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The Fulfilled Leader with Jean Balfour
For leaders who want to thrive - not just survive.
Leadership can be lonely, overwhelming, and emotionally draining. But it doesn’t have to be. Join Master Certified Coach Jean Balfour as she brings honesty, depth, and warmth to conversations about what it really takes to lead with resilience, clarity, and purpose.
In The Fulfilled Leader, Jean explores the inner world of leadership—the doubts, the burnout, the self-sabotage - and the transformative practices that help leaders feel more grounded, empowered, and fulfilled.
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Ep. #39 How to Survive in Challenging Times with Sonal Patel
Jean is joined by Sonal Patel.
Sonal shares her experience and learning of joining a new team and leading through covid. Jean and Sonal discuss
- Relational Leadership - leading with and through people
- How a coaching approach to leadership is critical for leading younger generations
- How we can build resilience
- The role mindfulness plays in creativity
- How in a fluid time indecision is no decision
- Setting 5 annual goals and putting them in an envelope
Sonal Patel
Sonal is Managing Director, Asia for Quantcast a global advertising technology company. She also holds board and advisory roles.
Sonal has over 20 years experience working for large global brands across high growth disruptive technologies including: E-commerce, digital gaming, Social Media, Cloud.
Sonal has taken her flair for advertising to the start up world and co-founded an agency in Vietnam alongside her own consultancy company. She has also mentored early stage startups and advises on high growth potential.
She is passionate in driving female entrepreneurship, and coaching at all levels in the talent force through her ACC certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and amplifying talent in the workforce.
Connect with Sonal here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalvpatel/
Book - Tony Soprano on Management - Anthony Schneider
Book - Radical Simplicity - Ken Allen
Podcast - Diary of a CEO - Steven Bartlett
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour
https://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/
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