Work Hard. Be Nice. Build the System.
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Work Hard. Be Nice. Build the System.
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What happens when you throw away the corporate buzzwords and look at leadership through a purely human lens? In this episode of Between Two Cones, Trish and Amanda sit down with Brandye Hendrickson, Deputy Executive Director of Planning and Administration at TxDOT. Brandye takes us on her incredible career journey, starting from an entry-level HR position in Indiana to leading a massive highway district as its first female director, serving as the Acting Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration in Washington DC, and eventually landing in Texas. Brandye shares the exact moment her famous career mantra, "Work hard and be nice," was born out of an exhausting strategic planning session where the snacks had run out. We dive into why the best systems builders are the ones who focus on human connections, why you don't need an engineering degree to change a transportation culture, and why she never takes a working elevator for granted. It is an episode packed with real-talk leadership insights for everyone working upstream in state service.