Marina Gavito is the Executive Director at SA Digital Connects. It’s a non-profit organization that helps communities get connected to the internet. It’s a wonderful cause because it helps them get opportunities that they would otherwise miss.
Highlights from the interview:
- We start with career pivots and how Marina made the leap to a non-profit.
- Why purposeful work is so important to her.
- How she went from the private sector to a non-profit and how she weighed the pros and cons before she made the leap.
- Focusing back on her passions, so she was happier at work.
- How she dealt with bad internet connection during an important interview.
- How she works with her inner voice to help her when she stumbles.
- What happened when she was about to give an important presentation and her daughter hurt herself before she went on stage.
- Why being vulnerable can help us be a better leader.
- Learning from a situation when she lost a funder to her non-profit.
- She had to turn to her team to help her process the lost funder.
- What she does at the end of the day to help her wrap of her day and be present with her family.
- Why she doesn’t like working from home.
- How she deals with her stress by exercising each morning.
- She keeps a family gratitude journal to help her little girls focus on gratitude.
- How she uses notebooks to track the joy in her life.
- The struggles of being a leader of a non-profit.
- How she utilizes the strengths of her team.
- How her self-awareness has helped her be a better leader.
- The part of her work that lights her up.
- Getting people signed up to get free internet.
- The importance of checking in with our hearts.
- Being your authentic self at work.
- How she built a team that was confident and had strengths that she didn’t have, so they could round out the team.
- The importance of asking for help when you need it.
- Most impactful book.
You can learn more about Marina and what she does over at SA Digital Connects. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn. Send her a note and tell her what you thought of the interview.
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