102: “Culture is only as strong as the worst behaviour it tolerates” with Sara Tate, former CEO of TBWA London

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This week, we twiddled our Poirot-Esque moustache and put our egg-shaped heads together to track down and catch ad industry titan, Sara Tate, for a chinwag.
Sara is former CEO of TBWA London and, alongside Anna Vogt, penned The Rebuilders, a guide to building resilience and turning obstacles into opportunities.
She talks to us on TV detectives, working in a teabag factory, being a nosy ninny, struggling early on in her strategy career, courier-related mini-mega cringes, writing about setbacks and resilience, the commonalities between our personal and professional lives, dealing with your mental inbox, moving into a leadership position, and tons more for your little grey cells to devour.
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Timestamps
(01:45) - Quick fire questions
(03:19) - First-ever jobs
(06:05) - Being a strategist (and a nosy ninny)
(13:35) - Writing about setbacks and resilience
(17:50) - Commonalities between our personal and professional lives
(26:41) - How to focus on the now
(31:48) - Dealing with your mental inbox
(38:31) - The beginner’s mind
(46:03) - Listener questions
(52:37) - 4 pertinent posers

Sara’s book recommendations are:
Grit by Angela Duckworth
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
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