3. Paulwyn Devasundaram: From Canva to Medoo

Welcome to our third episode of Hard Yards in Leadership.

This episode’s guest is Paulwyn Devasundaram, the co-founder and CEO of Medoo a tech startup building software for coaching and personal development. Prior to founding Medoo, Paulwyn was a General Manager and Senior Engineering Leader at Canva. She posts about topics in the intersection of technology and human growth on LinkedIn

In this episode Paulwyn shares:

• How her time at Canva helped her move from being a contributor to a leader
• Where she first took her lessons in leadership from
• What happened when she led a new group and a fellow leader wasn’t performing at the level that was expected.
• How we need to approach emotions in conflicting situations
• The way she handles people disagreeing with how she does things
• Learning to see, acknowledge and work with the personal blockers she has

Key Quotes

“As much as we try to leave emotion out of it, I don’t think that’s possible.”

“When you have those hard conversations you do end up alienating at least some people.”

More About Paulwyn Devasundaram

If you want to know more about Paulwyn and Medoo, check out their website: https://medoo.life/

Or follow them on socials.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medoo.life/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/medoo-life/

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does does, check out his business via the website:

http://engage4performance.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/

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