My guest on today’s podcast is Anne Robie. I met her at a Wisdom 2.0 conference. IBM hired Anne immediately after she finished her graduate studies and sent her to Raleigh, North Carolina. She later transferred to the San Francisco Bay area to become the Head of People for StubHub and to spend time with her ailing father.

Anne has recently started Darshan Leadership Consulting, a private leadership consulting and executive coaching business. Anne joins me to discuss the diverse meanings of Bring Your Whole Self to Work, her process of personal grieving, the mindfulness movement in business, and how a person’s gender may impact their ability to be accepted authentically in this new era of leadership.

 

Key Takeaways:

[2:30] What does Bring Your Whole Self to Work mean to Anne?

[9:16] Does Bring Your Whole Self to Work mean sharing everything that happens in our lives?

[16:14] We all have the same fears, we all want to be seen and we all have the same stuff going on.

[19:11] How do we simultaneously appreciate, honor and value our differences without oversimplifying our circumstances?

[23:40] Having an open mind is not always easy or natural. 

[31:15] How the opportunity to be the head of Human Resources for StubHub brought Anne to the San Francisco Bay area.

[33:45] The personal process of grieving and how it related to Anne’s work.

[37:38] What have other leaders done to allow employees to show up authentically and to gain insights into people’s lives? 

[41:44] Does gender play a role in a person’s ability to show up authentically?

[46:01] For organizations to transform, it will take a lot of time and effort.

[47:17] Darshan Leadership Consulting is Anne’s new HR Consulting and Executive Coaching Business.

[50:32] What is Anne most grateful for in her life?

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Mike Robbins Website

Mike Robbins Podcast

Mike Robbins on Facebook

Mike Robbins on Twitter

Mike Robbins Speaker Page

Darshan Leadership Consulting

Anne Robie on LinkedIn