Ep 089: Making Better Managers with Stefani Okamoto
Women at the Top of Telecoms and Tech
English - February 24, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBManagement Business Entrepreneurship business coaching development equality leadership entrepreneur female management success women Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I am joined by Stefani Okamoto. Stefani started working at Microsoft in 2000 as a software tester. Over the past 22 years, she has reinvented herself many times from managing dev and test teams, to leading management excellence programmes for the entire company.
Driving a culture of care is her mission. Pushing for Microsoft to be known for having the best managers in the industry while ensuring every employee has a consistent, positive experience with their manager, in an environment where they can do their best work.
Here are the highlights:
(2:18) From software tester, to software engineer, to manager (14:43) Being the only female in a room full of male engineers (20:12) Always speak up (28:07) Purposeful Stakeholder Management (37:45) Creating consistency in your organisation
Connect with Stefani
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefani-okamoto-1376039//
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