In late summer of 2017, Power Grid Engineering welcomed the latest round of new hires (including me) with a Core Values presentation, given live by one of the co-founders & President of the company. This presentation stuck with me throughout my time at this firm, and in the years following as an engineering leader. What […]
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I had a chance to see “Becoming Led Zeppelin” yesterday–great movie about an iconic band! I remember picking up a guitar as a teenager and scouring the internet for tabs to learn Led Zeppelin songs. “When the Levee Breaks” is still one of my all-time favs. There was a quote that stood out to me
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A conductor leads a team of musical experts to perform beautiful and complex masterpieces. He provides enough direction to the team as a whole so that each member knows their place in relation to others, the timing and rhythm of execution, and where the team as a whole is headed. Can you imagine if a
Leadership coaches often utilize assessments to kick off a coaching engagement and provide useful context around further conversations with their clients. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has been scientifically proven to have an even stronger correlation with leadership effectiveness than Intelligence Quotient (IQ), and anecdotally, high emotional intelligence has been the strongest indicator of success that I
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One common theme that I’ve seen at every level in my career was the newly promoted technical expert who struggled to gain traction in their first formal leadership role, or in transitioning to higher levels of leadership. As a high-performing individual contributor/technical SME, their technical skillset became integral to their identity—usually over a period of
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