Elisa Steele

Independent Corporate Board Member · 1 appearance on the record.

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Steele is a veteran Silicon Valley executive who previously served as CEO of Namely, CEO and President of Jive Software, and Chief Marketing Officer at Skype, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. Today, she operates primarily as an independent public board director, serving on boards including Bumble, Nextdoor, and JFrog.

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Steele: Women receive 65% of peer recognition from other women

“We know that men and women are both recognized by their peers about the same frequency. But we know that men are recognized about 50% from colleagues who are women and 50% from colleagues that are male. So that seems pretty cool, right? You kind of have a good…”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 10:43 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

Opinion

Steele: Skype lost focus because its purpose became diluted

“And if your purpose gets diluted, and I would say in some respects that would be the case for Skype, then your purpose gets to a different place, and things change so much that it doesn't actually have the same focus that it had before.”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 7:25 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

Insight

Steele: Cultural incompatibility and disconnected purpose drive most acquisition failures

“What's the number one reason that acquisitions fail? Because they don't have a connected sense of purpose, and they have an incompatibility in their cultures.”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 7:07 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

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Steele: Mid-market leaders with over eight direct reports churn faster

“We know that leaders in organizations and mid-market companies who have more than eight direct reports have a higher probability of leaving the company in the short term.”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 9:16 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

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Steele: Skype users who didn't video call within seven days churned

“We knew at Skype that if you downloaded the app and registered, if you didn't make a video call in the first seven days of onboarding, we lost you. You were not going to be a valuable user. You were not going to be an engaged user.”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 12:21 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

Insight

Steele: Namely's customer renewal hinges entirely on initial implementation quality

“At Namely, which is more of a business provider, our insight is if you have a fantastic implementation experience, you're not going to churn. We pretty much have you for your renewal because there's an extension of that implementation into your total experienc…”

Elisa Steele Apr 13, 2020 ▶ 13:24 How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
How to Win the Talent War with Elisa Steele, CEO at Namely	Apr 13, 2020	14m

Elisa Steele

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