Guest: Klaus Kleinfeld (STEM industry executive)
Klaus Kleinfeld believes in people. To him, that is how businesses succeed or fail – knowing how to trust your people to do the right thing, even when circumstances change. And if you’re good at it and find it enjoyable, then you may have a chance to aim for a higher position, without it feeling “like a drag.”
Klaus Kleinfeld believes in people. To him, that is how businesses succeed or fail – knowing how to trust your people to do the right thing, even when circumstances change. And if you’re good at it and find it enjoyable, then you may have a chance to aim for a higher position, without it feeling “like a drag.”
What does Maureen Palmer do? Having many roles, it was hard to answer that question, until her daughter came up with an apt description – “knowledge translation.” And as a creator of documentaries which take time to make, that knowledge translation has to anticipate what the public wants to talk about months from now. To her, this is key to being successful and a big reason to keep her eyes and ears open.
Cruz Gamboa’s path to being an executive coach started with a love of finance. Through building his experience and moving up the ladder in the financial departments of different companies, it made him realize that a large part of financing is treating it like a “sales job” and that these experiences made him more well-rounded – this gave him valuable insight leading to his current job as an executive coach, teaching others to use their experiences to get a step up in their careers.
How is your city shaped? This is what Anne McMullin has to know, as the leader of the Urban Development Institute. In her job, she is constantly educating and informing others about how British Columbia’s communities are developed, particularly around real estate issues. This is a far cry from where she started out, in the journalism world; but over time, she found that the business world interested her more and more – so she made a career pivot.
