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OK, Anna Wintour?
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Hello.
I know many people are curious about who I am
and how I approach my work.
OK, off the table.
OK.
This is a class for those who want
to understand my leadership style
and then understand the experiences that have helped me
become an effective leader.
Love that page-- triple, triple thumbs up.
You need someone who can push you
that isn't pulling you back.
I do not believe in micromanaging.
It's important to empower those that
are working with you because you are nothing--
nothing without a good team.
It's really, really important to surround yourself
with a team whose opinions that you trust,
who are not in any way frightened
of disagreeing with you.
And you have to listen.
Possibly the most important meeting that we have
is the one that we have when we all come back from the shows.
I would love for you to come with us to one of these fashion
meetings.
There is always a time when you know
you have to break the rules.
This cover was a deeply controversial cover,
but Kim and Kanye were part of the conversation of the day,
and for Vogue not to recognize that would
have been a big misstep.
You are leading.
You are not following.
And that's a very important lesson
to always keep in your mind.
You are driven by your heart, you are driven by your talent,
and you're driven by your instinct.
And if you start to question and look
at what people are doing to the left of you
or to the right of you, you are going
to lose that clarity of thought.
Listen to the information.
In the end, it has to come from who you are.
Own your decisions, and own who you are, but without apology.
I'm Anna Wintour, and this is my MasterClass.