Signs of Exceptional Leaders

Signs of EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS

1. They speak positively about you behind your back, yet they give you feedback in private

2. They take your problems as their own

3. They trust you to do your job, and help you when needed

4. They give you a room to grow and look out after your interests

5. They take real risks to give you a chance to make a difference

6. They create clarity, provide vision and positive energy

7. They are nice people, kind, brave and honest

8. They see the potential in people and go out of their way to develop it

9. Their joy is to see their people succeed beyond what they themselves thought were possible.

Alexa - One stop shop

At least once a week, my older kid asks me how my day was and what I did at work or, more generally, what I do at work. My answer to him is generally along the lines of “I am a Privacy Program Manager, helping my colleagues determine what personal information we should be collecting for apps, services and websites; how we should and shouldn’t be using that information; how we help people using those things understand what we’re doing and the choices available to them; how we are validating the Privacy and making the product as Privacy compliance.” As someone who has been working in technology for more than 19 years and privacy for roughly 3, I was surprised when Alexa emerged as a concrete way for me to explain my work to my kid.