Dawn Hudson
Longtime NFL Chief Marketing Officer and Pepsi NA President, asks: Do you look at your company from the outside?
Corporate Competitor Podcast Episode 21
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Dawn Hudson is one of Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. She served as the Chief Marketing Officer for the NFL and the President of Pepsi North America and today she speaks around the world about smart reinvention and growth. Learn how this incredible leader was shaped by playing tennis and squash at a male-dominated Dartmouth, walking on campus just three years after they began accepting women.
You will learn:
- 3:00 Dawn’s advice to women who work in a male-dominated environment.
- 14:00 What tennis teaches you about ownership.
- 17:30 The best time to use your gut instinct.
- 30:00 How the golf course fueled Dawn’s business career.
- 40:00 How to calmly handle controversy surrounding your team.
You will learn:
- 6:00 How easy it is to cut corners in practice and why you’ll suffer as a result.
- 8:00 How to emphasize the power or “we” on your team.
- 11:00 How living and working in Japan in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster taught Lane that caring was the universal language of respected leaders.
- 15:00 The level of employee interaction required to achieve success.
- 18:30 The difference between being accountable and responsible.
- 27:00 How to identify a meaningful friend or mentor.
Resources:
- Connect with Dawn on LinkedIn
- Super Bowl Ad to which Dawn referred.
- Dawn Hudson’s keynote speaking profile.
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