Lisa Mancini, former CAO of CSX Corp - A Leadership Lesson from the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge

E17: CSX Corporation former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Lisa Mancini. CSX is a Fortune 500 freight railroad that operates in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. They operate approximately 21,000 route miles of track. Nearly two-thirds of Americans live within CSX’s service territory. Throughout her career at CSX Corporation, Lisa has been a member of the chairman’s executive team guiding CSX business strategy.  She negotiated public-private partnerships to develop, fund, and implement $600 million in freight rail network improvements, and she directed all aspects of labor relations and negotiations with 13 unions representing 30,000 employees. Lisa also served in a senior leadership role at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.  https://www.benfanning.com/linkedin.com/in/lisa-mancini-839394a0 (Lisa’s LinkedIn Profile: )https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-mancini-839394a0/ WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE: ●   How to make the transition from managing a 10-person team to a 500-person team overnight. ●   What Lisa learned about leadership the day she climbed to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. ●   The Harvard negotiation strategy she used to win a negotiation versus Former Democratic Presidential Candidate, Secretary of State, and Senator John Kerry. ●    How she rose to the C-Suite in an industry that was 95% male. ●   How to balance work and family without burning out. ●   Which moments are the ones where a plan might NOT be the right thing. ●   How to take care of yourself when you have a demanding executive schedule. ●   How going on vacation and disconnecting benefits you and ESPECIALLY your team. ●  &nb