How to balance being a visionary with being vulnerable

As a leader of a business it’s up to you to tell everyone where you’re going.

It’s your responsibility to create a clear vision for everyone to buy into and have clarity as to the direction and relevance of their work.

However, in an ever-changing world what happens when you don’t have all the answers.

How do you balance the vulnerability of not knowing with the need for a clear vision of the future?

And how do you cope, after spending a big chunk of your life knowing exactly where you’re going and what you’re aiming for, when you need to change but don’t know what that change should be.

You can do all the rational analysis you want but you can still feel unclear.

This is where being more in tune with your body can help.

And cultivating (and trusting) your instincts.

On this episode of the Friday Fireside we’re joined by Pauline Tenner, author of Laid Bare: What The Business Leader Learnt From The Stripper.

It’s a self-help book for business leaders and entrepreneurs that care about employee well-being and business profitability.

But the bit that interested me was how it talks to showing up unapologetically in your role as a business leader.

I’m also fascinated by Paulina’s current journey of transitioning out of her business and finding a new path.

As well as an author, Paulina is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree. She started her business with a purpose to help tech startups navigate the complex world of government funding and since 2010 has grown her team organically from 2 to 50 and raised over £200M for more than 600 technology startups.

A couple of fascinating aspects of GrantTree are that it has an open culture company which pioneered a self set salary scheme and that it also employs holacracy in its management approach.

Her new book, which encapsulated her learnings is now a Hot New Release on Amazon which you can pre-order here [http://www.paulinatenner.com/book.](http://www.paulinatenner.com/book.)

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