Meg Whitman, CEO of Quibi: “Leadership in crisis is about getting down into the trenches.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Meg Whitman is a three-time tech CEO (think: she’s been in charge of eBay, HP, and now, Quibi). So she’s had experience leading a team through times of crisis before. This week, she told us how her past experiences have made her a “situational” leader. And how she’s applying those lessons to launching a new business during COVID-19. In this episode, Meg shares how she’s being there for her employees as they all WFH (8:56), why you need to ask questions to get ahead (10:13), and what it’s like to launch her newest venture during a global pandemic (29:46).

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by H&R Block.
0:02.8	I dive in really deep because I think leadership
0:09.9	I dive in really deep because I think leadership in crisis is about getting down into the trenches because
0:16.2	there's no substitute for being there.
0:18.6	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:21.6	I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the couch. This podcast is where we go deep on career
0:26.2	advice from women who have lived it. From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:30.8	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard
0:35.4	feedback. We started the skim from a couch so what better place to talk it all
0:39.4	out than where it began on a couch. Hi everyone.
0:48.0	Hi everyone.
0:49.0	This show might sound a bit different today
0:51.0	because we're skimming from three different couches.
0:54.7	The skim is working from home for the time being because of COVID-19.
0:59.8	Today Meg Whitman joins us on Skimmed from the couch.
1:02.8	She is one of the most prominent tech CEOs in the country,
1:06.3	having served as the chief executive of both eBay
1:09.1	and Hewlett-Packer Enterprise.
1:11.4	Her most recent venture has taken her out of Silicon Valley and into
1:15.3	Hollywood. She's now the CEO of Quibi, a short-form streaming platform looking
1:20.9	to shake up the entertainment world and giving us all more things to watch.
1:25.0	Meg, welcome to Skim from the couch.
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