Wavelength and Colleen McCreary, Silicon Valley-based Chief People Officer on the importance of leading with courage and empathy

18/10/2023 53 min

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Episode Synopsis

Hear from Wavelength’s co-founder Adrian Simpson in conversation with the hugely experienced Silicon Valley-based Chief People Officer Colleen McCreary, who has worked at the likes of Credit Karma, EA, Microsoft, Vevo and Zynga during her career.
Hear as Colleen talks about the traits that are most important as a leader; courage, empathy, curiosity, not being afraid to learn, and of her “3 Cs."
Find out why Colleen is not the CEO of happiness, why she feels it’s so important to be externally aware as a leader, of how she recruits for senior leadership positions, of the importance of empathy as leader and how she ‘teaches’ that to leadership colleagues.

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