Leadership through Personal Adversity: Interview Jay Trestain
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In this episode, we\\u2019re joined by Jay Trestain, Global Offerings & Big Deal Leader at IBM iX.
She\\u2019s been with IBM for 15 years, however, this episode takes a look at how leaders can lead when they themselves are going through personal adversity.
Jay\\u2019s story is both humbling and an incredible story of success in the face of huge adversity as we get into how she\\u2019s battled the loss of her mother and her husband\\u2019s terminal diagnosis, while simultaneously leading teams.
Jay tells us about her experiences with vulnerability as a leader and how\\u2019s she\\u2019s faced it in the workplace herself, earning the right to be \\u2018emotionally open\\u2019, how she handled the job at hand when going through tough personal situations and how \\u2018life\\u2019 and little things that you don\\u2019t necessarily ask about or know about but impact how you turn up to work.
Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-trestain/
Find Neil online at: https://neilthubron.com/
And Albert on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/albert-e-joseph
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