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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

495: Julia Boorstin - Interviewing Powerful CEOs, Building Confidence, & Becoming A Talent Magnet (When Women Lead)

Duration
54m
Broadcast on
16 Oct 2022
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Julia Boorstin is CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Correspondent. She covers media with a special focus on the intersection of media and technology. In 2013, Julia created and launched the CNBC Disruptor 50, an annual list she oversees, highlighting the private companies transforming the economy and challenging companies in established industries. She's the author of a new book called, "When Women Lead - What they achieve, why they succeed, how we can learn from them."

  • Julia's parents inspired her to pursue hard things and instilled in her a love of asking questions. As parents, we should do the same.
  • Asking questions is a sign of respect and that you care. We should ask more questions than we answer both at work and at home. Approach people with curiosity. It's how we show that we care.
  • Julia found a unique way to add value to her employer: Creating the Disruptor 50 list. It's important for us to find unique ways to add value to our company and do work that inspires us at the same time. It's evident that Julia loves it and because of that, both CNBC and Julia win.
  • She has taken an entrepreneurial approach to her career at CNBC and has come up with and championed many ideas that have been impactful and built her career. She shares how you can do that too…
  • Julia shares her preparation process for interviewing a powerful leader like Sheryl Sandberg or Bob Iger.
    • "I didn't have a background in business. I had to over-prepare."
  • How to become a talent magnet and attract effective leaders to want to work for you...
  • She shares the biggest takeaway that you learned from interviewing thousands of CEOs and executives including Katrina Lake, Gwyneth Paltrow, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Jennifer Hyman, and more.
  • Advice Julia got from her dad:
    • "The road is always better than the inn." Enjoy the process.
    • "The best way out is always through." Don't look for shortcuts.
    • "I can't go on, I can't go on, I'll go on." Be persistent.
  • How to build confidence?
    • Get the reps... Do it a lot. Confidence is built through action.
  • Commonalities of excellent leader:
    • Humility
    • Focus
    • High adaptability quotient
    • Communal leadership
    • Empathy
  • "Make your own characteristics a superpower."
  • Life/Career advice:
    • Be willing to fail
    • It's a volume game
    • Be prepared for brainstorming meetings. Have a portfolio of ideas.
  • Julia's book writing process:
    • She interviewed 120 leaders
  • What can men do to be supportive?
    • "Men need to understand the statistics. Diversity = more value."
    • Be a talent magnet. Be honest about what you don't know.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to The Learning Leaders Show, presented by Insight Global. I am your host, Ryan Hawk. Thank you so much for being here. Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of Mindful Monday. You, along with tens of thousands of other learning leaders from all over the world, will receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right. You'll also receive details about how my book, The Pursuit of Excellence, will help you become a more effective leader. Text Hawk to 66866. Now, on to tonight's feature leaders. She's a great one. It's Julia Borsten, CNBC senior media and tech correspondent. She covers media with a special focus on the intersection of media and technology. In 2013, Julia created and launched the CNBC Destructor 50, an annual list she oversees highlighting the private companies transforming the economy and challenging companies and established industries. She's also the author of a great new book called When Women Lead. What they achieve, why they succeed, how we can learn from them. During this conversation, we discuss how you can become a talent magnet and attract effective leaders to want to work with you. Then Julia shares her preparation process for interviewing powerful people like Cheryl Sandberg or Bob Eiger. Then I thought I found this part to be really interesting. She's taken an entrepreneurial approach to her career at CNBC and has come up with and championed many ideas that have been impactful and helped build her career. And she shares how you can do that too. This one is so good. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Julia Borsten. All right, Julia, it's great to have you here in the Learning Leaders Show. Welcome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to talk to you. All right, so I want to take you back to a moment when you were 13 years old, OK? And I'm guessing you remember this. You were with your mom. And she said, quote, when you grow up,

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