Anne Chow – Lead Bigger
Meet Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business and current The Rewired CEO, where she uses her unique insights to power connection and culture with a future-forward lens and emphasis on sustainable, agile growth.
Our conversation with Anne spanned her early years as an aspiring concert pianist to her robust career at AT&T. Her wisdom, insight, and passion about leadership are tangible throughout our interview, and we know you’ll gain as much from it as we did.
“As long as you’re being your best, that is actually the most important thing to keep in mind in your life. The only person you should be comparing yourself to is yourself yesterday.”
– Anne Chow
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Buy Anne’s book, Lead Bigger.
01:04 Intro to Anne
02:11 Rapid-fire questions
04:47 Growing up
05:52 School
07:07 Pivot #1: From musician to engineering
09:13 Pivot #2: From pure engineering to MBA
10:21 Career at AT&T (17 roles, 26 bosses, 32 years)
Pivot #3: To P&L (first taste of general management)
17:28 Advice to early-career professionals
21:48 About CMP
22:35 First large team management role
26:23 Insights about organizational navigation
30:50 Leaving AT&T
35:32 Writing Lead Bigger
44:41 Pivot #4: From AT&T to portfolio life
47:20 Golden Nuggets (Chow-isms)
48:03 Contact Anne
