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Lisa Mancini, former CAO of CSX Corp - A Leadership Lesson from the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge
Description
E17: CSX Corporation former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Lisa Mancini.
CSX is a Fortune 500 freight railroad that operates in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. They operate approximately 21,000 route miles of track.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans live within CSX’s service territory.
Throughout her career at CSX Corporation, Lisa has been a member of the chairman’s executive team guiding CSX business strategy.
She negotiated public-private partnerships to develop, fund, and implement $600 million in freight rail network improvements, and she directed all aspects of labor relations and negotiations with 13 unions representing 30,000 employees.
Lisa also served in a senior leadership role at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
Lisa’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-mancini-839394a0/
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
● How to make the transition from managing a 10-person team to a 500-person team overnight.
● What Lisa learned about leadership the day she climbed to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge.
● The Harvard negotiation strategy she used to win a negotiation versus Former Democratic Presidential Candidate, Secretary of State, and Senator John Kerry.
● How she rose to the C-Suite in an industry that was 95% male.
● How to balance work and family without burning out.
● Which moments are the ones where a plan might NOT be the right thing.
● How to take care of yourself when you have a demanding executive schedule.
● How going on vacation and disconnecting benefits you and ESPECIALLY your team.
● What the impact of COVID-19 would have been like if it happened in the 1980’s.
HIGHLIGHT:
Lisa’s advice for women wanting to work in a C-Suite:
● Expect to work harder.
● You’ll likely need to sacrifice some parts of your personal life.
● Remain flexible.
QUOTES:
“You don’t want to be missed. You want someone to carry on and make things even better."
RESOURCES:
Personal History by Catherine Graham: https://www.amazon.com/Personal-History-Katharine-Graham/dp/0375701044
The Yankee Years by Joe Torre: https://www.amazon.com/Yankee-Years-Joe-Torre/dp/0767930428
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