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Leadership, Team Building, and Culture

Jessie
November 15, 2018

Leadership, Team Building, and Culture

Jessie

November 15, 2018
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  2. @mad_typist Lived in the UK for 3 years Sr Director

    of Engineering @Twitter 1 3 US Air Force officer 2000-2006 2 3 Facts About Me
  3. @mad_typist • Setting a vision • Inspiring others to action

    • Motivating others • Create culture • Build great teams Leadership • Executing on the vision • Communicating project status • Performance feedback • 1:1s • Helps give great teams tools get things done Management
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  5. Clarity • Unambiguous • People know where they stand with

    you • You are transparent • Crisp communication @mad_typist
  6. Consistency • What you say does not change based upon

    audience • You do what you say you’re going to • You are predictable • Tools and frameworks @mad_typist
  7. Caring • Empathy • Invest in your people • Support

    your team members • See their potential @mad_typist
  8. High Performing Resilient Teams • High output, high impact •

    Self-organized • Adaptable • Are able to weather adversity and failure • Enjoy learning • Accountable to each other @mad_typist
  9. Yay

  10. Extrinsic vs Intrinsic motivators People driven by intrinsic rewards sustain

    higher performance, output more creative solutions and are happier @mad_typist
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  12. Enabling Autonomy • Clarity: • Does the team know what’s

    expected of them? • Consistency: • Cadence - repeating practices and ceremonies • Accountability • Caring: • “I got you.” • Team-first thinking @mad_typist
  13. Enabling Mastery • Clarity: • What does good look like?

    • Consistency: • Have career conversations on a regular basis • Culture of feedback • Caring: • Actively put challenges in front of them in order to push them @mad_typist
  14. Mastery Mindset • Book “Mindset” by psychologist Carol Dweck •

    Fixed mindset: “Talent is innate. You either have it, or you don’t.” • Talent alone leads to success • Fear being judged • Growth mindset: “Talents can be developed, through hard work, good strategies or inputs from others.” • Effort leads to success, failure is just another input towards helping you improve • Can give and receive feedback without judgment @mad_typist
  15. Enabling Purpose • Clarity: • Where are we going and

    why? • What is the impact of what we’re doing? • Consistency: • Have a North Star • Caring: • Help your team set personal goals that tie into the organizational/company goals @mad_typist
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  17. Core Values/Principles • Complement your mission/vision • Values represent a

    choice • Be discriminating in which ones you choose @mad_typist • Servant’s Heart • Fun-LUVing Attitude Southwest Airlines • Toe-Stepping • Principled Confrontation • Always Be Hustlin’ Uber • We celebrate differences • We do the right thing. Period.
  18. Leaders drive culture • Does leadership act in a way

    consistent with the core values? • Where does leadership spend their time, money and political capital? • Measure how you’re doing @mad_typist
  19. Attract • Once you know what team culture you’re trying

    to build, make sure you adapt your hiring • Screen for attributes that reflect your team values • Are your hiring practices standardized? Have you examined them to make sure they actually identify the attributes that lead to the team culture you want? Do they catch the anti-patterns as well? @mad_typist
  20. Inclusion • Diverse teams outperform homogenous ones • Create space

    for different voices to be heard • Emphasize intersections as much as differences @mad_typist