Ep. 431 - Vision Driven Founder, Jennifer Hudye

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron is joined by Jennifer Hudye, founder of Vision Driven, a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and CEOs craft, communicate, and execute transformative visions for their businesses.

During the conversation, you'll discover the challenges leaders face when articulating and aligning their teams around a cohesive, long-term vision. Through engaging anecdotes and relatable examples, you'll learn how the lack of clarity and communication about a company's future direction can lead to scattered teams, costly turnover, and missed opportunities.

Jennifer offers insights on balancing inclusivity with decisiveness when defining a company’s future. Through thought-provoking analogies, the conversation explores why overly collaborative processes can dilute bold ideas, while stressing that leadership ultimately requires courage and conviction.

This episode provides actionable strategies for embedding this future-oriented blueprint into the fabric of an organization.

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In This Episode You'll Learn:

Jennifer's experience of creating a vivid vision in 2016, inspired by a conversation with Cameron. (1:11)
The common struggles CEOs face when crafting a vivid vision, such as not knowing what to include, overemphasis on strategy, and vagueness. (4:48)
The cost of inaction and the ROI of having a clear vision. (15:57)
The importance of replacing vision statements with vivid visions to inspire and align the team. (18:42)
And much more...

Resources:

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Cameron Harold, the founder of the Second in Command podcast. Really quick, before we jump into today's episode, you need to know about two important ways that we can help you and your company grow.
0:09.6	Number one, check out the CO Alliance. It's for CFOs, presidents, BPOps, or whoever is your company's second in command to the CEO.
0:18.3	The CO Alliance is the world's leading community for the second in command, and it gives CFOs the tools and connections to the CEO. The COO Alliance is the world's leading community for the second in command,
0:22.4	and it gives COOs the tools and connections to grow themselves and the company.
0:27.1	Head over to COO Alliance.com to learn more about our members and the results, the program,
0:32.3	and our 10x guarantee. If you qualify for membership, you can set up a complimentary call with
0:37.2	our team to discuss if it's right for you.
0:39.6	I'll tell you about number two in a bit. But first, let's start this week's episode.
0:43.8	I'm always conservative with it. I think we're probably around 650 at this point, one-on-one, that we've written for companies.
0:52.6	And then we've helped thousands of other companies
0:55.6	through our Vividvision retreats, workshops, online course,
1:01.6	we call it our vision-driven quest.
1:04.1	So also showing them how to write it on their own.
1:20.5	Welcome to the Second in Command podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to you by its founder, Cameron Harold.
1:28.9	In the Second in Command podcast, we talk to top COs who share the insights, strategies, and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief. And now, here's your host, Cameron Herald. In today's episode, I'm
1:38.2	joined by Jen Hooty, the founder and CEO of Vision Driven as we explore the transformative power
1:43.1	of the vivid vision concept and its
1:44.7	impact on entrepreneurs and their businesses. Jen shares her personal journey of creating a vivid
1:49.5	vision in 2016, inspired by conversation we had. This practice helped her clarify her goals,
1:56.0	align her team, and build a thriving business while collaborating with top thought leaders.
2:01.6	Today, vision-driven has helped craft vivid visions for over 650 companies and guided thousands
2:10.6	more through workshops and online courses. We'll dive into the common challenges CEOs
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