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Feb. 15, 2024

Episode #30: Our CEO Is Blocking Team Success (And I’m the CEO!) with Andrea Bordenca

Episode #30: Our CEO Is Blocking Team Success (And I’m the CEO!) with Andrea Bordenca

Dr. Steven Jones and guest host Sonia Bu catch up with Andrea Bordenca, CEO of DESCO Service and co-author of Growing Groups Into Teams. Andrea shares her personal journey of self-discovery and learning to learn which fundamentally shifted her...

Dr. Steven Jones and guest host Sonia Bu catch up with Andrea Bordenca, CEO of DESCO Service and co-author of Growing Groups Into Teams. Andrea shares her personal journey of self-discovery and learning to learn which fundamentally shifted her relationship to leadership and working with others.

In this episode, we explore the critical conversations needed around: 

  • Reframing your story and building trust 

  • Recognizing the power of reciprocity in both personal and professional relationships

  • Valuing and leveraging multiple perspectives to achieve a shared future and desired results

  • Being committed to taking care of what truly matters to you as a person and as a leader

  • Setting boundaries and prioritizing values as a leader

  • Transforming your leadership style to enact a culture shift 

 

About Andrea Bordenca: Andrea Bordenca is an entrepreneur, executive coach, and youth and adult leadership educator. Andrea serves as Managing Partner of Generative Consulting, CEO and chairperson of DESCO Service, founder of Lead Yourself Youth, principal of Venture Way Collaborative, and co-founder of The Women’s Collaborative. Andrea thrives when people of all ages, races, and genders are in dialogue together. She believes that the only way toward systemic change is by bringing all community stakeholders together to create change.

 About the book, Growing Groups Into Teams: How do you turn a group of individuals into a highly effective, productive team? Growing Groups into Teams is an unusually useful book written by a team of generative consultants and coaches that has helped thousands of groups become effective teams. 

Through real-life stories combined with pragmatic advice, this book strengthens your ability to see what’s needed and take effective action:

  • What two promises turn a group into a team

  • How to engage people to make those promises

  • How to invite responsibility and accountability

  • How to include and inspire people across differences

  • How to build and rebuild trust, and more!

Regardless of how productive your teams are today, the insights in this book will help you grow to the next level to drive your business or organization forward. Order your copy today!

Order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Groups-into-Teams-Real-life-ebook/dp/B0CJLC23VS 

Order from IngramSpark: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?l8SxF4Aexn9gq08iz7jFBbwutleujrftoZ2wAOFzCVH 


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