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EPISODE 12 – Lucinda Stewart, Partner, Spencer Stuart
Lucinda Stewart shares the inspiring ways, throughout her career and life, that she has successfully made her way in traditionally male-dominated fields like sports, business, and the Bering Sea. A true example of a business person who embodies the 7 Rules of Power, Lucinda shows how getting others to want to help you on your career journey is integral to success.
Lucinda shares insights on:
Formative experiences of often being the only woman in certain situations
The impact her father’s attitude toward her limitless abilities has on her
Climbing Mount Constance at age 13
Working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea
How the fishing boat got her an instant hire position at Morgan Stanley
Why we are all capable of doing way more than we think we can do
The person she befriended for protection in a dangerous situation
Tips on getting people to help and support you
Why developing other people is the favorite part of her job
How she got into the Northwestern MBA program after being turned down
Pushing the envelope and pushing through
Her successful initiative to bring more women on boards in Seattle
Her push-up contest with Jeff Bezos
The credibility of brand
Being fearless for a cause or good reason
Her logic behind training for her first half Ironman
As a spouse and mother, setting examples and boundaries to balance work
The interesting story behind marrying her husband
GUEST BIO:
Lucinda Stewart is based in Seattle and is a member of the Private Equity, Healthcare and TMT practices. Lucinda works with many leading Private Equity firms and focuses exclusively on private equity backed executive searches. She specializes in healthcare services and healthcare IT, and the majority of her work is placing CEO and CFOs in leading platforms for her clients. Lucinda brings a career of experience as a PE backed multi-site operator at National Surgery Centers where she ran Corporate Development, a Private Equity investor for a top Healthcare PE firm, Frazier Healthcare, and an investment banker in Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette’s healthcare M&A group.
Lucinda was named “40 Under Forty” by Puget Sound Business Journal, has served on the Mercy Corp Venture Board, and is currently on the Investment Committee of SpringRock, a HCIT venture capital fund. She earned her M.B.A. from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and her B.A. from University of Puget Sound, where she was recruited to play soccer.
www.linkedin.com/in/lucindastewart/
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