Maternal Leadership

Amy Banse

09.15.20

"How would you describe yourself as a leader?" Amy handles this tough question with grace, reflecting on her style of leadership within her team at Comcast Ventures.

Maternal Leadership

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“How would you describe yourself as a leader?” Amy handles this tough question with grace, reflecting on her style of leadership within her team at Comcast Ventures.

Thuy

How would your team describe you as a leader?
Amy_Banse

Amy Banse

I think my team would, I hope my team would describe me as forward-thinking and empowering and collaborative. When we talked before, I described my leadership style as maternal and in thinking about it later, I think that's right. I think there is an analogy to how I parent whether or not it's a child or an executive on your team. You want to encourage and support growth. You want to encourage and support risk-taking as long as they learn from their failures. But at the same time, you put up guardrails to make sure that...

Thuy

So they don't get into too much trouble!
Amy_Banse

Amy Banse

Exactly. So that any failures aren't disastrous. And there's no question that I reward people who take risks. And I reward people who get things done.
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