Scaleup Leaders: Stories from Experience · 2025-06-26 · 1h 5m
What do you do when you’re suddenly in charge… and totally unprepared? In this episode, I speak with Gillian Davis , leadership strategist and founder of Overtime Leader , who’s spent the last decade helping scaleups grow their leadership and culture as they move from scrappy startup to mature company. Gillian’s journey started with crisis: she took over her family’s business when her father fell ill. She later left corporate “with a vengeance,” and found herself dropped into a high-growth tech company with zero systems, zero onboarding, and a ton to figure out. Since then, she’s served as VP of People at WeTransfer , co-authored the book First-Time Leader with George Bradt, and worked with leadership teams to help them scale intentionally - before chaos sets in.
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