Adversity Builds Leaders (VIDEO)

Lisa Jacobs didn't just face adversity. She faced it all at once. A Category 4 hurricane that took everything she owned, a husband with a traumatic brain injury, a family in crisis, and a sales team counting on her to show up and lead. In this episode, Lisa walks us through how she compartmentalized the chaos, kept her team growing from $8 million to $33 million in three years, and came out the other side with a clearer definition of success, stronger convictions, and a mission to lift other women in medtech through her organization, Stripe Network.

Guest Introduction:
My guest today is Lisa Jacobs, a C-level medtech executive with a career built on turning ambitious revenue targets into reality inside some of the most demanding environments in medical device sales. She has led sales organizations through mergers, rapid growth, and market expansion across domestic and global markets, most recently as President of North America for eCential Robotics, a Grenoble-based surgical robotics company bringing unified imaging, real-time navigation, and robotic technology to orthopedic and neurosurgeons. Lisa is also the founder of Stripe Network, a community built to connect, develop, and advance women across the medtech industry.

Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jacobsexecutive/
Website: https://www.ecential-robotics.com/

Key Takeaways:
• When everything falls apart at once, compartmentalization is the leadership skill that keeps your team moving and your mission intact.
• Consistency is the one variable separating leaders who break under pressure from those who build something lasting on the other side of it.
• Growing a sales team from $8 million to $33 million does not happen by accident. It happens through intentional strategy, disciplined execution, and a culture of accountability.
• Success redefined means chasing passion and purpose over quota and commission, and that shift in mindset is what sustains a long career.
• Women in medtech do not have to navigate the industry alone, and Stripe Network exists to make sure they never have to.

Chapter Markers:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Lisa's Defining Moment of Adversity
05:09 Leading Through Personal Crisis
12:00 The Challenge of Women Supporting Women
20:00 Building Stripe Network
31:20 Daily Disciplines and Routines
33:42 Redefining Success
35:03 The Most Important Truth Adversity Teaches
36:29 How to Get Involved with Stripe Network

Keywords:
Leadership, adversity, resilience, medtech, medical device sales, women in leadership, women in medtech, sales leadership, executive leadership, revenue growth, surgical robotics, career reinvention, overcoming adversity, compartmentalization, mental toughness, women executives, Stripe Network, eCential Robotics, sales team building, personal growth, professional development, Hurricane Ian, traumatic brain injury, faith and leadership, consistency, success mindset, fractional leadership, startup growth, market expansion, high performance sales, career development, women in STEM, medtech community, networking for women, leadership under pressure