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🗓️ 24 February 2023
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With everything that has changed in the world, from the internet to the pandemic, what does this mean for the idea of leadership and being the perfect leader? In this moment Whitney Wolfe Herd discusses how for her a leader is the conductor creating harmony among a noisy orchestra. For Whitney, this means ignoring the examples of past leaders that were more like tyrants rather than bosses, and instead to listen to your gut and lead with compassion. It is only by being open and truly vulnerable that we can connect with the people around us and as leaders get the best out of our people.
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0:00.0 | What do you like as a leader? |
0:05.8 | Because leadership has evolved over the last 10, 20 years |
0:10.0 | from the Steve Jobs days where you've got this tire |
0:13.2 | and that from what I've heard. |
0:14.5 | So, so hard to deal with that they put him in his own building. |
0:17.7 | And only people could work in that building |
0:19.4 | if they were really resilient. |
0:20.6 | I had all these stories. |
0:21.6 | I spoke to Wes. |
0:22.6 | It wasn't to tell me that. |
0:23.6 | It was the closest I've ever got to Steve Jobs. |
0:27.3 | But leadership and the concept of what a leader looks like |
0:30.3 | and how they behave and how they treat people |
0:32.3 | in a post internet world where we have the ability |
0:35.4 | to speak up because we can tweet and glass door |
0:38.8 | and one of these things. |
0:40.8 | Leadership, leadership has changed. |
0:44.0 | Our perceptions of how they behave |
0:46.1 | in a post pandemic world leaders are much more vulnerable |
0:49.4 | because I think a lot of them had to be really vulnerable |
0:51.4 | during the pandemic to guide their teams through. |
0:54.1 | What, if I asked your teams, |
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