Welcome to the Women in Tech Series from the Global Tech Leaders Podcast. Today we are speaking to Isabelle Andrieu Founder & CEO of Pi School and co-founder of Translated.com. An interesting translation platform that has been around for 20+ years with 1000+ people. For the first time ever employing some salespeople.

We kick off by asking Isabelle to share her career journey and what has led her to where she is now.

• Raised in France, first of three kids.
• Met her Italian husband in college.
• Help people communicate better.
• Starting a new adventure.

We ask Isabelle how she made a difference culturally.

• Companies need people.
• Team members.
• Responsibility to help people grow.

We ask Isabelle to share some of those growth stories.

• Improve and evolve.
• Change with the company.
• Trust.
• Understanding and fundamentals.

Then we ask Isabelle what was one of the things that used to happen back in the day that would identify when you were onto something special.

• Resilience.
• Also an investor.
• Breakthrough.
• Business Development.
• Luxury places to work to attract talent.
• Six villas in Rome.
• Plants from all over the world.
• Sports during lunch.
• Healthy snacks.
• Weekly massages.

Next, we ask Isabelle what kind of traits would a person need to have to be a part of Translated.com.

• Kind people.
• Changing the status quo.
• Hungry to learn and make an impact.
• Train resilience.
• Result driven.
• Switching “I” to “we”.

We ask Isabelle what it means to be a leader.

• Seeing others grow.
• From intern to senior leader.
• Impact.
• Women are doubted.
• Burn out.
• People pleaser.
• Selfish.

Next, we ask Isabelle what she feels is her superpower.

• Empathy.
• Getting things done.

Then we ask Isabelle if she has any productivity hacks or tools she can’t live without.

• Calendar.
• Yearly vision.
• Asana.