Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast
Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast: where culture, communication, and context meet at work. Discover what cultural influences have formed the careers of noteworthy leaders in a variety of professions, by exploring the groups that shaped who they are today. Learn about the collective context and experiences that affect their worldview, leadership style, workplace communication and behaviour.
Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast
Janine Brisebois – Curious Janine
Bio for Janine Brisebois
Janine Brisebois, BSC, RMT, M-NLP, is an MC, speaker, facilitator, author, successful entrepreneur, business professional in sales and training, and a personal consultant with decades of success.
Episode highlight
Janine Brisebois’ life is defined by her curious nature. Join in to learn how she has unravelled life’s lessons by asking the right questions.
Links
Email: Janine@7DCEO.com
Website: www.7dceo.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janine-brisebois
Quotes
“When I look at you because you’re different, it’s not because I’m discriminating against you, I’m simply curious about you.”
“God is love and we have that within every single one of us and that’s our job as people… to find that love in each other and make it shine.”
Takeaways
Childhood incidents:
Janine grew up on a farm with animals, which piqued her curiosity about the workings of the body and made her thirsty for knowledge. While people were trying to pull out a car her sisters had driven into a dugout, Janine noticed the otherwise noisy geese on the other side of the dugout quietly observing the entire time, further fuelling her curiosity.
Groups you were born into and belonged to:
Janine was born into a French-Canadian family living in a rural farming community which was English, and they faced discrimination. She grew up in the Catholic Church, and faith played an important role in their lives, with prayers getting them through the difficult times they faced as farmers.
Temperament and personality influences
Janine has always been a curious person, but people called her nosy. She is also a kind person and believes in giving to the best of her ability, to any situation or person. She admits to occasionally having a bad temper.
A time I became aware that my way of doing things was cultural and specific to my cultural experience
Janine would stay at jobs till she had learned what she wished to, then would move to a similar job in a different location to have new experiences. She found that the people in all the places she lived in – Yukon Territory, Saskatchewan and Alberta – had different cultures and lifestyles from her and from each other.
Advice to an employer to work with me
Janine advises that the best way to work with her “is to be open, first and foremost”.
More great insights from our guest!
Janine conducts one-on-one and group workshops for people to make the most of their personal and/or professional lives.
