How to gain credibility at a new job (with former Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver) | Masters of Scale

After serving as Chief Legal Officer and then CFO at Salesforce, Amy Weaver sought a new challenge. She is now CEO of Direct Relief, which she tells host Jeff Berman is “the largest, most efficient, most effective, and most impactful global humanitarian group that you may never have heard of.” Weaver reveals scale lessons from Salesforce and how she’s now applying them to amplify Direct Relief’s vital work.

Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Amy Weaver
02:19 Embracing career pivots and the importance of taking risks
05:41 Lessons from 2 AM doubts
08:23 Joining Salesforce
11:23 Correcting gender-pay disparities at Salesforce
14:54 From chief legal officer to CFO of Salesforce
23:08 Leaping into humanitarian aid
27:33 What Direct Relief does
30:05 Applying Salesforce lessons at Direct Relief
33:37 Navigating the politicization of aid work

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