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**Get yourself unstuck and be a leader.** Andrew "Sri" Sridhar is a former Navy SEAL, Harvard MBA, Wall Street escapee, and technologist. He interviews top military leaders, academic thinkers, and business phenoms to up your game. The Warrior Poet is a tightly woven tapestry of leadership expertise, philosophical inquiry, and pop culture. It's a portmanteau of Brainpickings, Wait But Why, and (Sri only wishes) Seinfeld. Yes, Sri sometimes writes haikus.

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#94: Lead to Succeed w/ Jill Avey

June 10, 2025

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"Your work does not have a voice. You have to share what you're doing." —Jill Avey

Get the results you deserve — not the ones you hope for. Sri and Jill Avey discuss how to lead in complex corporate environments -- in ways that are authentic, moral, yet tangibly rewarding.

Topics:

How to self-promote (in a non-cringy way 😬)
Gender differences in leadership
Positive intelligence theory
Navigating office politics
Networking productively
How to build confidence
'Mental saboteurs' that hinder your progress

Jill is a successful corporate marketing executive formerly at Timberland and Propet USA. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and is the founder of SisterSmart, which aims to help women succeed in attaining the executive positions they deserve.

Find Jill here:

https://sistersmart.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

keywords: leadership, women in leadership, workplace relationships, radical candor, self-promotion, career development, communication skills, networking, personal branding, professional growth, leadership, courage, fear, positive intelligence, saboteurs, gender differences, women in leadership, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, collaboration

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