned multiple 6-figures in income for me, pay attention to the structure of this program. You’ll hear numerous stories, learn four key points, and also get some great takeaways that can be applied immediately.

Although I’ve thought about retiring this program for the last couple of years, it continues to be requested – and I love delivering it. It’s updated regularly to keep the data current, and I’ve since made the stories shared in this version sharper to meet the shorter keynote slot times that are becoming more common, but the bones are still good bones.

I hope you enjoy listening to my signature keynote – The Future of HR: 4 Strategies to Meet Business Challenges in the Future and Deliver Maximum Impact on Results!

IMPACT MAKERS PODCAST – EPISODE 39

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Show Highlights:

  • The top challenge global CEOs predict for their organizations in the future
  • How to make the most impact in your business, through analyzing data to make decisions
  • The difference between “being strategic” and thinking strategically
  • How to identify the most important problems that your business is facing, and take the lead in developing solutions
  • Why the ability to influence others is a super power, and is key to creating impact at work and in life

More Info and Resources:

King University
SHRM Annual Conference & Exhibition
Jennifer McClure / Keynote Speaker

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How to Identify Your Career Drivers and Take Action

Last year, I attended a conference called BridgeCon, which is produced by the team at Instructure. The conference was held in beautiful Park City, Utah, and it was a great opportunity for me to learn more about their Bridge Career product — an employee-centric career development tool that aligns career vision with core values and skills to increase fulfillment and clarity and drive personal and business growth.

At the conference, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Arntz – Product Director at Instructure, and he led me through a process to determine my “career drivers”, using Bridge’s Career Drivers deck – a deck of cards designed for leaders to use with team members to facilitate insightful career discussions, and to create action steps to help them grow in meaningful ways.

I found the whole Career Drivers discussion to be fascinating, and using the card deck to facilitate the discussion was really helpful in guiding our conversation, as well as pulling out some insights that I wasn’t aware of. So, I invited Steve to join me on this episode of the Impact Makers podcast to share more about the process he and the team at Instructure went through to develop the Career Drivers exercise, as well as how it’s helped him personally in his interesting career journey thus far.

If you’re a leader in your organization, I think you’ll find this conversation helpful to you as you think about what motivates you personally in your career, but also how you can help your team members to identify their own career drivers in order to create more impact at work and in life.

IMPACT MAKERS PODCAST – EPISODE 38

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Show Highlights:

  • The origins of Steve’s passion for career development and helping people to find their “Why”.
  • How Steve strives to help people connect with each other one-to-one, and his passion for working at the intersection of human connection and personal growth and development.
  • The creation of the Bridge Career Drivers card deck, and learning that that people care more about key motivations and drivers than they do about roles in their career journey.
  • The importance of taking the time to have conversations with your team members about their career goals, and the only mistake you can make in that process.

More Info and Resources:

King University
Steve Arntz on LinkedIn
Instructure
Bridge Career
Bridge Career Drivers cards

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Thanks to King University, who’s support makes this podcast possible! King is proud to offer sixteen online degrees with accelerated programs and affordable tuition so you can start a new career faster than ever. You can choose from programs in technology, communication, and business – like an online MBA with six concentrations including human resource management. And because the program is offered fully online, you can earn your degree on your own schedule in as little as 16 months. Visit https://online.king.edu/impactmakers to learn more about the King Difference today.

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10 Things You Need to Do to Make This Year Your Best Year Ever

As I’m sure you did too, I spent some time during the end of year holidays to reflect on the past year, the past decade, and my life in general. I also spent a little time – not enough yet – to consider the new year, and the new decade that lies ahead. If I’m blessed to be able to make it through to celebrate 2030, there’s a whole lot that I need and want to do!

As I was traveling to Tennessee to spend the week with my extended family, I spent a lot of time thinking about the new year during my 5 ½-hour drive. To prepare for my annual goal-setting process, I asked myself “What I would need to do to make this the best year ever?”

I came up with 10 things, and wrote them down (without looking!) on the back of an envelope while driving, so I could share them with you. I’m inviting you to join me in making 2020 not only MY best year ever, but YOUR best year ever too!

IMPACT MAKERS PODCAST – EPISODE 37

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10 Things You Need To Do To Make This Year Your Best Year Ever

  1. Set goals in all aspects of your life.
  2. Do that thing you say you’ll do someday.
  3. Do something that makes you uncomfortable.
  4. Choose one thing that you’ll do every day – or at least consistently.
  5. Stop doing something that you know you shouldn’t be doing, or don’t want to do.
  6. Travel somewhere you’ve always wanted to go.
  7. Have a hobby – and make time for it.
  8. Plan time and invest money in your personal development.
  9. Schedule time for gratitude and appreciation.
  10. Choose one day each week for your Sabbath – and honor it.

More Info and Resources:

King University

Mike Kim

Michael Hyatt’s 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever course, book and workshops

Full Focus Planner

Jesse Cole – Owner of the Savannah Bananas

The Thank You Experiment

Laurie Ruettimann blog

Kris Dunn blog

Tim Sackett blog

Amy Porterfield

Dan Miller

Invest In Yourself, Dan Miller

Shawn Achor’s 6 exercises for happiness

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Thanks to King University, who’s support makes this podcast possible! King is proud to offer sixteen online degrees with accelerated programs and affordable tuition so you can start a new career faster than ever. You can choose from programs in technology, communication, and business – like an online MBA with six concentrations including human resource management. And because the program is offered fully online, you can earn your degree on your own schedule in as little as 16 months. Visit https://online.king.edu/impactmakers to learn more about the King Difference today.

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The Random Show — Conversations with My BFF Laurie Ruettimann

When my BFF, Laurie Ruettimann, called me up and told me about her unplanned, open afternoon and a need for a last-minute podcast guest, I suggested we do a recording together to fill the gap.

Inspired by Tim Ferriss’ recurring random conversations on The Tim Ferriss podcast with his friend Kevin Rose, I suggested we do something similar. The resulting conversation was fun, and also ventured into both Laurie and I sharing some of our highs and lows of 2019, as well as what we’re excited about and focusing on in 2020.

In addition to being my friend, Laurie is also one of my personal mentors and a frequent travel companion. She’s a well-known writer, speaker, and podcaster who helps executives and HR leaders prioritize the employee experience to avoid the collateral damage of a toxic work environment.

Laurie Ruettimann

 

In this podcast conversation, we chat about where Laurie is in the process of writing and publishing her first traditionally published book, and then we move on to chatting about our outlooks for the new year, my epiphanies about time management and some of our favorite travel stories. We also discuss burnout and rethinking the way that we view our businesses.

IMPACT MAKERS PODCAST – EPISODE 36

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Show Highlights:

  • Laurie’s book writing journey, the editing process, and what to expect in the new year and beyond.
  • Goodreads and Amazon as incredibly important platforms for authors and how Laurie’s publishing team is prepping for her book launch later next year.
  • Some of the places and events I’ll be traveling to in 2020.
  • My epiphanies around time management, which I had while recovering from a horse-riding accident.
  • What we’re excited about for 2020, including doing things a little bit differently in our lives in regards to our physical and mental health.

More Info and Resources:

King University

Laurie Ruettimann

Impact Makers Episode 2 – The Thriving Contrarian with Laurie Ruettimann

Let’s Fix Work podcast

The Tim Ferriss Show podcast: The Random Show — On Fasting, Forest Bathing, How to Say NO, Rebooting the Self, and Much More (#391)

ERE Recruiting Conference

Igniting Souls Conference

Kary Oberbrunner

Full Focus Planner

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Thanks to King University, who’s support makes this podcast possible! King is proud to offer sixteen online degrees with accelerated programs and affordable tuition so you can start a new career faster than ever. You can choose from programs in technology, communication, and business – like an online MBA with six concentrations including human resource management. And because the program is offered fully online, you can earn your degree on your own schedule in as little as 16 months. Visit https://online.king.edu/impactmakers to learn more about the King Difference today.

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My Favorite Apps and Online Tools

I really enjoy reading blog posts and listening to podcasts from leaders that I follow, where they share some of their favorite tools and resources for productivity, running their businesses – or just cool apps that they use.

When others share what’s working for them,  it’s a great way for me to discover cool new tools that I want to check out, or to learn a different way to use one that I’m already familiar with.

With that in mind, I decided to share fifteen of my favorite apps and online tools with you in an episode of the Impact Makers podcast, including tools that increase my productivity and efficiency, tools to facilitate communication and community, and some of the financial and data storage tools that allow me to run both of my businesses without worrying where everything is located, or what could happen if my computer crashes or is stolen.

Some of the tools and apps I mention in this episode may not be new to you, but maybe I’m using them in a different way than you are. Or maybe you’ve heard of some of them before, but haven’t tried them out yet. Either way, I think you’ll find something new in this list that can make your life better or easier!

IMPACT MAKERS PODCAST – EPISODE 35

Show Highlights:

  • My favorite productivity and efficiency tools, including my preferred calendar for time management and scheduling.
  • Some of my preferred communication and community tools, including Zoom. (Plus why Zoom is a great tool for international calls.)
  • Tools that help me to manage content sharing for multiple social network accounts for both of my businesses, as well as my personal accounts.
  • The importance of protection against computer data loss, plus my favorite backup tool.
  • The financial tools and apps I use for both my personal and business finances, and how they help me organize invoices and business expenses

And because I personally like to save Toolkits like this with links to all of the resources mentioned, so I can reference them when needed, we’ve made a beautiful PDF for you that you can download and save. The PDF lists all of these great resources, what they are, and where you can find them.

Grab Episode 35’s Free PDF Toolkit

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Thanks to King University, who’s support makes this podcast possible! King is proud to offer sixteen online degrees with accelerated programs and affordable tuition so you can start a new career faster than ever. You can choose from programs in technology, communication, and business – like an online MBA with six concentrations including human resource management. And because the program is offered fully online, you can earn your degree on your own schedule in as little as 16 months. Visit https://online.king.edu/impactmakers to learn more about the King Difference today.

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