055: Serendipity, Creativity, and Practicality - Anne Sugar
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Anne Sugar is an executive coach and speaker who has advised top leaders at companies including TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme, and Havas. Anne serves as an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education and has guest lectured at MIT. She is also a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.
Prior to becoming an executive coach 15 years ago, Anne served as a senior leader in the advertising industry, where she oversaw a team of 75 employees as SVP of Media at Digitas. She managed media planning for Fortune 500 clients including General Motors, Federal Express, and Delta. She draws on her extensive management experience, as well as her in-depth training in coaching methodology to advise senior executives and high performers transitioning into leadership roles.
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In this episode we discuss:
How Anne’s leadership and career transformation journey started by taking a few risks.
Her view that serendipity played a key role in the success of her early career days.
Anne’s understanding of how her core values have provided guidance through her career transitions.
For almost 20 years, Anne worked as a leader in the advertising industry, which included working on the launch of Apple computers, and how she then recognized when it was time for her to transition her career in new directions.
The throughlines through Anne’s career include her need for creativity and continuous learning.
Anne believes it is not necessary to make a large shift in your life in order to experience success or fulfillment. Instead, it is often about making a few very small shifts. She ends the show asking listeners to consider one small thing you can do right now to make a small shift in your life.
Leave a comment and let me know about a small shift you have made or would want to make. I would love to hear from you!
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