Julie Greenwald, chairman & COO, Atlantic Records: “You have to outwork everybody else.”

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theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Julie Greenwald is a powerhouse in the music industry. She started out in the business as an assistant in 1992, and worked her way up to help build Def Jam Records. Now, she’s the chairman and COO of Atlantic Records. And she’s helped advance the careers of some artists you may be familiar with. Think: Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, and Ed Sheeran... to name a few. In this episode, Julie shares why her work ethic set her apart (12:24), how she changed the culture at Atlantic Records (18:57), and her best negotiating advice (28:08). Hint: know your value. Stay tuned for a spotlight on The Helm ABA, a behavior therapy company focused on providing families of children affected by autism with the behavior support that they need. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here. *This show was recorded on April 23rd*

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0:00.0	For those people that really want a career and want to get to the very top, you have to outwork everybody else.
0:15.2	That's it.
0:16.0	And I'm not saying it's going to be the longest amount of hours.
0:19.9	It might be outwork with the best ideas.
0:22.4	I'm... it might be outwork with the best ideas.
0:24.6	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:25.8	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:26.7	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:28.3	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice
0:30.7	from women who have lived it.
0:31.9	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:34.6	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary
0:37.6	and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:40.1	We started the skim from a couch,
0:41.7	so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch? Hey everyone the show might look and sound a bit different today because
0:55.8	we're skimming from three different couches the skim is working from home
0:59.9	for the time being because of COVID-19. Today we're joined by a powerhouse of the music industry,
1:07.2	Julie Greenwald. She is the C.O. and chairman of Atlantic Records. during her time in the business, she's helped advance
1:16.2	the careers of Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sharon, just to name a few.
1:21.7	Julie, we're really excited to have you with us today. Welcome to
1:24.7	skim from the couch. Thank you for having me. So Julie we're gonna jump in and ask
1:30.7	you to skim your resume for us.
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