Hortense le Gentil: The Unlocked Leader, How to Connect With Your Employees and Unlearn Entrepreneurial Mindtraps | E248

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

YAP Media Network

Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Hortense le Gentil felt stuck. Despite having a successful career in advertising in Paris, she didn’t know her purpose and she was unhappy in her marriage. Everything had gone South, or West, as they say in France. One night she had a dream about her grandmother and it unlocked her. She decided to start her life and her career over from scratch. She left her marriage and her corporate job and launched herself as an entrepreneur at age 40. Now, Hortense is a world-renowned executive leadership coach. In today’s episode, Hortense shares some of her top insights about leadership, including how executives, business owners, and entrepreneurs can move from being heroes to human leaders. Hortense le Gentil’s latest book is The Unlocked Leader: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead With Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World. Le Gentil’s thought leadership is informed by 30 years in business, working across industries including media consulting and advertising—and as an entrepreneur. In this episode, Hala and Hortense will discuss: - Why we need human leaders and not heroes - What horse jumping can teach you about leadership - How to become a more authentic leader - Identifying the mindtraps that are holding you back - How we can activate our “Gandhi neurons” - Ways to break free from our old beliefs - The benefits of writing your own eulogy - And other topics… Hortense le Gentil is a world-renowned executive leadership coach, speaker, and author. Her coaching work focuses on CEOs and senior executives on their journey from hero leaders to human leaders. Her latest book is The Unlocked Leader: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead With Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World. Le Gentil’s thought leadership is informed by 30 years in business, working across industries including media consulting and advertising—and as an entrepreneur. She was a 2021 and 2023 nominee for the Thinkers 50 Coaching and Mentoring Awards and has been ranked #5 on the Global Gurus list by World Management Global Gurus. Her thought leadership has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., Business Insider, and ThriveGlobal.com. Resources Mentioned: Hortense’s Website: https://www.hortenselegentil.com/ Hortense’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hortenselegentil/ Hortense’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/hortenseleg Hortense’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hortenselegentil/ Hortense’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hortenselg/ Hortense’s latest book, The Unlocked Leader: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead With Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World: https://www.amazon.com/Unlocked-Leader-Voice-Empathy-Shine/dp/1394152930/ LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Sponsored By: Relay - Sign up for FREE! Go to relayfi.com/profiting Justworks - Learn more about Justworks' by visiting youngandprofiting.co/justworks Pipedrive - Go to youngandprofiting.co/pipedrive and get 20% off Pipedrive for 1 year! More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored in part by Shopify and Relay.
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0:27.8	As always, you can find all of these deals
0:29.7	in our show notes.
0:59.9	It's now.
1:13.3	Yeah, fam.
1:14.3	Leadership is something we talk a lot about on this podcast
1:17.4	and for good reason.
1:18.7	Leadership is not something that comes easy for many of us
1:21.6	and being an inspiring, competent and authentic leader
1:24.2	can take decades for even the most successful executives
1:27.2	to master.
1:28.2	Our guests today can help you get there much sooner.
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