Vince Chan

Today, I'm sitting down with Jennifer Selby Long, who has spent the last 30 years helping tech leaders navigate the waves of tech evolution, leading and managing organizational change. In recent years, her focus has been on cybersecurity, digital transformation, and user experience. But don't tune out just yet. If you are not in those views,

Today, I'm sitting down with Jennifer Selby Long, who has spent the last 30 years helping tech leaders navigate the waves of tech evolution, leading and managing organizational change. In recent years, her focus has been on cybersecurity, digital transformation, and user experience. But don't tune out just yet. If you are not in those views,

What Jennifer shares is relevant to anyone looking to thrive in today's fast changing world. Give me 30 seconds and I guarantee you'll find something valuable in this conversation. This episode and the next is all about how to guide yourself through personal transformation and step into your next opportunity.

What Jennifer shares is relevant to anyone looking to thrive in today's fast changing world. Give me 30 seconds and I guarantee you'll find something valuable in this conversation. This episode and the next is all about how to guide yourself through personal transformation and step into your next opportunity.

A leader cannot successfully drive organizational change without first mastering their own personal transformation. So we'll dive into why understanding the natural process of personal change can help you fast-track your transformation.

A leader cannot successfully drive organizational change without first mastering their own personal transformation. So we'll dive into why understanding the natural process of personal change can help you fast-track your transformation.

how to manage self-doubt, avoid sabotaging your own progress, and how to make career moves that truly work in your favor instead of simply running away from one undesirable situation to the next. Let's get started. Jennifer, tell us a bit about yourself. I know you've been in coaching for a long time. You specialize in coaching tech leaders manage and navigate change.

how to manage self-doubt, avoid sabotaging your own progress, and how to make career moves that truly work in your favor instead of simply running away from one undesirable situation to the next. Let's get started. Jennifer, tell us a bit about yourself. I know you've been in coaching for a long time. You specialize in coaching tech leaders manage and navigate change.

Can you tell us more about that?

Can you tell us more about that?

So basically, you are helping a leader who sits at the center of a complex situation. They may have senior people above them, perhaps a CEO reporting to a board of directors, or they may be the CEO themselves. Below them, they have a whole team of people, some more senior, some at operational or junior level.

So basically, you are helping a leader who sits at the center of a complex situation. They may have senior people above them, perhaps a CEO reporting to a board of directors, or they may be the CEO themselves. Below them, they have a whole team of people, some more senior, some at operational or junior level.

This leader has to engage, convince, and motivate all these people to buy into the change and act on it. But each of these stakeholders has their own agenda. and that's not even touching on the emotional aspects involved.

This leader has to engage, convince, and motivate all these people to buy into the change and act on it. But each of these stakeholders has their own agenda. and that's not even touching on the emotional aspects involved.

So you are helping this person in the middle, managing everyone around them while also guiding them on a more personal level, helping them find peace and balance while navigating change. Is that a good summary of what you do now?

So you are helping this person in the middle, managing everyone around them while also guiding them on a more personal level, helping them find peace and balance while navigating change. Is that a good summary of what you do now?

Technology is such a huge and evolving field. I'm sure when you first started back in the 90s, as you said, the project found you. And now here we are in 2024 going into 2025, so much has changed in the tech space over the years. Could you be more specific about what areas of leadership you focus on today?

Technology is such a huge and evolving field. I'm sure when you first started back in the 90s, as you said, the project found you. And now here we are in 2024 going into 2025, so much has changed in the tech space over the years. Could you be more specific about what areas of leadership you focus on today?

And maybe educate us a bit on how this evolution in technology and leadership has played out over the years?

And maybe educate us a bit on how this evolution in technology and leadership has played out over the years?