In this episode we talk about overcoming fear of failure with Sarah Amico, Chair of Jack Cooper Holdings, North America’s largest car hauling company and Women-Owned Enterprise. We discuss Sarah’s journey building a company where she employs thousands of hard working union workers, in the midst of the auto workers strike. Her approach to managing setbacks when she was the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor in Georgia and ran alongside Stacey Abrams, as well as her 2020 senate race, and the bias women face when it comes to risk taking.
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0:03 Overcoming Fear and Building a Career
14:42 Building Collaborative Relationships in Labor Disputes
26:37 Gender Bias and Overcoming Failure
43:10 Female Leadership and Overcoming Fear
48:57 Lessons From Family, Friends, and Quilting
About Sarah Riggs Amico
Sarah Amico is the Executive Chairperson of Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., North America’s largest car haul company and a WBENC-certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). As Executive Chairperson, Sarah oversees the Company’s Board, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Human Capital Development. Prior to her appointment by the Board as Executive Chairperson, Sarah served as Vice Chairman of the Board. She has been a Director since 2011 and serves on the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee.
Prior to joining Jack Cooper, Sarah worked as the Head of Strategic Planning at APA Talent and Literary Agency in Beverly Hills, where she also launched and led the company's Entertainment Marketing & Brand Integration Department. During this time, she secured multi-party agreements amongst top content creators, marquis talent, large content distributors, and leading brands. Mrs. Amico began her tenure in media at the William Morris Agency in both Beverly Hills and New York across a variety of departments, including The Mailroom Fund, a seed capital fund raised in partnership with AT&T, Venrock and Accel Partners. During her time in the entertainment industry, Mrs. Amico worked on initiatives for some of the world's largest and most recognizable brands, including Time Inc., Reader's Digest, Amtrak, Harry & David, and Virgin America Airlines. Mrs. Amico received her B.A. in Politics magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Aside from her career in Corporate America, Sarah was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in Georgia, running alongside Stacey Abrams in 2018, and ran again in 2020 for the U.S. Senate.
Show Notes:
Sarah's Book Recommendation: Creativity, Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.
Everyone needs a challenge network as stated in Think Again by Adam Grant.
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