“I really went back to my plan of, okay, I'm going to go back and get an MBA, get the JD, kind of look at those pieces. There was a new opportunity. I did a lot of M&A early on, a lot of travel from an international stand...”
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“Such a great question. Yeah, I'm— like I said, those formative years starting at GE, I joined GE in the early 2000s, just after the Jack Welch era. Jeff Immelt had become the CEO, but Jack Welch had really created some o...”
“One of the most pivotal parts of my career has been working with Monsanto, a really progressive organization leading their U.S. commercial business. We had grown rapidly through a series of acquisitions, 17, 18 acquisiti...”
“This quarter, I mean, we're coming up on year-end, so all the typical year-end type of activities, but I'm working really hard with our executive team and our leadership on succession planning moving into next year. So w...”
“was running. The finance was to make sure that we had the money to do everything that we had to do, and the people could be cast to the side. But I said, no, if we don't have the right people, if we don't have the right...”
“Sure. First of all, thanks for having me. Excited to be part of the podcast. My career journey, I think I always like to point out what might be a little different in people's journeys. I think for me, there's probably t...”
“times I was asked to do just different learning opportunities where I had no background, like never done it before. I just didn't say no. I said, sure, and always figured out a way to do it. Some examples of that where I...”
“calling, hated it, by the way, but I have grown into the profession starting as a technical recruiter. And now I lead the people function for an insurance financial services company with about 2,000 employees.”
“department, I worked on a lot of things, primarily supporting board materials, working on executive compensation and administration, and also consultation. There was one event that happened while I was there, which was w...”
“Courtney, what are some of the key elements of building business acumen within a people leadership team and how does that contribute to effective organizational partnerships?”
“employee relations and assets protection function, and that was sort of my first toe dip into the edges of the HR space. Ended up loving it, but still worked in operations for a number of years and moved my way up there...”
“from the ground up. And what I'd say is that, you know, I've always been interested in joining a company, a startup at its most early and formative stage. Having worked for several founders in the past, a lot of times th...”