Leadership

My leadership philosophy & management style

I follow these tenets to support and enable my team members. Seeing them grow and succeed has been one of my most enriching experiences and I look forward to continue helping teams grow.

Transparency & honesty builds trust and a sense of belonging

Listen and support team members

Set clear expectations

Focus on solving the right problems

Values and career are intertwined

What is leadership to me?

Set a vision

Align a team around that vision

Create processes to implement vision

Execute vision

Guide continual learning and growth

Managing & Coaching

I focus on listening and empathy to grow my team members. Activities include:

  • Career journeys

  • Weekly 1:1s

  • Monthly career discussions with my direct reports 

  • Mid-year self-evaluations 

  • Setting monthly business & personal goals

Career journey exercise

Leading beyond UX: Women’s ERG Lead and Women’s Summit Co-lead at Upwork

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As a lead for the Upwork Women’s ERG for 2 years, I helped define the mission, values, and leadership structure. I was also the events lead, planning events that fit with our ERG’s mission, themes, and interests.

I was selected to be a Women’s Summit Co-lead to create a day-long in-person event for 250 women that focused on the themes of intersectionality and choice. The day included keynote speakers, fireside chats, breakout sessions and social time supporting both physical and mental health. 

It’s important to me to be a part of fostering community, diversity and inclusion within both my team and the larger organization and the events I led for the Women’s ERG where we got to have tough but important conversations were both incredibly fulfilling and also made me eager to continue pushing for improvement in company cultures.