Michele Bettencourt: Cyber, Turnarounds, Trans | Turn the Lens #07

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Retracing Michele Bettencourt's professional and personal journey promises to be one of the more interesting rides you'll take in 2021. From turning around companies, to turning heads and minds, in this wide ranging conversation, Michele shares lessons learned from 35 years as a tech CEO, while balancing a home and personal life a bit more complicated than most. Really enjoyed getting to know Michele through this process, and can't wait to see how she changes the world.
Thanks Michele, thanks for sharing.

Michele's LinkedIn Profile
  / michele-bettencourt-553284192  

Michele's Medium post
https://athenaalliance.com/a-letter-t...

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00:00 - Intro
00:01 - Introducing Michele Bettencourt
01:08 - Michele's introduction to the Athena Alliance
02:02 - Michele's Medium post
02:41 - Michele's Athena Salons
03:35 - Michele on the turn around game, and strategies for success
04:33 - Michele on working with and learning from smart people, and making systemic changes in organizations.
05:55 - "My career was a bit of an accident" - Michele on using insecurities as a driving force to outwork too win.
07:20 - "Three things that put a massive chip on my shoulder ... gave me the impetus to work my ass off"
08:29 - The 'tyranny of the urgent' & being more strategic, less transactional
09:46 - Focus on what's important, get more done
10:21 - Engineering and Sales, the two engines of the plane
10:59 - Managing sales and engineering, all about the granularity of integrity of the inspections of the process to measure & manage the output.
11:55 - Michele on cyber security and CISO challenges
14:24 - Security budgets, insurance, tax, what's the right number?
15:45 - Human factors in cyber security
16:31 - Enterprise security is a social problem
17:55 - Enterprise security can be a political / power issue
19:30 - Michele shares the story on changing from AB to MB
20:40 - Michele on her "normal" double life
24:34 - "I loved work, I loved being me"
25:08 - The end of the secret... "I looked reckless"
27:07 - It was my decision to go... I was becoming a distraction
28:36 - I'm no longer my own event... I have time to think
29:30 - Michele on imposter syndrome
30:40 - Beautiful Lie - The documentary
31:27 - Walking into a room as Michele vs Anthony
32:49 - First principles, I'm trans, have brown eyes, can't hit a curve ball, have 4 daughters, married, good life, lots of experience
33:52 - Doing more as Michele
35:14 - Michele's return to SV and tech.
35:30 - I straddle three areas.
37:38 - I want to lead from the front
39:34 - Never been so happy in my life
41:07 - Looking at 2021 and beyond
44:50 - Work has always been fun, I enjoy the puzzle, I enjoy the people

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