025: Jo Finer - An Adaptive Leadership Style
Jo Finer joins us with 27 years dairy industry experience in Fonterra, where she most recently led stakeholder relationships with the agri-food sector and government. Her former experience included leading policy and advocacy, global regulatory affairs, food safety and quality, and dairy technical functions. Jo is passionate about leading \u2018change for good\u2019, in sustainable and socially responsible ways. She holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Food Technology and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Dairy Science and Technology.
Alongside her management experience in dairy processing, Jo has spent time dairy farming, both as a sharemilker and having grown up on a family farm. Additionally, Jo has served as Vice President of a global food safety organisation working collaboratively with multinational food companies to enhance food safety, has held a number of governance roles in the New Zealand dairy sector, and is regularly invited as a guest speaker.
On This Episode:
- Jo shares the incredible trajectory of her career.
- Learn the importance of hearing and sharing other\u2019s voices.
- Hear how leadership has transformed over the past several decades.
Key Takeaways:
- Determine how to adapt to different people\u2019s needs.
- Everybody wants to feel empowered to make a difference.
- Be flexible to change involving your consumers, your team, and your own life balance.
Tweetable Quote:
- \u201cBe flexible in all areas of business and life.\u201d \u2013 Denis Gianoutsos
- \u201cAs leaders, it\u2019s our job to give our team the opportunity to be great.\u201d \u2013 Jo Finer
- \u201cNo one wants to work for a knuckle dragger.\u201d \u2013 Denis Gianoutsos
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