Failing Fast and Value-Based Leadership with CPO Playbook CEO Felicia Shakiba

And So, She Left: Wisdom from Women Beyond the Corporate World

Felicia Shakiba will tell you that effective leaders know when to take a step back.

Felicia is the Founder of CPO Playbook, a global consultancy that places people at the heart of its strategic blueprint. Being raised in a family of immigrant entrepreneurs nurtured her aspiration to build her own venture, which she was fully prepared to do. But she never expected the slow pace and perfectionist attitudes of the corporate sphere, or the unique challenges that come with being a female entrepreneur.

Despite the obstacles, Felicia used these experiences as valuable lessons, learning what factors contribute to successful leadership (and by extension, successful organizations), and forging her unique approach in the process. Now, CPO Playbook is set to amplify its reach with an upcoming podcast of the same name.

In this enlightening conversation, Felicia unpacks her trove of leadership insights. She stresses the importance of shared values as a cornerstone of exceptional teamwork and explains how reinforcing them fuels individual growth, sharing unconventional management strategies that have propelled her success along the way.

Learn more about CPO Playbook. Listen to the podcast of the same name.

In this episode, we cover:

• What "failing fast" is, and why it's crucial lesson for success
• Growing up in a family of primarily male entrepreneurs
• The importance of promoting shared company values to ensure employee satisfaction and recruitment
• Why she doubled down on kindness, and how kindness determines organizational success
• The importance of fairness, and why it isn't universally valued in business
• Many, many insights relating to team management

Quote of the Week:

“You can't just have values stuck on the wall. You need to be able to integrate what those values look like and feel like... throughout the organization through all of those processes and actually be rewarded for showing those values." - Felicia Shakiba

Hosted by Katherin Vasilopoulos. Made by Cansulta and Ethan Lee.

Music by © Chris Zabriskie, published by You've Been a Wonderful Laugh Track (ASCAP).

Songs used in this episode include: "Air Hockey Saloon," "I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves," "Readers! Do You Read?" "Short Song 020723," "Short Song 022723," "The House Glows (With Almost No Help).

Used under the Creative Commons 4.0 International License