What’s on the horizon that I need to continue to learn and develop? In many ways, it’s the unknown. I have been here my career, but what will the next chapter bring as CEO, and what do I need to pick up? 

When you know that others believe in you, it makes you stronger and more willing to make that leap forward. And that’s something I also try to apply myself: How can I be supportive for the teams I partner with and give them the energy and the understanding that we can do it?

Part of my passion has been the development of people here—in particular, supporting women leaders. In an industry that has so many women participating, there are not enough women in the rock star jobs: the C-suite roles in general, or the jobs that make them feel like rock stars in whatever way they would define that. A lot of those jobs are held disproportionately by men. How do we support getting more women into the rock star jobs? That’s part of my mission … [and that means] sponsorship, mentorship, access, experiences, travel—the things that spark their curiosity to continue to grow. 

The agency we are today is not the agency we need to be in six months or 12 months or even two months. The future is always imminent. So this focus on continuous reinvention and being the agency of the future, whatever that future looks like, has been very, very critical.