Listen "Sense something, say something: recovering from the "at all costs" mentality (ft. Sydney Sloan)"
Episode Synopsis
Sydney Sloan is a 4x Chief Marketing Officer, and is currently the CMO at G2. In this episode, Sydney shares her journey of: Being powerful but not imposing Sense something, say something What you think vs. what you say Highlights (03:15) Early career in events (06:40) Where her drive and motivation come from (8:39) Learning from burnout (10:24) The hard truth - manager feedback (13:12) What you think vs. what you say (13:48) Executive presence (17:09) Sense something, say something (21:13) Feedback - the clearning model (27:02) The boom of sales tech ========================== Guest Bio Sydney is a seasoned marketing leader with decades of experience in driving transformative growth and innovation for high-tech companies. She's currently the CMO at G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. She's also an Advisor for Scale Venture Partners and a Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital. Some career highlights include scaling Salesloft from $16M to $135M+ in 3.5 years as CMO, disrupting the Risk & Compliance market at Drata, transitioning Alfresco Software from an open-source technology to a modern platform for CIOs, and integrating more than 12 M&A transactions at Drata, Salesloft, Jive Software, and Adobe. ========================== Thanks to our WISE partners for supporting the next generation of female leaders. Learn more about UserTesting and other partners here.
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