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Strong Conversations: Women in Leadership

Strong Conversations Season One: Women in Construction
Episode One: Women in Leadership

Being a leader is a challenging role. But being a female leader can offer many advantages. Listen to this episode as we talk to three women leaders about how they motivate their teams to be successful and create an environment where women belong and not just accepted. We also take a closer look at what makes a good and effective leader? How do we lead with heart and vulnerability? And how do we pay it forward to the leaders that come behind us? 

Host: Simpson Strong-Tie Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Annie Kao
Guests:
Cyndie Roche, Vice President of Digital Sales and Architectural Design Services (Paradigm, a division of Builders FirstSource)
Kristi Acee, Vice President, National Accounts (Sherwin-Williams)
Melissa McGhee, Vice President of National Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain (KB Home)

 

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Discussing Simpson Strong-Tie Work Culture on the TED WorkLife Podcast

Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and bestselling author, recently featured Simpson Strong-Tie Vice President of Engineering Annie Kao on his TED original podcast WorkLife. Adam and Annie were joined by Berkeley Haas Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jenny Chatman (full disclosure, she’s a member of Simpson Manufacturing’s Board of Directors) to discuss “The 4 Deadly Sins of Work Culture.”  Continue reading “Discussing Simpson Strong-Tie Work Culture on the TED WorkLife Podcast”

Meet Annie Kao, Our VP of Engineering

Every February, the National Society of Professional Engineers honors the profession of engineering during Engineers Week. The goal of Engineers Week is to “celebrate how engineers make a difference in our world.” Engineers are the foundation of Simpson Strong-Tie, and we appreciate our engineering team daily. However, this year we’re using Engineers Week as an opportunity to tell the story of individuals who help make up our Engineering Department.  

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