<h2>Jeny Wood: Wild Courage</h2>
<p>Over an 18 year career at Google, Jenny Wood grew from entry-level to executive, most recently leading a large operations team that helped drive billions of revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own Your Career, which grew to one of the largest career development programs in Google’s history. Her work has since been featured in <em>Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur,</em> and <em>Forbes</em> and she’s now the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9780593717646">Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It</a>*.</p>
<p>Leadership is about serving others – and it’s also ensuring that we take care of ourselves along the way. Sometimes leaders over-index on helping their organizations and teams, to their own detriment. In this conversation, Jenny and I explore where being a little more selfish might actually be better for everyone.</p>
<h3>Key Points</h3>
<ul>
<li>Selfish redefined means having the courage to stand up for what you want.</li>
<li>People want to join a winning team, even if they don’t say that out loud.</li>
<li>Guilt is natural, but always caving to it is self-defeating.</li>
<li>Don’t do work that’s not actually promotable. There’s no prize for an empty inbox.</li>
<li>A belief like “I owe it to them,” may signal an over-commitment to the organization. They will not love you back.</li>
<li>Appreciate truth when you get it, but don’t sign up for a burned-out boss.</li>
<li>It’s inefficient to always be in the lead. Draft in another leader’s wake.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Resources Mentioned</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9780593717646">Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It</a>* by Jenny Wood</li>
</ul>
<h3>Interview Notes</h3>
<p><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/mp-files/jenny-wood-where-being-selfish-is-better.pdf/">Download my interview notes</a> in PDF format (free membership required).</p>
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