it's just life (and other lessons from top women in tech)
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Elisa Steele, EVP of Strategy & CMO at Jive Software, invited three women to share their successes, challenges, and advice as female leaders in tech. The panelists are Elissa Murphy, CTO & EVP of Cloud Platforms at GoDaddy; Elisa Jagerson, CEO and Owner at Speck Design; and Lisa Stone, CEO and Co-founder at BlogHer.TRANSCRIPT
Women in LeadershipHighlights
Elisa JagersonCEO of Speck
Design
Elissa Murphy
EVP at Go Daddy
Lisa StoneCEO of BlogHer
Elisa SteeleCMO & EVP of Strategy at
Jive
I get asked by the media, ‘How do
you get a seat at the table?’ These
women… they didn’t ask. They just
pulled up a chair.
- Elisa Steele
“How do you handle it when things aren’t all rosy?”
If it's hard, I just try to get curious.
What am I here to learn?
When it's not hard, I just try to
absorb the opportunity for awe.
- Elisa Jagerson
“How do you want to call out the opportunities and challenges as a female executive?”
I have really learned three things: The first is that it is
absolutely essential that you not demonstrate gender bias
in your networking… let men be people too… Watching
how [women leaders] dress, walk, and conduct
themselves is a real thing… The last thing I would
remember is…to listen.
- Lisa Stone
The bottom line is going back and figuring out the point at which you
decided you have an idea that is so obvious to you and so important
in the marketplace that you are willing to go for it.
- Lisa Stone
“How do you manage a work/life balance, and what is your philosophy?”
There is a flip generation there, where some of us either have to go to work or choose to go to work… We are pioneers in that regard. I say to myself regularly, “I have no idea how this is done, but my daughter is going to know a lot better.”- Elisa Jagerson
A label is limiting. It doesn’t
actually capture somebody. So why
take one on?
-Elissa Murphy
“Do women have to give up their soft side to lead?”
Do men have to give up their soft side? I sincerely
hope not. We should take back both bossy and
sissy!
- Lisa Stone
The real most important thing is knowing who you
are, and being aware of it... People lose sight of
that so frequently.
- Elissa Murphy
“What are you great at?”
I'm great at love. I really love when I
love,
I love hard.
- Elisa Jagerson