Suzanne Steele's the MD of Adobe in Australia and shares what she knows about leadership in this episode.
At age 16, Suzanne left school due to some extenuating family circumstances, and never had the opportunity to be educated at university. She made do in some secretarial and admin work, before deciding to follow what had always been her dream; joining the police force.
She landed in a startup at 21, and into the world of technology.
She knows the value of mentorship -- and particularly sponsorship, as well as the need to address equal pay and to keep course correcting as a leader.
Suzanne tells Kate Mills about some of the most fulfilling work she has done at Adobe centres around improving outcomes for the employees she leads. When she joined three and a half years ago, Adobe had just achieved gender pay parity globally.
“Since then, we’ve maintained it – because it’s not a point in time that have you gender pay parity, it’s something that you have to constantly monitor, and check and asses and course correct.”
Over the last 18 months, the tech giant has also rolled out “opportunity parity”, which Suzanne also explains.
The Leadership Lessons is producted by Agenda Media, publisher of Women's Agenda. It features a series of interviews with brilliant female leaders across industries, sharing their perspective on how to lead for the critical decade ahead.
The Leadership Lessons is supported by Salesforce.
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