Connie James is the CFO at Scientific Games and has a lot of lessons learned from navigating COVID in 2020. Highlights from this episode: "To be able to pivot well during change, communication is critical." "If you are frustrated with your team right now, take some time actually to get to know your colleagues." "Talk about nonwork-related things.- Connie James "I'm a big believer that you have to focus on things you can control." "A lot of people become focused on what is that next step. My counsel to them is to have a little patience but be absolutely excellent at what you do."- "Even in the darkest of moments, there is often opportunities to turn those into a positive." Check out ryanleak.com/followership for more episode show notes.

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