Staying Present with Mental Toughness - April Jefferson | 1920

April Jefferson is a self-defined “experienced craftswoman and mindset harmonizer that nurtures the journey to nurture yourself”. She values connecting people and teams to ownership of their needs and goals. Jefferson recounts her Agile experience and the challenges she’s had to overcome to become her full self as a woman and a leader in the Agile space. She shares that “the weaknesses that others perceived in me were actually my greatest strengths” and “as a woman in this space, sometimes we need that mental toughness to stay present.” Jefferson emphasizes the positive impact women helping women through sponsorship and mentoring relationships has on their success. April Jefferson’s Words of Wisdom: “Stay curious and invite others in.” Accenture | SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared. Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcastWomen in Agile website: https://womeninagile.org/ Connect with us on social media!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninagile/Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninagileorg