Leadership Strategies for Building Influence—with Helen Dayen- EP260

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or corporate executive, you need to influence the people around you.

But how do you get buy-in from investors, the board, your colleagues or the team you’re leading? Especially when those people have different learning styles and personalities?

Helen Dayen is the Wall Street veteran turned executive coach behind the Dayen Group, a leadership development company that helps ambitious professionals become power players.

Twice named Top Coach in New York, Helen has two decades of experience in high-stakes environments, and she is dedicated to helping clients drive revenue and get the respect and success they deserve.

On this episode of the podcast, Helen joins Anjel to share her experience as a woman on the trading floor and explain how her ability to navigate change informs her work in leadership development.

Helen discusses how she discovered executive coaching, describing how she leveraged the skills she already had in a unique way and enrolled others in her vision to build a successful coaching business.

Listen in for Helen’s insight on making the decision to invest in yourself and learn how to communicate in a way that inspires buy-in from the people you lead!

What You Will Learn

How a childhood of chronic change informs Helen’s work in leadership development

How Helen began her career on the Wall Street trading floor

Helen’s experience as 1 of only 3 women in her Lehman Brothers trading class

How the financial services industry has changed for women from when Helen started to now

How Helen discovered executive coaching and realized it was for her

Helen’s transition from Wall Street to entrepreneurship

How to leverage the skills you already have in a unique way and enroll others in your vision

How Helen helps senior leaders overcome roadblocks to influence and navigate change

Helen’s advice on making the decision to invest in an executive coach

How Helen helps executive leaders leverage AI to be more influential

Connect with Helen Dayen

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