Stephanie Mehta
Editor-in-Chief at Fast Company
“It’s particularly important for female leaders, leaders of color, and LGBTQ leaders, to tell their stories and show readers what they've overcome. It is incredible what people ingest and how that can move them.”
Summary
In this episode of Leadership Matters, host Alan Fleischmann speaks with Stephanie Mehta about how her upbringing shaped who she is, and by extension, who she is as a leader, colleague, and a pioneering CEO.
Stephanie shares how being a leader means being able to spotlight innovation, create new markets and identify new ways to live and achieve through business. Stephanie prides herself on “doing leadership differently,” as journalism and media has evolved tremendously during her 25 year career. Among many other insights into leadership, she also discusses the importance of placing purpose above net profits, and the obligation business leaders have to speak out on important social and economic issues as a voice of change.
Mentions & Resources in this Episode
Barry Diller, American businessman
Lindsey Addario, American photojournalist
Guest Bio
Stephanie Mehta is Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company, overseeing its print, digital, and live journalism since 2018. She was previously a deputy editor at Vanity Fair, where she edited feature stories and co-edited the annual New Establishment ranking.
Mehta also curated the invitation-only New Establishment Summit and Founders Fair conference for women entrepreneurs, which she launched in 2017. Prior to that, she was an editor at Bloomberg Media and worked at Fortune for 14 years, rising from senior writer to deputy managing editor. Mehta was also a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal and began her career as a business reporter at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia.
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