Long Term Impact and In Love (wsg Jane and Pascal Finette)

In this episode, Gregg touches on the importance of being able to play the long game. He then has one of his most insightful conversations yet, this time with a power couple. He speaks with Jane Finette and Pascal Finette. They speak about their storied careers that have led them through eBay, Mozilla, Google, and Singularity University, along with advising board executives to shape society. And of course, they each highlight their top three, which starts with one another and extends to professional friends and team members. And you have to hear their hints for having breakthrough moments and how women may be the secret to accelerating change. All this and more! About Jane and Pascal Finette Jane Finette, CEO & Co-Founder at be radical. Jane is obsessed with accelerating change at scale through conscious leadership. Her passion, expertise and two decades of experience are anchored at the intersection of technology and human potential. Jane’s past work includes leadership roles at eBay, Sotheby’s and Mozilla. She has founded and run large international teams, expanded organizations globally, built products, ran marketing departments and grown large scale open source communities. She was part of the founding team of jungle.com, the UK’s first large-scale Internet company. Jane is also the President and Founder of The Coaching Fellowship, a 501c3 non-profit which nurtures and brings together some of the world’s most extraordinary emerging young women leaders in social change. Pascal is Co-Founder at be radical, EY’s wavespace Advisory Board Chair, SingularityU’s Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation, VC at BOLD Capital Partners. Previously he held leadership positions at Google.org, Mozilla, and eBay, built technology startups, launched a Venture Capital firm. He is the posse leader at TheHeretic.org, and is a general upstart when it comes to creating meaningful change. Show Highlights Segment 1: Overview & Introductions 1:00      Staying focused on the long term; eliminating white noise 2:49      Speed: one of the biggest elements that determines a transformation’s success 4:52      Introducing Pascal and Jane Finette 7:08      Jane Finette Introduction 8:56      Pascal Finette Introduction 11:20   Getting lucky in the dot com bubble Segment 2: The “Top Six” 16:48   Pascal’s ‘Top Three’ begins with his spouse, Jane Finette 17:50   Jane’s take: managing business and personal 20:41   Jane’s ‘Top Three’ beings with her spouse, Pascal Finette 22:35   Pascal’s ‘Top Three’ continues with Christian Müller 28:04   Jane’s ‘Top Three’ continues with Athena Katsaros 31:22   The power of coaching 33:33   Pascal’s ‘Top Three’ concludes with Daniel Epstein and Samantha Snabes 37:50   The value of inspiration in achieving your goals 39:31   Jane’s ‘Top Three’ concludes with her team at The Coaching Fellowship 42:52   Sharing your network with your partner Segment 3: Aligning Your Network with Your Values 45:31   Making your professional network more than just transactional 47:34   Helping women achieve more leadership positions 50:28   Leveraging their network to disrupt the executive education space Section 4: Wrapping Up 52:59   Teaching for good, not profit 55:43   Closing thoughts: Be curious in all aspects of life, even what doesn’t apply to you 58:54   Stay in touch with Jane and Pascal via LinkedIn! Additional Information Contact: Jane Finette’s LinkedIn Pascal Finette’s LinkedIn The Coaching Fellowship Website Pascal Finette’s Website Contact Gregg Garrett: Gregg’s LinkedIn Gregg’s Twitter Gregg’s Bio Contact CGS Advisors: Website LinkedIn Twitter