CHAPTERS (00:00) Theme song

(00:30) Intro and Anthony Welcome

(00:52) Tell us a bit about your current role at Cox. What’s your day-to-day, and what teams do you interact with?

(02:00) Where did you hope your career would lead you when you first started 26 years ago?

(03:56) What kinds of characteristics or qualities are you looking for in field personnel to best serve Cox customers?

(06:26) How do you navigate change in the business?

(07:30) What have you learned from your mentors that you use in your role as a mentor for others now?

(08:55) How does volunteering in your community foster your career growth?

(10:13) What is your proudest career moment?

(11:40) What advice would you give to someone just starting their career?

(14:53) Lightning round

Anthony Barone, Vice President Field Operations in the East Region.

Anthony started at Cox as an installer and service technician over 26 years ago and worked his way up to the role he is in today. In our conversation, we discussed the challenges he faced along the way, but more importantly, he shared the invaluable advice that guided him past these hurdles.

In this episode, it became evident that Anthony attributes a significant portion of his success to the guidance and connections he has cultivated throughout his career.  

CHAPTERS (00:00) Theme song (00:26) Intro and Dwight Welcome (00:46) Tell us a bit about your role as a Field Sales Manager. What’s your day-to-day like? (01:44) Did you any do any door-to-door or direct sales in your early career? (02:33) You started as a UHT. What was that experience like, and what learnings from that role have you transferred to your sales roles? (04:12) When you transitioned from field level to sales-focused jobs, was there a mentor or colleague you leaned on? (07:22) How do you think Cox helps others to support their career transitions and become leaders in the business? (08:54) How do you help your team grow from their mistakes and come out on top of a challenging situation? (11:06) If you could jump back in time to when you were a UHT, what’s a piece of advice you would have given yourself? (11:24) How has philanthropy and given back been part of your career here at Cox? (14:50) Lightening round

The Highlights from the full 16-minute episode. Watch the full episode on Spotify

CHAPTERS (00:00) Theme song (00:42) How did you navigate your career moves, and what advice can you share about moving around to different functional areas at Cox? (02:39) Are you working on anything right now that helps make the jobs of your clients or teammates easier? (03:56) Being in IT and having started in construction, how do you feel being in a traditionally male-dominated sector has impacted your career? (06:00) Are you paying it forward, serving as a mentor for women in these roles? (06:26) Has any one specific characteristic of your career development been most impactful, or has it been a combination of qualities like personal learning, mentorship, etc.? (07:10) How does Cox compare to other companies in the support for your career ambitions and expectations? (08:55) Has there been a risk you’ve taken that has really helped you in your career growth? (10:40) How do you coach your teams through challenging situations? What leadership skill has had the most impact? (11:38) What career advice would you like to have given yourself when you were just starting out? (14:40) Lightning Round

The Highlights from the full 16-minute episode. Watch the full episode on Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cox-communications/episodes/Grow-With-Us-Beth-e288u2p

The Highlights from the full 16-minute episode. Watch the full episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oanjKWHZoRxyPEsPlZgjw?si=53_kOAhCQSqtLxYWvEERSw

CHAPTERS (00:00) Theme song (00:21) Intro and Letocha Welcome (02:44) What was it about Cox that made you want to come and start your career here? (03:29) What lessons from your original role with Cox do you still use today in your role as VP of Solutions Enablement? (05:32) What role has mentorship played for you in your career journey? (08:00) Was there a specific career move or experience that really moved your career along? (10:10) How have your career goals shifted over your 20 years at Cox? (11:14) What has been one of your proudest career moments? (12:15) What mistake have you made along the way that you gained value from? (13:50) Lightening round

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Ingo Hentschel, Market Vice President – San Diego, for our first Grow With Us podcast episode, where we spotlight the career journeys of Cox leaders who started with Cox as frontline employees and progressed to senior leader roles. 

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Theme song

(00:21) Ingo intro and welcome

(00:40) Why did you choose to build your career at Cox?

(02:13) What learnings from your time in the military have you applied to your leadership style and career?

(05:21) How does distance from previous experience allow you to reflect on learnings?

(05:42) What lessons from being a field installer and working your way through the business do you hold onto today as your role as Market VP for San Diego.

(08:44) How has mentorship played a role in your career journey?

(13:06) Are there any career moves, decisions or risks you took that had a big impact?

(13:58) What kinds of resources helped you advance your career along the way?

(15:54) – What’s one of your proudest moments since you’ve been here at Cox?

(19:44) – What’s a mistake that you’ve learned the most from throughout your career path?

(21:21) – From your perspective, how does volunteerism improve someone’s leadership skills?

(23:50) – Is there a specific company goal that you have your team focused on right now?

(25:51) – What’s one piece of career advice you wish you could have given yourself 30 years ago, and what advice would you give to people today?

(28:09) – Lightning round.