REVUP Your Business with Hilda Gan
REVUP Your Business with Hilda Gan (formerly REVUP Your Potential) is a podcast for small to medium-sized business owners, entrepreneurs, and HR professionals. Each week, we’ll be sharing tips, strategies, and trends on how you can build success in your business. Hilda will share her expertise as a people-centric leader in work culture and human resources, along with guests in marketing, sales, finance, IT, leadership, and the multiple facets of business. If you love to learn and want to find out how you can REVUP your business, join us!
REVUP Your Business with Hilda Gan
S6E6: The Importance of the Gritty Executive with Dianne Clark
Gritty executives are marked by their tenacity, adaptability, and commitment to continuous learning—qualities that enable them to navigate uncertainty and inspire their teams. With the right digital tools and strategic support, these leaders can leverage data and AI-driven insights to make informed decisions that propel growth. Embracing grit as a core leadership trait equips executives to overcome challenges, embrace change, and foster a collaborative, results-driven workplace. The Gritty Executive highlights the essential qualities that drive resilient, forward-thinking leadership in today’s fast-paced digital landscape.
Dianne Clark is the Founder and CEO of Trendspire, a WBE Certified Business she founded in 2000. An author, PMP, she has taught on Leadership, Organization Development, IT and Digital Marketing. She is a leading expert in creating collaborative workspaces. As an Executive Digital Coach she has assisted countless public, private and nonprofit organizations with strategic growth in uncertain times. What sets her apart from other consultants is her ability to bridge the gap of IT and the end user. She empowers leaders with digital tools and strategies for informed and AI-driven decision-making in a way the average person can understand.
In this episode, we explore what it means to be a “Gritty Executive”, the essential traits and tools that define grit in leadership, including leveraging digital solutions, how digital coaching and strategic tools can propel business goals, and more! You will also learn about Dianne’s people-first approach to technology and get a preview of her upcoming AI Accelerator program. Whether you’re a seasoned executive or an emerging leader, this episode is packed with insights on building resilience and driving transformation through technology.
Chapters
4:10 - What is the Gritty Executive
10:08 - Supporting and working with Gritty Executives
13:03 - How much a business should allocate toward technology
16:04 - The true cost of not changing to integrated software & technology
24:49 - Dianne’s humanistic approach to technology
27:39 - People-first approach to software and technology
32:46 - What’s next for Dianne
35:00 - Upcoming AI Accelerator
37:22 - Where to find Dianne
Visit Diane’s website - https://www.trendspire.com/
Connect with Diane - https://www.linkedin.com/in/trendspire
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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.
People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.
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