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Why This CEO Says Honest Conversations Are Important

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Adriana Schwarz
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March 27, 2017, 5:00 AM ET
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Tamara Ingram, CEO, J. Walter Thompson with interviewer Leigh Gallagher at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2016 Tuesday, October 18th, 2016Stuart Isett for Fortune Most Powerful Women

Tamara Ingram began working at Saatchi & Saatchi when she was 25 years old. By the second day on the job, she knew she wanted to be the CEO. And 10 years later, she was. Today, Ingram is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson. She is successful, driven, and always believed she could do anything she wanted. Today, her management philosophy revolves around the idea that you have to be what you expect others to be. Listen to this week’s episode of our Fortune Unfiltered podcast to learn about her passion for people, her passion for building business solutions, and how having honest conversations leads to success.

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