Spotlight on Leadership Development
Court, VP or Product at Firsthand
Court is a Pro
Court is the VP of Product at Firsthand. No stranger to hustle, she’s been a leader in design for years recently expanding her scope by leading product. Historically she deep specialization in product design and design systems and always been incredibly passionate about working collaboratively to deliver experiences that elegantly solve critical problems for her users. Her impressive suite of professional experience encompasses small, medial and large sized start-ups in the fin-tech and recruiting space, and before that she was an art director in advertising.
Learn more about Court here.
Our Work
Growth in this capacity requires an understanding of Courts personal goals and a deep contextual understanding of the current role. Upfront our work invested heavily in understanding the evolution of courts career as well as the creation and evolution of her current team. This included an understanding of where things are today as well as the uncovering and identification of systems, belief structures and corporate history so we could best construct a path unique to Court’s strengths to move forward. While our goals are centered heavily on leadership development, the interconnectedness of professional experience and personal history cannot be ignored.
Goals
Develop as a team and organizational leader
Earn trust up and down the organization to allow for growing confidence
Deeply understand and dive into tackling all the complex challenges of the business
Start to create a culture of clear communication and expectation in order to breed a high degree of trust and autonomy
Outcomes
A team analysis (with a focus on the leadership team)
Development of a strategy for building trust within the leadership team
Identification of actionable steps to cultivate a company culture rooted in trust
Creation of a framework for critical conversations to ensure mutual understanding
Implementation of leadership thinking concepts
Asking hard questions framed around a shared understanding of goals
Identifying challenges and solution-ing while recognizing constraints
