Athlete CEO #31: Facebook VP Becca Van Dyck on How to Be Elite In All Aspects Of Life

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Growing a business, serving your community, taking a leap in your career, spending time with friends and family, developing a hobby - often our interests and desires overshadow the simple fact that there are only so many hours in a day. It can be hard to find time to tackle all our goals let alone find balance and mastery in our current commitments.

Becca Van Dyck has proven it can be done.

Becca jumped into her career head first with a 12-year stint at Wieden+Kennedy as Nike’s global account director. She then moved to Apple as marketing communications executive, working on ad campaigns for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Macs. Following that, she was named the chief marketing officer at Levi’s where she oversaw the “Go Forth” campaign. Then in 2012, she moved to Facebook where she now works as VP, Product Operations of AR/VR including overseeing Portal from Facebook and Oculus VR. In the midst of all this, she’s also served on the boards of Strava, the New York Times, and more, is a Mom of two girls, and a wife.

In this episode, she describes how she drew courage for each step in her career and seeks to find excellence in all aspects of her life – touching on topics like:

• Her team’s work on Portal from Facebook and Oculus VR and how it’s helping people stay connected amidst a pandemic
• How she considers outside opportunities for maximum impact and growth
• The principles and paradigms she uses to build and hone diverse teams
• How to take bold leaps in your career
• Finding balance amidst career, volunteering, and family
• How her experience playing soccer translates to her business career
• The silver linings found in strange times