5. Lead, lead again, w/Meta's Sheryl Sandberg

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In just 6 years, Facebook grew to 2 billion users and 14,000 employees. How? Well, first, they hired COO Sheryl Sandberg. And she knew that to lead a fast-changing organization, you have to be as skilled at breaking plans as you are at making them. Great scale leaders know how to pivot, because every day there are new competitors, new threats, new opportunities. Sandberg shares the practical, tactical on-the-ground leadership lessons she learned while scaling at Google and Meta.

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, it's Bob.
0:03.1	I'm here to tell you about this special episode of Massage of Scale that we're re-releasing.
0:08.6	It's called Lead, Lead Again.
0:11.2	And it features Cheryl Sandberg, who recently announced that she's stepping away from
0:15.5	Meta and Facebook, where she's been COO for the past 14 years.
0:20.4	We first released this episode in 2017.
0:23.8	It explores how Cheryl helped Google and then Facebook, unlock their potential and create
0:29.4	a structure for growth.
0:31.6	It also includes several special appearances, including from Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
0:37.7	And of course, you'll hear re-deliver valuable insights on how great leaders never stop learning.
0:43.8	Facebook and Meta have had their share of controversy during Cheryl's tenure.
0:48.8	When this episode was recorded, many of Facebook's toughest challenges were on the horizon.
0:54.5	Still, the stories and choices that Cheryl shares here are as useful and relevant as ever.
1:01.9	And now seems like the perfect moment to remember how Cheryl Sandberg became Cheryl Sandberg
1:07.5	through her undeniable expertise in scaling organizations.
1:12.1	Her conversation with Reed provides lessons even a skeptical business leader can learn
1:17.2	from.
1:18.2	I found it refreshing to relisten to with open ears as well as a critical eye, and I came
1:23.8	away feeling wiser.
1:25.5	I hope you do too.
1:27.8	And now on to the show.
1:31.5	When technologies become ubiquitous and essential, they also generate opposition.
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