Monica Rigali

Senior Vice President, Product and Marketing. Runner. Lace ‘em up & get outside.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“Exercise is the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today."

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@runcamille @lululemon Shout out to @lululemon for changing the color of your running shorts to accommodate all possible scenarios.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other. https://t.co/lognaq6HCS

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

The trouble with Core values.

If they are plastered around your walls but you don't live them. They don't mean anything.

Real core values guide actions.

And your actions quickly tell everyone around if they are truly values or simply slogans.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

The secret to training more:

Train with your friends. And 90% of it should be where you can have full on conversations with them.

When going for a run, hike, etc. replaces catching up over drinks or coffee…you will train more.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Learning is largely up to you.

I've taken classes at 6 colleges in my career: elite universities, state schools, & community college.

The level of teaching was similar across the board.

How much I learned & took away was almost entirely dependent on my effort & engagement.

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@AlexiLalas @FOXSoccer Something tells me those ex-WNT mamas held a CLINIC

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@GlennonDoyle This is not news. She’s a certified beast.

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@Steph_Rothstein Make it about the team, not about you

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You can go to school and spend years trying to learn about great marketing.

Or you can spend a few minutes watching Steve Jobs - all marketers should watch:

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

A very important career lesson - personal reflections:

For the first 10 years of my career after graduate school I was promoted nearly on an annual basis.

I started as a software engineer and was a vice president of engineering and customer service in less than 10 years.

In a decade I went from being a single contributor to managing over 300 people (quality assurance, solutions engineering, and worldwide services).

My company was then acquired by a private equity firm and the entire senior management team was replaced, including our CEO.

The new executive team decided that customer service was a critical part of our future success. So I was asked to let go of my duties as VP of engineering and only focus on building a world-class services organization. They also felt that my past 10 years of work in engineering had resulted in building best-in-class teams, processes and capabilities.

I was devastated. It was the first time in my career that something was taken away from me. I felt that it was time to move on from the company.

The thing that kept me focused on the new role was my respect for the new executive team and loyalty to my team.

This was an inflection point in my career and professional maturity.

My team and I did build a world-class services organization and it helped me appreciate being a more customer facing leader.

I was shortly promoted to our company’s first chief customer officer (CCO). Our services brand was so strong, I was also given the opportunity to run marketing, serving as both CCO and chief marketing officer (CMO).

My career trajectory was turbo charged because I was willing to take one step back, focus on what mattered most to my company and our customers, and then deliver meaningful results that went beyond incremental improvements to significant transformational work.

Do not let your ego get in the way of welcoming new opportunities.

Adopt a beginner’s mindset. Trust your sponsor or mentor.

And most importantly, recognize that straight lines do not make great drivers.

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@RobStoneONFOX Gio had chances tonight and slept on them. Maybe Berhalter knew what he was doing?

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@WomensRunning Great reminder! Wondering what a speed workout looked like when you crushed that 1:27?

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES

1. Get better every single day
2. Prove them wrong
3. Work on your weaknesses
4. Execute what you practiced
5. Learn from greatness
6. Learn from wins and losses
7. Practice mindfulness
8. Be ambitious
9. Believe in your team
10. Learn storytelling

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Hard work: Easy work:
————— —————
• create • criticize
• inspire • deflate
• educate • imitate
• empower • control
• develop • demand
• finish • give up
• unite • separate
• trust • exaggerate

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

To improve your writing, read more.
To improve your thinking, write more.
To improve your storytelling, present more.

To improve your energy, rest more.
To improve your understanding, teach more.
To improve your network, give more.

To improve your happiness, appreciate more.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@celinegounder @GrantWahl You and your family are in my prayers, Dr. Gounder. I ran into Grant regularly when I worked with Nike Soccer. The thing I remember most is how he always spoke so highly of you—he was so proud. Sending love and deep regrets for this terrible loss.

[Monica Rigali @storyteller262]

@des_linden @RunnerBliss @brooksrunning @BostonMar_Pro “Nevertheless, she persisted” 💪

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The best career advice I can give: leave people better than you found them.