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Tell People What You Want - by Deb Liu - Perspectives
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A guide to making the important asks
Tell People What You Want A guide to making the important asks Deb Liu Feb 28, 2023 79 9 Share Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Recently, I was reminiscing with Sheryl Sandberg about how she helped open the door for me to join Intuit board. Years, before there was an opening or I, was even qualified, Sheryl introduced me to Brad Smith, Intuit’s then-CEO. She told me before I went into the meeting that Brad might have a board seat open someday. I laughed because I was a rather junior employee at Facebook at the time. Years later, when I was much more senior, Sheryl told me that, lo and behold,
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