Leadership Trends & Insights

Andy Kaplan: Modern Leaders Inspire

Episode Summary

Are you inspiring? Today I am joined by Andy Kaplan, Former CFO of Audible, VMT Mentor & CFO Who Looks Beyond The Numbers. Andy served as Chief Financial Officer of DonorsChoose from 2006 until his retirement at the end of 2017. Since retiring, Andy has focused on advising start-ups and young companies. While Andy worked at Audible, Inc. (now an Amazon company) as Chief Financial Officer, he led the Audible IPO and served on its board of directors.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Nina and Andy Kaplan discuss:

• Four things that leaders must do
• Creating a whitespace for employees
• Diversity of ideas
• An advice for self-improvement

Key Takeaways:

• Leaders must inspire, teach, listen, and learn - and these four things have to be surrounded by a culture that values kindness, and compassion.
• Make sure that all points of view are heard. Give people whitespace to share their ideas.
• The world is shifting to the online space, so always maintain diversity in your organization so that you’ll keep producing fresh ideas, or fresh takes on ideas.
• Beat the control - do better than you did yesterday.

"A leader has to do four things: they have to inspire, they have to teach, they have to listen, and they have to learn." —  Andy Kaplan

Andy Kaplan is the Former CFO of Audible, VMT Mentor & CFO Who Looks Beyond The Numbers. Andy served as Chief Financial Officer of DonorsChoose from 2006 until his retirement at the end of 2017.

Since retiring, Andy has focused on advising start-ups and young companies. While Andy worked at Audible, Inc. (now an Amazon company) as Chief Financial Officer, he led the Audible IPO and served on its board of directors.

Connect with Andy Kaplan:

Website:  https://www.rippleworks.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaplanandy/

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