Across The Lines

S1 Ep 1 | Robby Kwok, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Slack on Adversity and Building Relationships

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In this episode, we'll be speaking with Robby Kwok. Robby is the Chief of Staff to the CEO at Slack and was the former SVP of People who led a transition to remote work for the company. Robby’s career has spanned strategy and M&A at some of the biggest names in tech, including Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

In this episode, we speak with Robby about the following:

  1. Succeeding as a leader who doesn’t like the spotlight, 
  2. Recovering from an incident that almost ended his career
  3. The key role relationship building has played in his growth.

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    Episode resources:

    Follow Robby on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbykwok

    Robby’s transition to Chief of Staff: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/302480

    Slack’s move to remote work, led by Robby: https://www.businessinsider.com/slack-increased-remote-work-cultural-operational-changes-robby-kwok-2020-6

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