Cathy Lyttle's guest appearances

Cathy Lyttle

Conquering Columbus Podcast

Women Of Influence

Stephan Harman

Lacey Picazo

Casey McCarty

Mark Kvamme

Joe Deloss

Doug Ulman

Wayne Harer

Nikola Labs

Andrew Ginther

Michael Drake

Debra Penzone

Cameron Mitchell

Sherrod Brown

Greg Lehman

Chris Hawker

OwlTail

Cathy Lyttle is the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Worthington Industries. Lyttle joined Worthington Industries in January 1999 as Vice President of Corporate Communications, and then became the Investor Relations Officer in 2009. Before joining Worthington, she was the Vice President of JMAC Hockey, LLC, where she helped direct the startup …

Cathy Lyttle, a former journalist turned Columbus Chamber exec turned C-suite officer at Worthington Industries, had a front row seat to the Columbus Crew's arrival in Columbus. She was working for the chamber at the time, and was closely involved in the push to bring the team to Central Ohio. How did she feel, then, more than 20 years later, when it looked like the team might leave? "I was sad about that, and a little bit angry, to be quite honest," Lyttle said during a recent taping of our Women of Influence podcast. Now an executive at Worthington, Lyttle said she "kept tabs" on the effort to save the team "from afar," and was aware fo the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to keep the Crew here. Now the power player who not only helped land the Crew but also helped launch the business office of what the Columbus Blue Jackets says she's excited to see all of Columbus' sports teams come together in the Arena District, once the Crew's new stadium is finished."We've always appreciated what sports can do for a city," Lyttle said. Of course, sports aren't doing much of anything right now, as all the country's major leagues remain on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic. My conversation with Lyttle was recorded in late March, just a few weeks after most of us started working from home and not doing much of anything else. Listen to the full conversation to hear how Lyttle is de-stressing during this unprecedented time, why she thought her first big job offer was a prank by her brother at first, and how she decides which opportunities to take on and which ones to turn down.

Cathy Lyttle, a former journalist turned Columbus Chamber exec turned C-suite officer at Worthington Industries, had a front row seat to the Columbus Crew's arrival in Columbus. She was working for the chamber at the time, and was closely involved in the push to bring the team to Central Ohio. How did she feel, then, more than 20 years later, when it looked like the team might leave? "I was sad about that, and a little bit angry, to be quite honest," Lyttle said during a recent taping of our Women of Influence podcast. Now an executive at Worthington, Lyttle said she "kept tabs" on the effort to save the team "from afar," and was aware fo the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to keep the Crew here. Now the power player who not only helped land the Crew but also helped launch the business office of what the Columbus Blue Jackets says she's excited to see all of Columbus' sports teams come together in the Arena District, once the Crew's new stadium is finished."We've always appreciated what sports can do for a city," Lyttle said. Of course, sports aren't doing much of anything right now, as all the country's major leagues remain on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic. My conversation with Lyttle was recorded in late March, just a few weeks after most of us started working from home and not doing much of anything else. Listen to the full conversation to hear how Lyttle is de-stressing during this unprecedented time, why she thought her first big job offer was a prank by her brother at first, and how she decides which opportunities to take on and which ones to turn down.

29. Worthington Industries' Cathy Lyttle

Cathy Lyttle's dining room table is now the "HR command center" for Columbus manufacturer Worthington Industries. Lyttle, whose job as Worthington's human resources chief is just one component of her wide-reaching influence in Central Ohio's business community, joined me for the first fully remote episode of our Women of Influence podcast. (She and I chatted about near the end of March, an important note to keep in mind as we talk about how long we've been turning our homes into our workplaces.) We'll air Lyttle's full interview next week, but for now are sharing a snippet in which she talks about how she's managed the transition to working from home herself – and how Worthington is working to protect factory workers who can't make their dining room tables their command centers. You'll also hear my own lessons and observations from nearly a month, now, of working from home. Spoiler alert: I've already failed to live up to one of the resolutions I set for myself in the episode, as the slight self-esteem boost of putting on makeup has not been enough to outweigh my at-home laziness.

Cathy Lyttle's dining room table is now the "HR command center" for Columbus manufacturer Worthington Industries. Lyttle, whose job as Worthington's human resources chief is just one component of her wide-reaching influence in Central Ohio's business community, joined me for the first fully remote episode of our Women of Influence podcast. (She and I chatted about near the end of March, an important note to keep in mind as we talk about how long we've been turning our homes into our workplaces.) We'll air Lyttle's full interview next week, but for now are sharing a snippet in which she talks about how she's managed the transition to working from home herself – and how Worthington is working to protect factory workers who can't make their dining room tables their command centers. You'll also hear my own lessons and observations from nearly a month, now, of working from home. Spoiler alert: I've already failed to live up to one of the resolutions I set for myself in the episode, as the slight self-esteem boost of putting on makeup has not been enough to outweigh my at-home laziness.

Preview: Cathy Lyttle (and adapting to work from home amid Covid-19)