00:00 Intro
01:51 Hello Sandrine!
04:01 Which kind of little girl she was
05:46 Her objectives when she started
09:17 1st GM experience, in Germany
14:08 Learning not to manage a country with a to-do list!
15:05 Start with the big rocks
18:06 She decided to downgrade her level
22:14 When she understood her leadership style
23:52 Why feedback is so important
27:16 How to develop your own leadership style
28:29 Why she wanted to go to the US
30:51 The choice of leaving a company after 19 years
35:13 Her trademark: turning a business around
42:25 Do things & communicate
44:12 Remove the noise from the essential
45:44 Does she see herself becoming CEO?
49:43 How she lives the loneliness of a leader
52:40 Her moral compass according to her moral values
55:25 Make decisions you feel comfortable with
58:02 The one thing she has to work on
58:50 The persons I took as models
1:00:13 Her motto from Nelson Mandela
01:03:19 Her advices for anyone's professional life
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10 years ago, for personal reasons, she decided to move to Germany to work on generics for Sandoz. But nothing went according to her plan.
👇 When she arrived:
The business challenge is enormous.
She comes to think that she's not up to it.
But through authenticity and courage, she finds the resources.
All this in a country where its industrial heritage is being touched, in a language she has just learned to master, on issues affecting millions of people.
Today, Sandrine Piret-Gerard is Head of Gilead US on ultra-innovative molecules for HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID and oncology.
👇 In this interview she looks back at what she has learned in her career:
→ her secrets for combining humanity and performance
→ how she learned to be a GM
→ why she has been loyal to one company for 19 years
→ what working in the US has given her
→ what being a CEO means to her
→ her leadership secrets, on how she gives feedback
→ At the end of the discussion she gives her tips for being happy at work.
Sandrine is a gem of authenticity who truly cares for people yet holds them accountable to high standards.
💘 Hard to hide that I had an inspirational crush.
Who knows maybe you'll have a crush too!
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Notes and episode references
Quote :
"You never lose, you either win or learn" Nelson Mandela
Links :
Gilead : https://www.gilead.com/
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