#157: Liz Elting, Cofounder and former CEO of TransPerfect — Develop a bias toward action
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very |
| 0:08.9 | best leaders in the world. I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, |
| 0:13.7 | you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader. |
| 0:18.4 | That's what this podcast is all about. You know, there are a few things |
| 0:22.5 | more frustrating than a leader who sets up a bunch of meetings and presents ideas and talk |
| 0:28.9 | strategy, but then doesn't really know how to motivate people so all that stuff actually gets done. |
| 0:36.6 | It's actually one of the biggest derailing factors I see in leaders. |
| 0:41.0 | They can dream and plan and strategize, |
| 0:43.8 | but they don't have that urgency and action to galvanize their teams and make it happen. |
| 0:49.9 | Fortunately, my guest today is not that kind of leader. |
| 0:54.2 | Liz Elting is the former CEO of Transperfect, which is the Language Translation Solutions |
| 0:59.3 | Company that she built from the ground up into a billion dollar business. |
| 1:04.5 | Today, you're going to hear how she did it, and you'll see Liz has a strong bias towards |
| 1:10.2 | action that really drives her success. She's |
| 1:13.7 | willing to put in the hard work and long hours. She's incredibly goal-oriented. And even better, |
| 1:20.0 | she knows how to motivate a team to go out and operate in the same way. And let me tell you, |
| 1:26.1 | it is powerful. If you're feeling stagnant or weighed down by |
| 1:30.3 | too much bureaucracy, this episode is going to help you be the kind of leader who gets big things done |
| 1:36.5 | with a bias towards action. So here's my conversation with my good friend and soon to be yours, |
| 1:43.2 | Liz Elting. |
| 1:51.9 | You know, Liz, as we get started here, |
| 1:55.6 | you need to know that I barely passed Latin in college. |
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