Smart in Public
CEOs trust us, the media tolerates us, and our mothers think we know Oprah. The Smart in Public podcast, hosted by Katie Boysen and Katie Dufficy, shares business, career, and life experiences through the world of two Public Relations professionals just trying to keep their sh*t together.
Smart in Public
33 - Hot Take: Emma Grede's work-life balance & would you work for Elon Musk?
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Katie Boysen & Katie Dufficy
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Season 1
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Episode 33
It's another Hot Take episode and The Katies are in a mood.
Hot Take #1 (2:02): Emma Grede's statements around work-life balance were not completely out of line - she was just lacking tangible examples in her messaging.
Hot Take #2 (25:30): X's search for a new comms lead validates that comms is a critical role at the leadership table.
Takeaways
- Work-life balance is often viewed differently by CEOs and employees.
- CEOs need to provide examples of HOW they maintain work-life balance to set a new executive standard in answering the work-life balance question.
- Every time a women gets asked about work-life balance, a fairy dies.
- If you' ask about flexibility in an interview, don't position it as work-life balance.
- Work-life balance looks different for everyone based on personal circumstances.
- X has an opportunity to reinvent itself by starting its own news publication to reposition the way it delivers news; the traditional X feed would be the comments section (we want credit for this!!)
- To manage a tough exec and/or founder, you need teammates that back you when you're not in the room
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