#275: Ania Smith, CEO, Taskrabbit – Take risks that teach you something

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of How Leaders Lead with David Novak. Today we've got Anya Smith on the show. Now she's CEO of TaskRabbit, but she moved to the United States from Poland at just 12 years old and at the time didn't speak a word of English. That didn't stop her, though, from creating an incredible life and an incredible career. She's worked her way through leadership positions at

Walmart, at Uber, and at Airbnb. And from Airbnb, she took her entire family to Argentina for a gap year so that they could enjoy one another and grow together as a family. She moved back to the States, took over as CEO of Chask Rabbit, and in today's episode, you'll hear how Anya's focus on taking bold risks has helped her succeed. You'll also learn why every leader should be building a culture where people feel encouraged to be bold. Enjoy this conversation between David and Anya, and I will see you at the very end of the episode for the debrief.

It is about being bold. It is about feeling safe enough to really try a lot of things that may or may not work. and knowing that it's okay because that's the only way you can learn and actually try and do better next time. Anya, I have to start with this. You know, you know most most executives they take a vacation every now and then but when you were at Airbnb, you took your whole family not on a couple week trip, you you took them on a gap year in Argentina.

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