How to Work with Senior Leaders (So They See Your Impact)
Hosted by Sally Ivester and Jason Yoong
What you'll learn
Executives Don’t Want More Information—They Want less Noise
How to speak in high-stakes rooms
Execs Trust People Who Frame Problems (Not Just Solve Them)
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Sally Ivester
Chief of Staff / Scaled Ops at Google
I’ve spent the past 12+ years at Google, navigating everything from consumer marketing to marketing operations to scaled operations. Now, as a Chief of Staff, I focus on making execution seamless for leadership and teams.
Along the way, I’ve learned how to:
✅ Work across a massive org and drive alignment across teams
✅ Bridge the gap between strategy and execution (because both matter)
✅ Understand what execs actually need from a Chief of Staff—and how to deliver it
I also help individual contributors navigate the corporate world, work loudly (without the cringe), and get promoted faster.
I’m here to share the lessons, the wins, and the challenges that come with the Chief of Staff role.
Jason Yoong
COO of Level Up (ex-Amazon)
Jason has run multiple $1B+ businesses across eCommerce, marketplaces, advertising, and media. He's led 40+ person organizations, owned department P&L, managed $400M+ marketing budgets for Fortune 100 entertainment (movies and TV) and consumer electronics clients, and served as an Advisory Board Member.
After leading and building at publicly traded companies Amazon, Dentsu Aegis, and Universal McCann (IPG), Jason joined the founding team of a venture-backed software startup and raised $8M seed.
Jason is now building Level Up: Your source for executive insights, high performance habits, and specific career growth actions with Ethan Evans (retired Amazon Vice President). He also serves on the Harvard Business Review advisory council and as a mentor at First Round Capital and Techstars.
As COO, I co-own all aspects of the business with Ethan: Content, growth, community, revenue, P&L, marketing, partnerships, business development, operations, product, GenAI, strategy, events, design, etc.
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