The Company Road Podcast E6 Sam Yee - Finding & Activating Your Secret Energy: Time to Trailblaze
“I always want to hear from the people and not just my team. Having those opportunities where you can do that in complete safety, where no idea is a silly idea is so important. You never know what you’re sitting on if you restrict people just to their job description”
Sam Yee
In this episode you’ll hear about:
- Realigning Team Mindsets: Shifting attitudes from fear and holding back to taking initiative in change
- Balancing Personal Initiative and People Empowerment: Managing teams in a way that encourages their innovation but doesn’t limit you
- Responding to Disrespect: Dealing with judgement and disrespect as a leader, and as a woman in a male-dominated industry
- Establishing Inclusive Design Cultures: Empowering teams and individuals from macro scale down in collaborative involvement
- Growth vs Fixed Mindsets: Knowing how and when to prioritise and shift mindset and navigating people’s different operational styles
Key links
The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/au/sport
AFL (Australian Football League) https://www.afl.com.au/
What is a Generalist? https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2021/06/03/the-value-of-being-a-generalist/?sh=6bc28a92fc89
The Art of Persuasion https://hbr.org/1998/05/the-necessary-art-of-persuasion
Michelle Bowden https://michellebowden.com.au/
NFL Movies https://www.nfl.com/photos/best-football-movies-of-all-time-09000d5d82952ed3
Product Strategy https://amplitude.com/blog/product-strategy-framework
About our guest
Sam Yee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/samyee1) has spent the last 20 years as a change-driven generalist working in marketing, sponsorship, digital strategy, audience measurement, analytics, market and customer research, data, insights, commercial sales, advertising and more recently, product management in SaaS/OTT subscription video platforms.
She found her niche in taking on challenging roles as part of major media and sports companies like AFL, Kayo Sports, Fox Sports & Seven West Media, and leading digital transformation and insights and product-led growth strategies.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hud..., is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with Academy Xi in CX,
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