A Discussion with Katie Telford: Working Through Barriers and Beyond Limitations

0:45

Intro to Katie’s early life with politics

2:57

How being a Page as a child influenced her life

3:58

How Katie landed her first job

5:40

Going from provincial to federal politics

7:45

Katie’s first meeting with Justin Trudeau and her initial thoughts

10:43

How Katie came to be the Chief of Staff

14:00

Managing barriers of not being as experienced as others

17:51

Dealing with age as a ‘limitation’- Katie not seeing her young age as a limitation

20:30

Dealing with Canada’s neighbour to the south

24:12

People Katie goes to for advice

25:14

How tough it is to turn off the work life around friends/family

26:22

The two greatest accomplishment from Katie’s personal perspective

28:33

Handling criticism on a professional and personal level

30:55

Looking ahead to another election and how it effects the day to day priorities

32:13

Making sure Katies mandate lives on

1. Getting as much done as possible
2. The more success that is seen the harder it is to be rolled back
3. Would feel much better knowing there is a diverse crowd of folks at the table

33:25

Advice to women entering politics

35:25

See Her to Be Her

36:34

Judgment and knowledge over instinct within politics

38

Feelings on the future and the excitement that is revolving around Canada

41:12

The future of Canada, and the possibility for females as Prime Minister

42:25

Q&A from the audience

43:00

Katie’s most defining decade in her life

44:32

Finding the balance of family life and work life, the secret to Katie’s success

47:35

Working her way up to a level of assertiveness until Katie owned her seat

49:15

Style of leadership

50:20

Trends in the youth concerning politics

54:10

The need to talk with people not at people