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

⏱️ 39 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, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,
0:07.8	with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.
0:17.0	We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.
0:24.8	So search for rapid response in your podcast player
0:28.0	and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.
0:31.2	I'll see you on the other side.
0:34.0	Hi listeners, it's Bob.
0:36.0	I'm here to tell you about this special episode of Masters of Scale
0:40.0	that we're re-releasing.
0:41.0	It's called lead lead again.
0:44.1	And it features Cheryl Sandberg,
0:45.9	who recently announced that she's stepping away
0:48.4	from Meta and Facebook, where she's been
0:50.6	COO for the past 14 years.
0:53.3	We first released this episode in 2017.
0:56.7	It explores how Cheryl helped Google and then Facebook
1:00.6	unlock their potential and create a structure for growth.
1:04.0	It also includes several special appearances including from Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg
1:10.0	and of course you'll hear read deliver valuable insights on how great leaders
1:15.0	never stop learning.
1:17.0	Facebook and Meta have had their share of controversy during Cheryl's tenure.
1:21.0	When this episode was recorded, many of Facebook's toughest challenges were on the horizon.
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