#75 LEADERSHIP: Communicate Like a Boss! PART 1 with Jill Nykoliation, CEO Juniper Park\TBWA

Effective leaders communicate like a boss! Compassion, precision, and frequency of communication are just a few of the values that CEO Jill Nykoliation exemplifies and that she encourages others to embrace. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview. The 2nd episode (#76) includes a summary of both episodes.   RESOURCES  Jill Nykoliation * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillnykoliation/ * Juniper Park\TBWA: https://www.juniperparktbwa.com/ * Recommendation: Dr. Chatterjee’s podcast – Feel Better Live More Talk About Talk & Dr. Andrea Wojnicki * Website – https://talkabouttalk.com * Email – [email protected] * Free Weekly Newsletter – https://talkabouttalk.com/blog/#newsletter-signup * Book Andrea for a free 20min “communication skills training” consult * Andrea on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/   INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Dr. Andrea Wojnicki: Thank you so much, Jill, for joining us here today to talk about leadership and communication skills. Jill Nykoliation: It’s such a pleasure to be here, Andrea, thanks for having me.  AW: My first question is a big one. What is your leadership philosophy? JN: My leadership philosophy. I would sum it up as, don’t lead through a rear view mirror. Yesterday’s behind us, I tell my team all the time – Notice what’s ending and let it go. Notice what’s emerging and step into it. AW: Wow. So perspective, and being proactive, but also internalizing what has happened? JN: What has happened and letting go is a big part of leadership. I’m really big on let it go. You can’t step into the new when you’re pulling all the baggage of the past. And we have to move so quickly. Everything’s changing so quickly, that the less baggage you have, the less attachment you have to past ideas, or past identities, the faster you can move into the future. So I tell my team all the time, is just notice what’s ending and let it go. AW: I love that metaphor, I can actually imagine a team climbing a mountain, and they’ve got this big, heavy baggage. JN: yes.  AW: And their leader’s saying, drop the bag, drop the bag, like why are you carrying this uphill? JN: You’re actually making me think of this, I think it’s the movie Ants. They were going to a new anthill. And one of the ants asks, why are we carrying all this crap? Aren’t we just going to get new crap when we get there? And it’s true. It’s like, why are we pulling all this crap from one anthill to another? And my daughter and I laugh about it. Don’t bring everything forward, let things go and be grateful, is a very Marie Kondo. Thank you. You’ve served me. Well, I’m gonna let you go. AW: I love it, you’ve served your purpose. That’s what she would say, right? JN: You’ve served your purpose and be really grateful. And I find when you say thank you to things, whether its business models, or its team members, or processes, you leave the animosity, and you leave the resistance,