A powerful new approach to taking risks in your career and thriving (even when you fail).
Our careers are a series of choices, some of which feel scary and make-or-break. What do you do when you become paralyzed by fear and unable to act? And what if you do make a move that doesn’t work out the way you’d hoped? How do you continue to take risks to find success, not once but many times?
In this impactful book, one of tech’s top leaders, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, offers a completely new perspective for anyone afraid of making the wrong career choices. Sharing the misfires, unexpected forces, and surprising outcomes of her own journey and that of other leaders, she reveals the secrets of successful risk-taking and charts the hidden dynamics of enviable careers. Packed with insider strategies, tips, and provocative insights, this candid and refreshingly new roadmap to risk-taking will have you on track and moving toward your dreams like never before.
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About the Author
SUKHINDER SINGH CASSIDY is a leading digital CEO and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of leadership experience founding, scaling, and advising companies including Google, Amazon, StubHub, Yodlee, and more. She is currently Founder and Chairman of theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace for diverse leaders to be recommended and discovered for board and executive opportunities.
Most recently, Sukhinder served as the leader of StubHub, the premier global consumer ticketing marketplace for live entertainment, which she and her team sold for $4 billion in February 2020. Earlier in her career, Sukhinder built Google’s business throughout Asia Pacific and Latin America, and served as the business co-founder of fintech pioneer Yodlee. Sukhinder also currently serves as a board director at Urban Outfitters and Upstart, and as a member of the global advisory board of TIME’S UP. She previously served as a board member at Ericsson, TripAdvisor, Stitch Fix, J.Crew and as a strategic advisor to Twitter. She is also a proven tech investor whose current and previous investments include Reformation, theRealReal, Sunbasket, Senreve and more.
Sukhinder has an undergraduate degree from the Ivey School of Business Administration at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and lives with her husband and three children in northern California.
Ms. Singh Cassidy has been profiled and featured in numerous other publications and leadership books, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Ad Age, Recode and more.
100% of the author's profits from book sales will be donated to organizations helping equalize access to opportunity for underserved groups.
For 2021, we're pleased to announce the recipient of this year's profits will be She’s the First, a global non-profit that teams up with women-led, grassroots organizations to make sure that every girl, no matter where she is born, is able to be educated, respected, and heard.