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Hui Jin Kong discusses the importance of positive influence and leadership in guiding organizations towards success. She emphasizes understanding the "why" behind one's work and setting ambitious, positive outcome goals to influence others effectively. Hui Jin also highlights the need for leaders to create space for open dialogue, questioning, and vulnerability to ensure everyone internalizes the transformation vision.
Hui Jin stresses the role of leaders in assessing the difficulty level of tasks and individuals' abilities to determine the required degree of empowerment or guidance. She advises leaders to ask themselves what would happen with or without their involvement to gauge their unique value addition. Leaders must also help their teams face fears, whether rational or identity-based, and foster courage for reinvention.
Hui Jin shares her background, from her initial consulting career to her current work with the LinHart Group, co-authoring the book 'Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership.' She highlights the importance of understanding people's perspectives, questioning, and showing real business results to fuel transformation successfully.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Understand the 'why' and purpose behind your work to set ambitious, positive outcome goals.
- Create space for open dialogue, questioning, and vulnerability to ensure everyone internalizes the transformation vision.
- Assess the difficulty level of tasks and individuals' abilities to determine the required degree of empowerment or guidance.
- Help teams face fears, whether rational or identity-based, and foster courage for reinvention.
- Demonstrate real business results to fuel transformation successfully.
- Embrace vulnerability as a leader to empower and influence others effectively.
- Define positive outcomes for key interactions to exert influence and drive breakthroughs.
- Continuously reconnect with your passion and purpose to maintain ambitious goals.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “The key, I think, as an influencer, is to really understand for the key goals that you have, that your company has, what's going to be difficult for people, because our definition of influence and leadership, which is interrelated, is, are you able to get someone to do something better, faster, or knew that they wouldn't have otherwise done.“ by Hui Jin Kong
- “So I think to do that, you need to go into a vulnerable space of actually really hearing what people are seeing and thinking.“ by Hui Jin Kong
- “So I think the influence opportunity for apex leaders in the digital transformation world, including Geni, is, I think really to create that space for real dialogue about why do we really need to do this? What would happen if we didn't do it.“ by Hui Jin Kong
- “I think if you can't actually say what the real result is, it's very difficult to fuel any transformation.“ by Hui Jin Kong
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10/26/23
Huijin Kong is a beacon of inspiration and empowerment, making an enduring impact in the world of business leadership. A tenacious achiever, she earned her stripes graduating summa cum laude from Wharton and securing an M.B.A. with Highest Distinction from Harvard Business School. Driven by an unyielding faith in the inherent potential of every individual, she fearlessly carves her path, leaving a lasting impact in her wake.
Currently, as the Principal Counselor at LinHart Group and co-author of 'Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership,' Huijin continues to inspire and empower.
In today’s episode, Huijin tells us how she was called to this career, sheds light on the challenges faced by higher-ups in maintaining their purpose, and how leaders can positively influence their teams.
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Taking the leap and trusting yourself
“Success and our pride is very, very hard to let go. That was the most difficult thing for me in my own transition— to move on from one successful career to, frankly, what looked like a not very promising second career that I probably will fail at. So, do you dare to take the leap and then find the courage in yourself and in your company and your organization to do it?”
Being an influencer at your company
“The key as an influencer is to really understand the key goals that you have, that your company has. What's going to be difficult for people? Because our definition of influence and leadership, which is interrelated, is ‘Are you able to get someone to do something better, faster, or new that they wouldn't have otherwise done?'"