2019 Leadership Summit – 15 Quotes from Jo Saxton on Leveling up Your Leadership

Every year, my team and I attend the leadership summit and it is always refreshing, challenging and recharging for me. Easily the best leadership material in a conference that is out there. I try to share some of the highlights I took from each session.

Here are some thoughts from the session with Jo Saxton on leveling up your leadership:

  • Who were you before anyone told you who you were supposed to be?
  • Too many of us struggle with impostor syndrome.
  • We believe we are a fake and don’t deserve to be in the room.
  • Many of our stories create limits for us as a leader.
  • What we think is who we’re becoming.
  • The way you think about yourself is shaping your leadership.
  • The story we tell ourselves matter.
  • If your body could talk to you, what would it want to say?
  • If we don’t listen to our bodies, eventually it will speak loud enough that we won’t be able to ignore it.
  • You have one body and your leadership lives in it.
  • Who are your people?
  • Half of all CEO’s reported feeling lonely.
  • 60% of leaders say loneliness is affecting their performance.
  • There is loneliness when everyone wants an answer but you don’t have it.
  • Who are you leveling up as a leader? Who are you investing in to help them become great leaders?