Jun 16, 2021
The key to mastering negotiations is mastering difficult conversations.
Yet what makes difficult conversations difficult? How can you have them skillfully instead of avoiding them?
As a founder, the most challenging aspects of your job probably boil down to maneuvering difficult conversations, whether they’re in fundraising, with your co-founder, or in delivering or receiving feedback.
This interview with Amy gives you exactly the right tools and know-how to master any difficult conversation so that you can strengthen your relationships, and get what you want.
Amy’s bio:
Amy is a mindfulness-based leadership coach and speaker. Amy has coached mission-driven entrepreneurs backed by a16z, Female Founders Fund, First Round Capital, and executives at Google, Lyft, and Hinge. She utilizes the latest research in neuroscience and human behavior to empower her founders and has been trained by The Coaches Training Institute (CTI Co-Active). She is a pitching & public speaking expert and regularly speaks at tech & leadership conferences, accelerators, and universities. A negotiation nerd, she has been personally trained by Stuart Diamond, author of Getting More.
A former tech executive, Amy launched & scaled first-of-kind products across the US and Europe. At Google, she led business development, including the successful international launch of Google Pay across Europe. Prior to that, Amy was the youngest member of the OpenTable sales team, where she won every sales award and helped build the company's revenue towards its 2009 IPO. In 2010, Amy co-founded MEI New York, a fashion startup aimed at empowering women. Amy brings the lessons of burnout, of working at startups of all sizes, and as an operator and co-founder to her coaching practice.
Amy holds a B.A. in Psychology and Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a certified yoga teacher, a dedicated meditator, a tango and wine enthusiast, and has traveled to 46 countries. A passionate advocate for women, she is the co-host of Straighten Your Crown, a podcast for female founders. Her life's mission is to reduce human suffering, and her mantra is to lead with heart.