Driving Change: Reducing Reluctance and Resistance
View From the C-Suite: Women Leaders in Conversation
Summary
Change is hard. Getting others to buy in is harder. This episode Skyler chats with Gabi Wagenhofer, VP Markets & Midstream Digital / CIO Trading, Shipping & Midstream at BP, and Stephanie Mitchko-Beale, EVP and CTO at Charter Communications, about the best ways to persuade organizations to embrace transformation and growth.
Highlights
- Preparing your people for transformative change.
- Employing data to course-correct during change efforts.
- Tailoring communication styles to specific communication cultures.
- Using empathy to build relationships and establish trust.
About
Change is hard. Getting others to buy in is harder. This episode Skyler chats with Gabi Wagenhofer, VP Markets & Midstream Digital / CIO Trading, Shipping & Midstream at BP, and Stephanie Mitchko-Beale, EVP and CTO at Charter Communications, about the best ways to persuade organizations to embrace transformation and growth.
Panelists
Stephanie Mitchko-Beale
(She/Her)
As an Emmy Award-winning technology, television and advertising veteran, Stephanie Mitchko-Beale has a strong record of first-to-market products. She oversees Charter’s Network, Mobile, Video and Software Engineering teams, as well as Network Architecture, Technology Policy, and Emerging Technology organizations. Stephanie holds a Certificate from the SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program at Dartmouth, a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from NYU-Poly in New York, teaches as a guest lecturer at NYU/Stern Graduate School and is a member of the NYU Poly Enterprise Learning Board.
Gabi Wagenhofer
(She/Her)
For the last 15 years, Gabi has held a variety of IT leadership roles across BP, including CIO for Trading, Shipping & Midstream, Group functions (Finance, Procurement, Global Business Services) and Castrol (BP’s lubricants business). With BP businesses making digital a foundation of its strategies, Gabi has embraced and driven change and transformation through automation, data & analytics, process change and innovation at its core. Gabi holds a Master’s degree from the University of Economics and BA in Vienna.
Skyler Mattson
(She/Her)
Over the past 20 years, Skyler has overseen the growth of WongDoody while leading award-winning work, including several female empowerment initiatives. As president, Skyler has been an integral part of transforming WongDoody from a North American ad agency to the global experience and design agency for Infosys, with studios around the globe. She has been a delegate to the World Economic Forum and proudly serves as a board member for the Infosys Foundation.