Lisa DiPaolo of Karyopharm Therapeutics: Qualities of a Senior Leader

This week, Lisa DiPaolo shares with us the qualities that she looks for when hiring someone for a senior leadership role. In this episode you will learn: How her company is on a mission to defeat cancer. The importance of connecting with the audience and stepping back when you see that your message is not resonating. Understanding that not everyone wants to be in the spotlight. When to demonstrate active listening skills especially when it’s difficult to do so. Ways to communicate with your team when your performance didn’t match your expectations. About Lisa DiPaolo: Ms. DiPaolo was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer in September of 2022. She brings more than 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotech experience to her new role. Most recently, Ms. DiPaolo served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, at Ipsen where she led the Human Resources function for the North America business as well as global R&D and Business Development where she successfully led broad organization transformation to scale the business. During her tenure, she was also responsible for building and leading compensation and benefits, talent management and talent acquisition globally. Previously, Ms. DiPaolo spent 8 years at Biogen in several leadership roles and in her last role served as Vice President, Global Therapeutic Operations, Global Medical and Executive search. Earlier in her career, she led North America Human Resources at Smiths Medical and prior to that, she spent a decade at Novartis in various leadership roles both in the U.S. and globally. Ms. DiPaolo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Montclair State University and a Masters of Human Resource Management from Rutgers University.   You can connect with LIsa in the following ways: Website: https://www.karyopharm.com/ Business Linkedn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karyopharm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Karyopharm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldipaolo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Karyopharm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKgXa5wDzxS-Lw5jQJ_RfQ/featured You can connect with Laura in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VocalImpactProductions Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions Twitter: @LauraSicola Instagram: @VocalImpactProductions Website: https://vocalimpactproductions.com/ Laura’s Online Course: https://virtualinfluence.today See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.