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Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

04/25/2015

Desmond-Hellmann, a physician by training, grew up in Reno, Nevada. She talks to Adam Bryant about innovation, failure and resilience, and respect for others, how one deals with a person who is struggling so as to bring out the best in that person, as what she looks for in hiring interviews. Her response in meetings where she hears a faint quiver in a voice is to try and dispel any fear in that person from speaking to the CEO directly. Some of this goes back to seeing her father run a drug store in Reno and showing caring for people who needed help. In meeting her own challenges she looks at what kind of a person she needs to be and tries to be that kind of a person.

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Sue Desmond-Hellmann: Helping People Find Their Sweet Spot

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