The Power of Bringing People Together...Lisa Su

“What you can do as a single person is great. But what you can do when you can bring ten smart people together or 100 smart people together, or 10,000 smart people together aligned on a vision, it’s just incredible.”

—Lisa Su, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, AMD

Every other Tuesday, womenatliberty.com provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today as a part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we are highlighting Lisa Su, President and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Silicon Valley.

Su became CEO in October 2014 and turned around a failing company. This MIT PhD who was born in Taiwan and raised in the Bronx, New York is an electrical engineer who became fascinated with making products. Her leadership has brought back AMD from the “brink of bankruptcy”.

Last year she spoke extensively with Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and board member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), in a ‘Masters of Leadership’ discussion. They discussed the future of AMD’s business, recent U.S. government sanctions against China which affect AMD’s business operations, and the issues of race and inequality in America that the death of George Floyd (caught on video), while being arrested by police, made apparent for all Americans. Public backlash resulted in mass protests in American cities. To hear the discussion, click here. For more information on #LeadershipTuesdays, check us out and follow us on Twitter: @LeadershipTues. 

#LeadershipTuesdays #MotivationalMoment: Embrace The Possible...Edith Eva Ager

Happy #LeadershipTuesdays! Being assertive and seizing opportunity are not celebrated for women as often as it is for men. However, being assertive is a leadership quality that is essential for success. Believe in yourself, be assertive and embrace the possible.

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#LeadershipTuesdays: Drawing Boundaries for Millennials

"I’ve learned that you get more out of people when they are happy in their jobs and excited about what they do. So I try to line up people and their vision with our vision."

--Deryl McKissack, CEO, McKissack & McKissack 

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. Today's article comes from The New York Times' @nytcorneroffice column written by Adam Bryant and features Deryl McKissack, CEO of McKissack & McKissack.

Deryl McKissack is an engineer and a fifth generation builder. She has led McKissack & McKissack, a prominent architectural, engineering and construction firm based in Washington, DC whose portfolio of work includes the Smithsonian's new Museum of African-American History and Culture on the National Mall and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, for over 25 years.

In the article she gives insight into how she learned to be successful in the male-dominated construction industry. She also has advice for millennials and anyone who aspires to impress your organization's leaders and be successful.

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