Leading consciously is a few different sort of fundamental commitments to myself and to the people that I work with in terms of how I show up. The first is being intentional about checking my body temperature, I call it like, how am I going into this conversation? Am I ready to co-create a great solution even if it means that the best solution is not my favorite solution? That's one. Another one is that I probably employ in my work at home life every single day when I get annoyed with something or impatient or misunderstand something, I say, how can perhaps there be a different version of what I'm experiencing? So a few different tools, shared communication principles, shared commitments.
Our guest is Anna Binder, Head of People at Asana.
We go back to the earliest days when Anna first took on the role, starting with how she prioritized the initial things to tackle as a new People exec and combing through a slew of opinions that bubbled up from other folks at the company.
Next, she shares her tactical playbook for creating a culture of feedback for not just low-performers, but high-performers, too. Anna also unpacks her methodology of conscious leadership, and how the best leaders always interrogate how the opposite might be true. She shares her insights from working on Asana’s executive team for nearly 7 years, and how to build habits to make sure this group is a healthy nucleus at the center of the company.
We end with a rapid-fire round, with some quick hits tackling onboarding, all-hands meetings, and mentors.
You can follow Anna on Twitter @annaebinder.
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