Lindsay Peoples Wagner, Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue: “Empathy is everything.”

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theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Lindsay Peoples Wagner is the youngest editor-in-chief of a Condé Nast publication. She’s also the only Black female editor-in-chief of a major US fashion magazine. She sat down with us this week to talk about how hard work really does pay off. And about the changes she wants to make in the fashion industry now that she’s at the helm of Teen Vogue. In this episode, Lindsay shares how she leads with empathy (5:53), why she won’t stay complacent (22:36), and what the role of a mentor should be (23:56). Stay tuned at the end for a spotlight on Weezie Towels, the “towel whisperers” redefining how you shop for bath and towel products. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here.

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0:00.0	I've been having so many conversations of bandwidth and what people can just emotionally and mentally handle right now.
0:14.1	I think just trying to be understanding and that is, you know, and empathy is everything.
0:18.8	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:22.2	I'm Danielle Weisberg. I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:23.0	Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:25.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:28.0	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:31.0	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or
0:35.0	getting hard feedback. We started the skim from a couch so what better place to
0:39.4	talk it all out than where it began on a couch.
0:43.0	Hey everyone, this show might sound a bit different today.
0:48.0	The skim is working from home for the time being because of COVID-19.
0:56.6	Carly is also out today, but she'll be back next week. Today we are very excited to have
1:05.0	Lindsey People's Wagner. Lindsay is the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue magazine
1:08.3	and is the youngest editor-in-chief of a Conde Nass publication.
1:13.3	She's also the only black female editor
1:16.5	and chief of a US fashion magazine.
1:19.2	As a career journalist, her work focuses
1:21.5	on the intersecting world of style, identity, culture, and politics.
1:26.0	Lindsay, thank you so much for coming on today.
1:29.0	We're really excited for the conversation.
1:31.0	Thank you so much for having me.
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