Leadership for Creatives: Find Your Own Style
Creating a Guiding Light (For Yourself and Business)
A course by Gillian Davis , Leadership Expert
About the video: Creating a Guiding Light (For Yourself and Business)
Overview
“We can’t lead if we are not clear on where we are going and why we are heading that way. In this lesson we will learn about the importance of being clear on what you want and how to get there. We will create a vision statement, set goals and define values so that you can stay focused on what matters most.”
In this video lesson Gillian Davis addresses the topic: Creating a Guiding Light (For Yourself and Business), which is part of the Domestika online course: Leadership for Creatives: Find Your Own Style. Learn to become a more adaptive, compassionate, and effective leader while staying true to your authentic self.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating a Guiding Light (For Yourself and Business) Now, we'll look at the importance of having a vision to give you direction and to make sure you're focusing on the right goals that get you there. "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there", by Lewis Carroll from "Alice in Wonderland". To some of you, that might be an attractive opportunity, but for those of us that are building a business, even if you plan on being freelance and not growing a team, it's so important to have focus and direction so that you say yes to the right things and say no to what doesn't ge...”
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Course summary for: Leadership for Creatives: Find Your Own Style
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Creative Consulting, Design Management, Marketing

Gillian Davis
A course by Gillian Davis
Gillian Davis is a leadership expert and founder of the consultancy Overtime Leader. She always knew she wanted to be her own boss, and had her first taste of leadership by co-running her family business. Uninspired by the content available on leadership, she wrote her own book on the subject, First Time Leader: Foundational Tools to Inspire and Enable Your Team.
Following her book’s success, she worked in senior positions for a number of well-known brands including WeTransfer and ustwo before establishing Overtime Leader in 2016 and achieving her dream of becoming her own boss. With over ten years of experience in her field, she helps everyone from founders to CTOs build leadership strategies for success.
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