Think Like a Rookie - Beth Bierbower, Retired Senior Executive at Humana

What this episode covers

While building her own successful career in the health insurance industry, Beth Bierbower developed a passion for being an advocate, mentor and sponsor for colleagues, especially women, in their pursuit of professional development. Not wanting her recent retirement to put an end to that role, she started her own podcast, B-Time, on which senior executives and founders of startups share insights from their leadership journeys as well as insights on business trends. In this enlightening conversation with Shiv Gaglani, Bierbower boils down key lessons from her own journey including the importance of knowing yourself -- both strengths and weaknesses -- in order to optimize your potential, being a “go-to” person and joining cross-functional teams, and never losing a personal growth mindset. Or as she puts it, “the minute you think you're the smartest person in the room, you've stopped learning, and that's a problem.”