Lyssa McGowan

So I joined McKinsey and they had this program at the time where you did a couple of years with McKinsey and then a couple of years in industry and then go off to business school and then back to McKinsey.

So I followed that path with one slight deviation, which is I had my first daughter when I was in the middle of my MBA at Harvard Business School, which was a real introduction to work-life balance and nothing changed. has ever felt quite as hard since because they have rules at Harvard Business School like they did in those days 20 years ago about missing class.

So I followed that path with one slight deviation, which is I had my first daughter when I was in the middle of my MBA at Harvard Business School, which was a real introduction to work-life balance and nothing changed. has ever felt quite as hard since because they have rules at Harvard Business School like they did in those days 20 years ago about missing class.

So I followed that path with one slight deviation, which is I had my first daughter when I was in the middle of my MBA at Harvard Business School, which was a real introduction to work-life balance and nothing changed. has ever felt quite as hard since because they have rules at Harvard Business School like they did in those days 20 years ago about missing class.

So you're allowed one day off for your own marriage, one day off for the death in your nuclear family, or one day off for the birth of your own child. So when I went in, I said I was pregnant. They said, oh, don't worry. Those are meant for the men. We have had women here who've taken two, three, four, even a whole week off. Yeah. Oh, wow. How generous. So I negotiated a half a semester.

So you're allowed one day off for your own marriage, one day off for the death in your nuclear family, or one day off for the birth of your own child. So when I went in, I said I was pregnant. They said, oh, don't worry. Those are meant for the men. We have had women here who've taken two, three, four, even a whole week off. Yeah. Oh, wow. How generous. So I negotiated a half a semester.

So you're allowed one day off for your own marriage, one day off for the death in your nuclear family, or one day off for the birth of your own child. So when I went in, I said I was pregnant. They said, oh, don't worry. Those are meant for the men. We have had women here who've taken two, three, four, even a whole week off. Yeah. Oh, wow. How generous. So I negotiated a half a semester.

So anyway, so that was, that was interesting. So then I went back to McKinsey as a mom in my, in my twenties. And I got to kind of my early thirties and I had a bit of a, I know this podcast is about redefining moments. I had a bit of a redefining moment as I got just approaching 30, where I I just realized that in consulting, I was only really bringing half of myself to work.

So anyway, so that was, that was interesting. So then I went back to McKinsey as a mom in my, in my twenties. And I got to kind of my early thirties and I had a bit of a, I know this podcast is about redefining moments. I had a bit of a redefining moment as I got just approaching 30, where I I just realized that in consulting, I was only really bringing half of myself to work.

So anyway, so that was, that was interesting. So then I went back to McKinsey as a mom in my, in my twenties. And I got to kind of my early thirties and I had a bit of a, I know this podcast is about redefining moments. I had a bit of a redefining moment as I got just approaching 30, where I I just realized that in consulting, I was only really bringing half of myself to work.

It was only really half of my skill set. I loved actually the problem solving. I love working in small teams on big strategic problems. But I wanted to do as well as think. I didn't want to be the person whispering in the ear of the person making the decision and then never being around for it to happen.

It was only really half of my skill set. I loved actually the problem solving. I love working in small teams on big strategic problems. But I wanted to do as well as think. I didn't want to be the person whispering in the ear of the person making the decision and then never being around for it to happen.

It was only really half of my skill set. I loved actually the problem solving. I love working in small teams on big strategic problems. But I wanted to do as well as think. I didn't want to be the person whispering in the ear of the person making the decision and then never being around for it to happen.

So I decided that I wanted to go into industry, into a role where I could grow businesses and lead big teams of people and actually kind of get things done and kind of see the impact of the decisions. So that's why I joined Sky. And it turned out to be the most brilliant decision. I spent 12 years there. Absolutely loved it. It's such a unique culture at Sky. It's a really...

So I decided that I wanted to go into industry, into a role where I could grow businesses and lead big teams of people and actually kind of get things done and kind of see the impact of the decisions. So that's why I joined Sky. And it turned out to be the most brilliant decision. I spent 12 years there. Absolutely loved it. It's such a unique culture at Sky. It's a really...

So I decided that I wanted to go into industry, into a role where I could grow businesses and lead big teams of people and actually kind of get things done and kind of see the impact of the decisions. So that's why I joined Sky. And it turned out to be the most brilliant decision. I spent 12 years there. Absolutely loved it. It's such a unique culture at Sky. It's a really...

Believe in better is the tagline, and that's how it feels. Both the belief, the confidence, the ambition, but also the fact that there's this... Discomfort with the status quo, like a restlessness. And so we kept innovating. We always felt like the challenger, never the incumbent. It was a really high performance organization. And I was able there to really grow my career.

Believe in better is the tagline, and that's how it feels. Both the belief, the confidence, the ambition, but also the fact that there's this... Discomfort with the status quo, like a restlessness. And so we kept innovating. We always felt like the challenger, never the incumbent. It was a really high performance organization. And I was able there to really grow my career.

Believe in better is the tagline, and that's how it feels. Both the belief, the confidence, the ambition, but also the fact that there's this... Discomfort with the status quo, like a restlessness. And so we kept innovating. We always felt like the challenger, never the incumbent. It was a really high performance organization. And I was able there to really grow my career.

First of all, leading the broadband business. Then we started a mobile business, which was like an amazing startup, but with all the resources of a big incumbent, we were able to do some really innovative things there.