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Get outside NOW

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ROSE: I hit it out of the park with a day long workshop I led here in Massachusetts. Lots of high stakes and intelligent people in the room and I managed to give them a totally new experience. They learned a lot and the feedback was beyond what i could have expected. Feeling really grateful.

BUD: One of my buds is getting better and better at making quick decisions. I have a lot of decisions to make right now and so this is an opportunity for me to refine my ability to make solid decisions quickly but from a grounded an thoughtful place.

THORN: I had a really challenging start to my September. I ended up having to cancel on a bunch of people because I didn't plan well -- I over-scheduled myself and the result was letting others down and feeling like I may have disrespected their time.

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Seeing "ASAP" in an email

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Going on a walk -- outside -- no matter the weather.

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Rose: It's just been lovely to get to know this XLT better, as both humans and as professionals. It's such a wonderful group and we're always so busy, but carving out the time to get to know each other has been really special for me personally.

Bud: Saying no to exciting opportunities is something I'm sitting with. Particularly with my team and our ambitious but ambiguous scope, not trying to tackle everything at once!

Thorn: The realities of what we're being asked to do and how much we need to deliver (and the pace of that) isn't changing, and so supporting my team as best and as actively as I can while also acknowledging that the pact isn't changing has been a learning curve for us all, and something i continue to strengthen as a muscle for myself as a leader.

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Rose: Seeing our team come together as a cohesive unit

Bud: Deepening relationships with our partners in GET

Thorn: How much work I have to do to get the team what it needs!

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Rose - joining the incredible WWM-APM team! Everyone has been so welcoming, and I'm loving working with my manager, team, and EA rockstars.

Bud - excited for the challenges and possibilities ahead. Growing with my team.

Thorn - learning the new department and ways of working.

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Rose: my team has moved from forming/storming/norming and we've hit full-on performing. Super gratifying to watch and see them all step into their roles with confidence and leadership.

Bud: we're working on better integrating into our IMP and see so much opportunity

Thorn: lots of competing prios! Need to do a better job of streamlining and choosing.

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Rose: getting the MS&P team together for our inaugural offsite in Montreal, Canada & connecting with some of the local marketers

Bud: Trying to grow my AI skills - built my first (very simple) agent in Copilot

Thorn: the onslaught of tasks coming in Q3/Q4

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ROSE: I received very positive feedback on one of our customer facing programs from multiple members of CEO staff.

BUD: One of my buds is being more present. I did that well in my first meeting this morning!

THORN: I received data that my direct staff is having different experiences, including some not so great ones.

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Rose: Seeing what our student ambassadors are doing our behalf.

Bud: Bringing AI into Tinkercad to make it even more of a delightful Design & Make education experience.

Thorn: Some level of disconnection in this hybrid environment.

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Rose -- seamlessly balancing my Education and B&C team needs and deliverables. I am grateful for the opportunity and this has made me even more confident in my abilities.

Bud -- get better at my facilitation and driving tricky conversations

Thorn -- Not always present and calm with my kids.

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Rose: Have been providing seamless, strategic support for the new vp of brand and creative Bud: Opps for collabing ThornL: My return key

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ROSE: I'm thrilled we had the first promotion in AEX Marketing in my time here; Megha Gupta is now a Senior Field Marketing Manager in India. I'm also seeing a lot of proactive tests in my team with AI and how we're activating some of our content and offers.

BUD: My MLT is actively working through healthy conflict and courageous conversations - surfacing tensions on everything from process to decision-making (thanks to the new campaign ecosystem pilot) which is in turn helping us establish even more trust as an MLT.

THORN: Marketing as a 'branded house' vs 'house of brands' to education audiences is an incredibly complex initiative; also, our data isn't as 'available' or centralized as we would like to run deep segmentation and personalization.

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ROSE:

Excited to be defining concrete next steps for launching our PLG engine and align teams around real impact. FY27 here we come!

BUD:

I'm new to the XLT and this level of leadership. Leaning in excitedly!

THORN:

Not enough hours in the day – learning the balancing act required to steer the ship.

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Rose: Digital Ecosystem business cases was approved and it's very inspiring.

Bud: Growing the AI upskilling program into AI workflows

Thorn: Summer is over ☹

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I'm in week six at Autodesk,

Rose-I've set up some essential infrastructure for my team -Bud--I'm learning and figuring things out

Thorn-none yet

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Rose: Growing our AI community

Bud: the work that MS&P team is doing!

Thorn: politics

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Rose: Getting to join the DEC LT, and the WWM XLT - meeting and collaborating with so many awesome people, and feeling like we're building towards something great

Bud: Strategic planning for FY27 - getting clarity on our goals, building our plans, creating the collaboration connection we'll need to be successful

Thorn: So much to do, so little time :)

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🌹 building relationships throughout this XLT cohort

🌺 excited for a new manager coming soon!

🥀 how busy I am and missing out on some offsites I want to attend to support the teams (AEX, GPM)

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Rose: Empowering my team to uplevel engagement with our customers has yielded several incredible outcomes. Trusting them and making the space for them to experiment has been a key focus of mine

Bud: Ongoing effort to prioritize and focus my attention on the things that matter most

Thorn: Falling into old patterns of behavior and allowing imbalance to perpetuate in my life

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ROSE: My team rallying together and exceeding expectations for Flow Studio launch.

BUD: Team is adopting AI and is getting quite good at it and enthused by the productivity savings.

THORN: So many priorities and deliverables leave empathy behind sometimes.

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When the logic just doesn't work and people are trying to pull me into a reality distortion field.

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When I'm overly tired.

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When we find ourselves compelled to make decisions based not on logic but solely on emotion or on organizational dynamics/politics.

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When someone is inauthentic or disengenuous.

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Talking about the same thing in circles. Cannot.

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'Ownership' and unwillingness to collaborate

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I am mean when I drink too much caffeine. My family confronted me about it LOL

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Back to back to back to back to back Zooms

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when people cc my boss because they didn't get a response in 30 minutes

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Not exercising.

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Meetings for the meeting!

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I can go below the line when I ask compound questions to people and they only answer one making me have to send yet another message regarding the remaining questions.

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When priorities are said one way but the actions point in another direction.

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When my toddler sneaks into my office during calls

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Dealing with folks who prioritize their own self-interest over the organization's...

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Lack of regular exercise

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process for the sake of it due to territorial-ness. slows things down. killer.

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As a Birkman blue + green, a whole lot of yellow process talk might shut me down.

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People who don't know marketing pretending they do or blaming marketing when something goes wrong

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over explaining

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The "looking eye" on slack and a monosyllable for a response to several specific questions.

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bad energy and negativiy

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When I've just planned everything out, and someone suggests changing something without realizing all the work that went into it behind the scenes.

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When we admire a problem again and again instead of solving

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When I wake up to 20+ pings at 7am

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I can go below the line when there are toomany cooks in the kitchen

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"hi!"

"Hi what's up?"

silence

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When inpatient people copy my VP in an email if I don't respond to them within 24 hours.

Not getting my daily lunch walk.

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Lack of collaborative spirit and a whiff of territoriality

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Running hours and hours in the mountains away from humans and civilization...

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When I get pulled into something extra that another team should handle. I’m juggling enough that I already own.

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Getting good night's sleep

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exercise, time to think, rest, taking a break

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Getting in the run. Getting outside.

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Being able to workout regularly keeps me above the line!

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Uninterrupted thinking time

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A walk

Quick workout

Cuddles with my kids

Ice cream

Bag of chips

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Swimming first thing in the morning

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people who can move fast with little ego

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cuddling with my cavalier, Alfie

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A team that's willing to have fun together, and one that has an "we're all in this together" type mentality to solving hard problems.

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Running and adequate sleep!

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Seeing an idea, insight or strategy that came from me come to life.

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oppourtinites to learn and grow

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meaningful collaboration

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Movement - stretching or going for walk

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Psychological safety! Having space to voice concerns, ask questions, or explore new ideas

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Music!

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Every time my son tells me that he loves me, which is every day!

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sleep

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Nature can bring me back to where I need to be.

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Reading watching listening to something humorous

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A few uninterrupted hours to build something from scratch.

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sunshine (sorry, Seattle, where I live)

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Also when my toddler sneaks into my office during calls

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cuddle time with my dogs

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Team recognition - One Orbit!

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Giving and also receiving gratitude.

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An awesome awesome team. I thrive on collaborative energy

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Days without meetings.

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Jumping up and down in between meetings

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People providing positive feedback on my work!

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coffee, sleep, music, laughter

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Sunshine!

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Sending Applause every couple weeks to those folks who have gone above and beyond!

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Leaders being human

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My extremely supportive and responsive manager (Alex!) Never a detail missing!

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My dog.

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Getting out with the dog!

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Real talk with people

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My team always delivering and never needing to be chased! Such rockstars!

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Find the progress.

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Take a break

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Lead with curiosity

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It doesn't have to be this serious. You can smile and have fun :)

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I know my intentions

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Curiosity > frustration

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Be open.