{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Nurturing Your Network: A Conversation About Leadership with Pat McDonald – Grit Talk episode 1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f187e9132705f645aa35a16/76e7c8c72bf0e657ff3c22497bd210b9.jpg?height=200","description":"In the inaugural episode of Grit Talk, host Lisa Davis talks with Patricia (Pat) A. McDonald, Vice President in the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group and General Manager of the High-Velocity Program Office at Intel.\n\nSince joining Intel in 1986, Pat has held a wide variety of engineering, manufacturing, and management roles. Pat has been recognized as a change agent and leader for diversity initiatives at Intel, winning an Intel Achievement Award for her work as Chief Talent Officer, her executive sponsorship of the Women at Intel Network (WIN), and chairperson of Intel Network of Executive Women (INEW). In this conversation, Lisa and Pat discuss the importance of tapping into your network to grow your career, what perseverance does for you in a challenging professional environment, and how to use your passion to propel your next move. Pat also offers advice for finding your place as a leader.\n\nThe mission of WIN is to empower women to deliver significant business impact with expanded connections, valued skill development, increased representation, and directed support.\n\nINEW inspires change and advancement of executive women (VPs and Fellows). Through a solid support network, INEW members actively increase the population of female executives while tenaciously raising each other up to push the boundaries of their own talents and skills. The women of INEW drive several programs including Extend Our Reach, Protégé, and Pay it Forward, which are sponsorship programs that provide new ways to develop women as leaders, and find advancement opportunities and support through inspiration and community.","author_name":"Intel"}