Our leadership conversation in this episode is with Chief People Officer for EXA Infrastructure, Carrie Cushing.

Carrie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has more than 20 years experience working in HR roles across a range of industries including financial service, healthcare, energy and tech. She has a passion for developing talent and culture where people and performance can thrive. 

With extensive leadership experience both as a leader herself, and as an HR partner to so many leaders, there was so much we wanted to talk to Carrie about and she shares a ton of insight, wisdom, reflection and advice in this episode. You can find Carrie at EXA Infrastructure and on LinkedIn.

During our conversation, we talked about:

• Confidence that inspires and intrigues
• Intentionally choosing your leadership shadow
• Equality 
• Relationships
• Working at sharing who you are
• Getting to know and playing to your strengths
• Courage in leadership - stepping towards challenges
• When stillness is as important as activity
• Flipping the ‘don’t make mistakes’ mindset
• Projecting confidence, including comfort with what you don’t know
• Always asking questions about the feedback you receive.
• A Perfect Story by Karen Eber
• Bank Of Me by Jane Sparrow

CARRIE’S LETTER + QUOTES

In Carrie’s letter to ‘The Leaders Who Were Not Like Me’ she shares valuable lessons from leaders, and the leadership shadow they cast, that she encountered earlier in her career. These include patience, managing emotions, resilience and intentionally managing her own leadership shadow.

“Seeing myself as at cause not effect”

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“If you’re not sure what to do - sit still.”

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“Mistakes are the currency of growth”

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“Intentionally choose the shadow I want to cast.”

“Ask the questions. Take the guesswork out.”

On our sister podcast, Towards Leadership, we will look in more detail at tools, reflections and practical application of the ideas, insights and inspiration we get from our guests on Leadership Letters. An episode focused on Carrie’s insights will be coming soon. If you already follow Leadership Letters, look out for it in your podcast feed.

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