{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Earning Your Seat","title":"Leadership Lessons from Five-Time CCO Becky Edwards","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2756,"description":"Communications leadership requires trust, initiative, and knowing when to let go of the “doing” to empower others. \nIn this episode of Earning Your Seat, Becky Edwards, a five-time Chief Communications Officer (CCO) and a renowned leadership advisor, shares her insights on how to rise to the highest levels of comms leadership.\nBecky’s career journey, from foreign service to becoming a trusted CCO, has equipped her with a unique perspective on leadership. She talks about the importance of trusting your team, encouraging curiosity, and how good leaders find new problems to solve for the company.\nBecky also discusses how self-promotion, empathy, and building alliances are key to breaking through barriers, especially for women in leadership roles. This episode will give you the tools to rethink leadership and embrace the trust and creativity necessary for success.\nThis episode is essential for aspiring leaders, communications professionals, and anyone interested in making an impact in the evolving world of corporate communications.\nEarning Your Seat is a Meltwater podcast.\n\nEpisode Highlights:\n(00:00) Welcome to Earning Your Seat\n(02:34) The Importance of Trust in Leadership\n(03:09) Self-Promotion: Balancing Humility with Advocacy\n(08:11) Occupying White Space to Solve Unarticulated Problems\n(09:51) Leading with Curiosity and Empathy\n(15:24) How to Build Alliances and Break Through Barriers\n(18:12) Measurement as a Leadership\n(22:59) Building a Data Nutrition Plan\n(27:21) Measurement Cadences: Daily, Monthly, Quarterly\n(31:59) Dashboards: Shame vs. Strategic Tool\n(37:23) Becky’s Approach to Effective Communications Leadership\n(41:11) CCOs Are Business People First\n\nConnect with Becky:\nBecky on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rledwards/\nTake the Data-Driven Communications Free Assessment\nReady to see where you stand with Data-Driven Communications? Take the DDC Assessment and get your personalized report to explore the framework at...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q8AipQFAstv07wUFEgasi98KjhE8BfBp4jYUuIERgDk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZjJm/MDM5Yzc3OTc5MjJi/ZTZhOGFkMjQyOWJm/YWQxYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}