Top Quotes:
“How do we take care of our employees and how do we teach and develop our employees so that they can be at Coinbase or at a fast-growing pace for a very long period of time.” – Nathalie McGrath
“We want our employees to be happy, we want them to have a full life, both here at the office and outside of it as well.” – Nathalie McGrath
“If you’re asking questions about that, do I have enough energy at the end of the week, there’s a kind of creeping worry that you are all cognizant of, which is the burnout.” – Nathalie McGrath
“I believe that there is a lot of energy that’s lost in the emotional component of work, and those are things, as you think about almost the political aspect of working in an organization or, am I doing enough.” – Nathalie McGrath
“An emotional component of when you really feel like you are trying to protect yourself over and over and over is when true burnout happens at a much faster rate.” – Nathalie McGrath
“Do they [your co-workers] trust you because they know what you’re saying to them is real and honest and authentic and direct?” – Nathalie McGrath
“I think fundamentally, humans really care about belonging and feeling a sense of safety within a group or within a community. And if we can remove that fear, there’s so much more energy that can go towards fun things or productive things.” – Nathalie McGrath
“The words resiliency and equanimity, in my mind, go together. If we can create resiliency within the individuals, we create resiliency within an organization, and that leads to an experience of equanimity.” – Nathalie McGrath
“One of the ways in which we are ironically kept safe as children is to internalize criticism. So it’s better that I criticize myself than I hear someone who loves me criticize me.” – Jerry Colonna
“I think profoundly meaningful leadership that creates life-giving organizations, humane organizations…in addition to being cognizant of the wish for love, safety, and belonging, those leaders do not forget what it’s like to feel scared, challenged, vulnerable, at risk, the imposter, new to the organization. They remember.” – Jerry Colonna
“By recalling those instances, by naming what’s going on, what’s really true, how am I, what state am I in… actually deepens the sense of belonging within the organization. Deepens the sense of loyalty. Deepens the sense of, of trust.” – Jerry Colonna
“What kind of company do you want to work for? Because you have the responsibility and the audacious capacity to create that every single day.” – Jerry Colonna
“I like this concept that you can be human at work and create something really great, and have a really great community as a result of it, no matter what ends up happening.” – Nathalie McGrath
