Better Leaders

#19 - Anita Zielina With Candid Reflections on Leadership

Episode Summary

Season Finale of Better Leaders - The Podcast! Today, in episode #19, we're mixing things up a bit: Podcast Host Anita Zielina, CEO and Founder of Better Leaders Lab, is being interviewed by her friend Shazna Nessa, formerly Global Head of Visuals at the WSJ. Anita shares candid reflections on her own career path; discusses her learnings about her own strengths and weaknesses as a leader; and explains how she strives to have impact with her own new entrepreneurial venture. She also explains why "Presence" is her 2024 professional/personal motto.

Episode Notes

About Your Host: 

Anita Zielina is the CEO and founder of Better Leaders Lab. She's also an Executive in Residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she spent the last few years leading all continuing and executive education initiatives. Anita serves as the inaugural Board Chair of News Product Alliance (NPA) and is a member of the board of directors at the Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF.

For the past 15 years, Anita held senior executive positions focused on product, strategy and innovation in various media and education organizations as Chief Product Officer, Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Director Strategic Initiatives. She has worked with around 500 managers, leaders and entrepreneurs as a consultant, coach and educator.

She holds a Master in Law from Vienna University and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. Anita is an alumna of the Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship and the Oxford Reuters Institute Fellowship. 

About Better Leaders Lab:

Better Leaders Lab is a Do and Think Tank for good leadership and smart management in media and beyond and a boutique strategic advisory firm. BLL specializes in organizational change, strategy and scenario planning, leadership development and executive recruiting research. Its goal is to empower managers, leaders and organizations in the broader media, digital & innovation space to build successful, sustainable, modern and healthy businesses.

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