#2 - Building Confidence and Relationships (feat. Teri List, Board Director @ Microsoft)

Today is our second episode of Investing In Integrity and we were joined by Teri List, a Board Director at Microsoft. Teri was the CFO of three Fortune 500 companies, including Gap Inc., Kraft Foods, and Dick’s Sporting Goods, after working for P&G for almost 20 years and Deloitte for 10 years prior to that. In our conversation with Teri, we covered some of the biggest lessons she learned throughout her career including how to build confidence, investing in relationships, managing machiavellian colleagues, diversity in finance, the role philanthropy plays in our economy, and her experience being on the Board of one of the largest companies in the world. Segments from the episode: 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - The one thing that had an exponential impact on Teri's success 7:15 - How you can develop confidence 9:25 - The biggest lessons from Teri's career 13:09 - How to manage machiavellian colleagues 17:35 - The importance of building relationships 22:20 - How Teri got involved with Microsoft's Board of Directors 27:00 - What it's like to be on the Board of Microsoft 31:00 - Best practices in board leadership 37:00 - The importance of diversity in finance 42:20 - What we can do to help women succeed in finance 46:45 - The importance of philanthropy