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PDOCAST: Don’t Rest on Your Past Success

Jennifer joins Tammy Gooler Loeb on Work From the Inside Out.

Jennifer Fondrevay told me something that I have never before heard from a guest. As a young child, she wanted to become the Ambassador to France and even more remarkably she continued to have that goal throughout her college years into graduate school. Jennifer’s father is French and her grandmother lived with them until she was three years old, so she learned French first, English second. She majored in French and political science undergrad and then continued with her graduate studies at the Thunderbird School Of Global Management where she studied international business, specializing in marketing and advertising. Jennifer figured if the ambassadorship didn’t materialize, her fallback plan was in marketing or advertising. It appears to have worked out extremely well, although Jennifer’s Dad still hopes that she’ll pursue the diplomacy route one day.

In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Jennifer’s journey: 

  • When her Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company” went viral, Jennifer recognized the power and interest in a human-centric approach to business transformation, where employees are at the heart of the change. 
  • In addition to HBR, Jennifer also shares her expertise as a contributor to Fast Company, Inc, Thrive Global, and Forbes.
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PODCAST: Using Your Survival Experiences

I was interviewed on the podcast, GOING SOLO: Building Your Own Successful Business After a Late Career Job Loss. Listen to host David Shriner-Cahn and me discuss strategies for listening for important clues about gaps in the marketplace LISTEN HERE

We discuss:

  • The people challenges of Mergers & Acquisitions [03:29]
  • A premortem: getting all senior leaders on the same page [07:50]
  • Taking into account the future that employees envision for themselves [09:48]
  • The stages that employees go through during a merger [12:05]
  • How to let go of past achievements and pivot how you can contribute to the future [15:30]
  • The part about Mergers & Acquisitions no one’s talking about [18:04]
  • If you’re passion about it, that can make you a force for good [20:58]
  • Drilling down on a niche [22:51]
  • Why you need to be a good consultant [24:27]
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PODCAST: THE PANDEMIC PLAYBOOK WITH DOUG FARREN

December 3, 2020

THE PANDEMIC PLAYBOOK
WITH DOUG FARREN

https://www.middlemarketcenter.org/podcasts/the-pandemic-playbookLeaning on her deep understanding of companies in transition, Jennifer Fondrevay joins Doug Farren and the National Center for the Middle Market to share what business leaders have done to lead their organizations through COVID-19 and the uncertainty of 2020, and how these lessons can help others grow.

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PODCAST: THE GAME CHANGER NETWORK WITH CHICKE FITZGERALD

November 2020

THE GAME CHANGER NETWORK
WITH CHICKE FITZGERALD

Companies around the globe are increasingly pursuing M&A as a growth strategy. Odds are, at some point in your career, your company will be one of them. Jennifer J. Fondrevay and Chicke Fitzgerald, CEO of soluntionz INNOVATIONS, discuss how Jennifer’s book helps those in the middle of it all, from C-suite executives to team leaders and players, come out stronger on the other side to help their companies do the same.

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PODCAST: CONVERTING A BUSINESS TRAUMA INTO A BOOK WITH PAT IYER

November 13, 2020

CONVERTING A BUSINESS TRAUMA INTO A BOOK
WITH PAT IYER

Some of the most helpful books develop from the author’s painful experiences. Three traumatic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) drove Jennifer Fondrevay to embrace the opportunity to help others successfully handle such crises. She has received very rewarding feedback from her readers and ended up with a career as a consultant. In this episode of Writing to Get Business, you will learn how becoming an author can be a life-changing experience.

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PODCAST: If You’re Talking, Then You Better Be Walking

Jennifer and Rex New, of Managing Editor’s Magazine, discuss how mergers and acquisitions often create crises of trust at businesses, and so do difficult economic periods — our present one included. The pandemic has shown the importance of a few critical actions that help maintain trust in a crisis. First is the importance of demonstrating empathy and humility. The most effective leaders Jennifer has seen over the past few months were leaders that relied on outside experts to persuade people to change their behaviors.

But the second action is even more important. If leaders want to maintain trust, they’ve got to do more than speak. Their actions must match their words. In other words, talk the talk — but make sure you’re walking the walk. “Demonstrate through your actions what you expect others to do,” Jennifer explains. “The leaders who haven’t been successful said one thing, but they didn’t apply that to themselves.”