Glassdoor CPO Annie Pearl: “Why Overcommunication is critical”

Overcommunication is critical. As a leader, your number one job after setting the vision is to evangelize it so everyone knows where you’re going. Whenever you feel like you might be overcommunicating, continue to do it even more. Now as Chief Product Officer, I make sure everyone across the company is clear on what we’re doing from a product perspective and perhaps more importantly, why we’re doing it.

As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing, Annie Pearl. Annie is Glassdoor’s chief product officer, responsible for the company’s product vision and user experience for job seekers and employers around the world. Before Glassdoor, Annie led enterprise product teams at Box, including before and after its 2015 IPO. She was also the vice president of product and one of the founding members of Xpert Financial, which helped investors trade private company securities. Annie has also consulted and advised several rapid growth start-ups. She was honored as one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business in 2019 by the San…