26: Etsy’s Jenn Clevenger on Navigating Leadership Through Covid and a House Burning Down

Leaders are humans too, and Etsy’s culture has given Jenn Clevenger the opportunity to lead through remarkable adversity.

In her 8 year tenure, she’s become VP of Engineering, tackled a pandemic, and stayed her course while her house burned down.

It’s the staggering story of a remarkable leader and a resilient human, one which we delve into on episode 26 of the Leaders Unscripted podcast.

This episode covers:

• Jenn’s ‘zigzag’ path to leadership
• Leadership lessons learned from Etsy’s culture
• Our ‘nonsense buckets’, and how to make space in them
• Taking time to breathe, do nothing, and be self-empathetic
• Advice for leaders tackling headwinds, both external and personal

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