Transforming Challenges into Team Strengthening Opportunities with Jennifer Chapman

"Understanding internal motivation in both leaders and team members is crucial for improving communication and clarity within the team." - Jen Chapman

Overcoming personal challenges transforms how you look at your life and can dramatically transform your leadership style and team dynamics. In this episode of Made For Impact, Jennifer Chapman, certified life and leadership coach, best-selling author, and resilient stroke survivor, talks with host Gretchen Schott about her journey from sales leader to leadership coach and the personal challenge she overcame to put her life’s purpose into perspective.

Jennifer and Gretchen discuss how tapping into our internal motivations and facing life's unexpected turns can fundamentally enhance communication and leadership within your team. They also discuss the pivotal role of self-awareness in conflict management and how understanding the deep 'why' behind our actions can empower ourselves and those around us to thrive. Through her coaching, Jen leverages her rich background in negotiating sales and overcoming personal adversities to help leaders and teams enhance their communication, conflict management, and collaboration skills.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How understanding your own internal motivations not only boosts your personal clarity but enhances team dynamics dramatically to cultivate a thriving work environment where everyone feels driven and understood.

• How to embrace life’s curveballs and transform personal challenges into powerful growth opportunities, personally and professionally.

• The importance of harnessing the power of your own “why” to understand and utilize personal and team motivations for a more cohesive and motivated workforce.

Connect with Jennifer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferchapmanleadershipcoach/ 

About Just Commit Coaching: https://justcommitcoaching.com/about/ 

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Jump into the conversation:

[00:00] Introduction by Made for Impact and guest Jennifer Chapman

[01:48] Jen’s personal journey from sales to life coaching

[05:33] Relationship building in sales and how that contributes to conflict resolution

[09:54] The life-changing impact of her stroke and its timing during her corporate success

[12:23] The questions Jen had to ask herself for deep reflective work

[14:08] Jen’s coaching work and transferable sales skills

[16:02] The impact of self-awareness on self-management

[20:00] Guiding teams to cultivate more empathy

[21:23] Introduction to the "WHY Institute" and the significance of finding one's "why"

[32:05] Translating strategies to conflicts at home