In this episode of The Jasper Blueprint podcast, Bessi dives into navigating innovation in leadership styles. They unpack leadership styles, past and present, with a focus on wisdom, service, and the good of the many. Bessi dismantles traditional leadership perceptions like the “Great Man Theory,” and introduces the “thrive cycle,” a framework designed to refine how businesses understand and actualize their value propositions and emphasizes the power of innovation in leadership, detailing the necessity of empathy and significant technological integration as beneficial competitive advantages.
Learn how foundational leadership theories, combined with contemporary needs for agile and empathic abilities, can be transformative for aspiring leaders. With Graham’s distinctive approaches, discover how innovation in leadership may empower businesses to flourish in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Also in this episode:
- Ensure you are effectively differentiating your business to stand out in the market.
- Obsess over delivering results for customers rather than just promoting your own products/services.
- Use the “Thrive Cycle” framework to build a strong foundation for your business and leadership.
- Focus on tailoring your messaging and offerings to specific stakeholders by leveraging the insights from the “Thrive Cycle”.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
What I learnt about leadership from sitting in a bombed out building https://youtube.com/shorts/pUp6JG3WzrU?feature=share
Listen to our previous podcast episode to help you unlock creativity in your team: Unlocking Team Creativity: Teach Innovation with Dr Amy Climer (Ep #85) https://bessigraham.com/2025/01/unlocking-team-creativity-teach-innovation-with-dr-amy-climer/
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About Bessi Graham:
With nearly 25 years’ of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to merge money and meaning, my experience spans from the grassroots of sitting in the dirt working with business owners across the Pacific Islands through to the United Nations in Geneva. This has given me an unparalleled perspective.
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