Torrence Boone is the Vice President Global Client Partner at Google. He also held senior agency leadership positions with WPP and Publicists. Before his two decades’ worth of experience at every level of the marketing and advertising industries, he was a senior manager at Bain & Company. He is also a Corporate Director on Macy’s Board. 

 

Despite being named one of the most powerful people in New York, Torrence remains humble. Humility is at the forefront of his values and he believes that ego is the biggest enemy of leadership,

 

In our conversation, Torrence shares his journey to success and what does advertising look like inside Google. He also shares his principles of leadership and how important it is to know yourself before you can take care of other people. 

 

• In this episode you will learn:
• Torrence’s Leadership principles
• What does advertising look like in Google
• Importance of diversity for organizations
• Torrence being named being one of the most powerful people in New York
• How he overcome fears of being a leader
• The importance of having the right team
• How the hybrid model is going to stick around in the future of work
• The importance of self-awareness and self-care as a leader

Quotes:

“One of the biggest enemies of leadership is Ego”

 

“To build products for billions of people, you have to have diverse talent that is building those products and commercializing them.”

 

“When you're confronting something really difficult, you have to have the right people on the field that knows how to play together or it's a disaster.”

 

“You can't take care of people if you are not good with who you are.”

 

“Leaders who want to control people don’t recognize the fact that they are demoralizing the people that they’re supposed to be inspiring.”