Jamie Coakley, Chief People Officer at Electric, shares:

• The process for building high performing teams
• A reframe of the "title conversation"
• The unexpected growth that came from creating space in her life.

Highlights:

(01:57) Cutting her teeth in sales at Yelp

(04:09) The pivot that came from being let go

(04:28) Network everywhere - meeting her future employer at a jazz club

(07:46) Bringing your true self to work

(11:48) Developing her leadership style  

(14:35) Getting confidence in her abilities  

(17:04) The responisiblity of giving feedback 

(19:23) Why she loves startups 

(20:19) Hated being a CEO and identifying what she wanted 

(22:23) Reframe of the title conversation

(24:35) Building high-performing and diverse teams 

(27:39) Advice to early career self 

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Guest Bio:

Jamie's a startup enthusiast with over 13 years of experience building teams in the tech space. She's currently the Chief People Officer at Electric.ai, having grown the team from 45 to over 400 in the past five years.

Prior to this, she was the CEO at TwentyPine, where she led the company through an acquisition.

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