Q&A with Jamie Kern Lima: Leading with Authenticity

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Authenticity alone doesn’t guarantee success, but inauthenticity does guarantee failure. Jamie Kern Lima, who founded It Cosmetics and sold it for $1.2 billion 8 years later, shares the keys to building great organizations.

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Craig Groeschel is the senior pastor of Life.Church, recognized as one of the largest and most innovative churches in the United States. Craig started the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast in 2016 as a way to bring empowering insights and easy-to-understand takeaways you can use to grow as a leader—whenever, wherever.

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Craig hand-picked three episodes designed to help you build a strong leadership foundation. You’ll learn practical ways to influence your leaders, manage your time wisely, and improve how you communicate. Head to https://www.go2.lc/threekeys to get the episodes and leader guides sent right to your inbox.

About Craig Groeschel
Craig and his wife Amy live in Edmond, Oklahoma, where they started Life.Church in 1996. A New York Times bestselling author, Craig has spoken to millions of people at events and conferences in countries all over the world. Learn more about Craig: http://www.craiggroeschel.com/about

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Chapters:
0:00 – How Jamie started It Cosmetics
9:58 – What do you do first when launching an organization?
15:44 – Jamie’s early sacrifices and rejections
26:49 – The importance of authenticity in leadership
29:53 – How our relationship with rejection impacts our leadership
38:53 – How do you know if advice is good or bad?
43:27 – How Jamie finally got into QVC (and how it tested her integrity)
55:53 – Craig’s two top takeaways
57:19 – Keys to hiring a great team
58:35 – The importance of culture
1:00:01 – Keys to lasting success
1:03:37 – Lightning round of questions

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