Shobana Radhakrishnan

Episode 324: Shobana Radhakrishnan on overcoming fear, giving women crutches, and why she’s not a medical doctor

November 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 35 mins

careers, coaching, layoffs, leadership, product management, project management, promotion, raises, software development, tech management, technology

For this episode, Rob and I interviewed Shobana Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering at Google TV.

We talked about:

• Overcoming feeling “stupid” and asking “dumb” questions at large group meetings
• Why women employees don’t need crutches
• Building a culture of psychological safety (no, it doesn’t happen by accident)
• Why taking ownership is the key to career and leadership growth
• Why training job interviewers is of paramount importance
• Dealing with fear and playing outside your comfort zone
• Dealing with naysayers from a place of neutrality and confidence
• The “Friday Night” problem and the problem with having way too many subscriptions
• Why she chose a career in engineering instead of medicine

This was a delightfully rich conversation that will inspire you to grow as a leader and as a human!