Season 2 Getting to the Heart of Leading High-Stake Deals with Marie-Frederique Romain, Airbus

Marie-Frederique Romain is the VP of Sales for the Pacific Region at Airbus and one of the youngest female executives in the aviation industry. In this episode, Craig and MF (as she's known in aviation circles) talk about challenging traditional narratives in the workplace, what it looks like to lead by example, and how she closes high-stake deals by drawing on empathy, vulnerability and compassion.

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Listen to this episode now to discover:

• Who influenced Marie’s early on in her career and the lessons she took from impactful leaders who came before her
• How Marie leveraged her gender and age to build her career and why it was a strength
• Leadership role and family? Marie unpacks the career issues women face when growing their family
• Marie takes us through the process and number of people involved in the selling of an aircraft (more than you might imagine)
• Marie shares her thoughts on leadership and why authenticity and vulnerability are so important today
• Discover the role humility plays in sales
• Marie’s shares her insights on diversity, equity and inclusion
• Speaking up when experiencing inappropriate comments in the workplace (and why this is everyone’s responsibility)
• Plus so much more!  

Show Notes:
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

Project Sunrise - Historic deal with Qantas and Airbus 

https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/05/video-inside-qantas-project-sunrise-a350-1000s/ 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/qantas-project-sunrise-worlds-longest-flights-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-announces-project-sunrise-aircraft-order-for-non-stop-flights-to-australia 

Credits:

Host: Craig Forman

Writers: Alessia Campagna and Craig Forman

Producer and Editor: Alessia Campagna

Technical Producer: Anthony Watson www.luma.city 

Executive Producers: Leonie Rothwell and Marcus Worrall 

Marketing & Promotion: Valerie Saindon and Sophie Callahan

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