Amy Yamner Jenkins is the Chief Operating Officer at Meadow, which is an early-stage fintech startup working to transform the financial experience for students and universities. Amy started her career as a classroom teacher, and pivoted into startups by working at NewSchools Venture Fund. Before Meadow, she had a long and successful chapter building Education Elements, and then led the partnerships team at Outschool. 

Amy’s direct reports describe her as an empowering leader, someone who provides useful and constructive feedback, fosters a high-trust environment, and enables team members to grow.

In this episode, show creator and Fort Light founder Annie Riley sits down with Amy,

and they discuss:

• Why connection and context should come before content 
• How to notice and combat bias in hiring 
• A simple 2x2 framework to exchange feedback with your team 
• Why you should avoid using common words like “obviously” and “of course” as a leader 

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