The End of Tech's War for Talent

00:30:39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn7SyzRbj7Q

الملخص

TLDRThe video explores the difficulties of asking the right questions in corporate town halls, emphasizing humor and critical thinking. It tackles topics like balance in leadership, the shifts in talent management in response to economic changes, and the importance of psychological safety and recognition in the workplace. The speaker humorously identifies inappropriate questions and examines the complexities surrounding diversity, particularly related to religious identities. The discussion guides leaders on how to navigate challenges by prioritizing strategic thinking and maintaining team morale during uncertain times.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 🙅 Avoid asking inappropriate town hall questions to maintain professionalism.
  • ⚖️ Balance between urgent tasks and strategic vision is essential for leaders.
  • 🔒 Psychological safety is crucial for employee morale, especially during downturns.
  • 💡 Transparency and recognition can foster loyalty in challenging times.
  • 👥 Diversity includes all identities, advocating for inclusion in the workplace.
  • 🚀 Adapt leadership strategies during shifts in talent availability.
  • ⏰ Intentionally allocate time for strategic thinking to stay on course.
  • 👨‍🔬 Implement feedback loops for continuous improvement in vision.
  • 📉 Economic changes require a shift in focus from growth to efficiency.
  • ⭐ Emphasize the importance of trust and creative solutions in team management.

الجدول الزمني

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker reflects on the draining nature of town hall meetings at large companies and humorously proposes asking tough, uncomfortable questions to executives. They begin with a question about balancing investments in running and growing a business, linking this to broader leadership concepts like visionary leadership and balance. The speaker notes that balance is often a vague concept in business, suggesting that it must be actively managed rather than achieved. They emphasize the urgency of operational demands often overshadowing strategic thinking.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker continues unpacking the theme of balance, providing actionable strategies to effectively manage the tension between daily tasks and long-term visions. They suggest blocking time for strategic thinking, delegating effectively, creating feedback loops, prioritizing ruthlessly, and letting go of control. The speaker stresses that visionary leaders often struggle with micromanagement and urges embracing failure as a learning opportunity to foster innovation and clarity of purpose in leadership.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    With a shift in focus, the speaker addresses the changing landscape of tech talent, discussing the current economic climate and the importance of retaining employees. They highlight the pitfalls of promoting a culture focused solely on efficiency, which can lead to a decline in psychological safety in organizations. The need for transparent communication and recognition of team contributions is emphasized as essential for maintaining morale during tough times in tech and banking industries.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The speaker proposes a hard question about the impact of the changing war for tech talent, illustrating the need for leaders to adapt their organizational strategies. They discuss strategies for cultivating trust within teams, emphasizing the value of recognizing employee contributions in light of limited financial resources, thus reinforcing team loyalty and morale. The emphasis is placed on the non-monetary aspects that contribute to employee satisfaction and retention in a competitive environment.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Building on previous points, the speaker gives a 'bonus track' discussion about effective talent management in a cooling market. They explain the perils of 'Darth Vader' management practices, where leaders may excessively cut team members to meet efficiency targets. The speaker discusses the importance of iterative delivery and stakeholder engagement as means to maintain performance standards, advocating for a shift towards more agile project management to avoid unnecessary talent losses during tough economic times.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:39

    In closing, the speaker addresses religion and diversity in the corporate context, critiquing the perception of Christianity's role in discussions of diversity equity and inclusion (DEI). They argue for a broader approach to DEI that incorporates religious identities, noting that those who identify as Christian often feel culturally marginalized in corporate settings. The speaker advocates for a nuanced understanding of power dynamics in DEI discussions, emphasizing the need for inclusivity in recognizing diverse identities.

اعرض المزيد

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • What should I avoid asking in a town hall meeting?

    Avoid asking questions about sensitive topics like the balance of investments, the cultural identity of employees, or anything that could undermine morale.

  • Why is balance important in leadership?

    Balance helps leaders manage the urgency of daily tasks while maintaining a long-term vision for growth.

  • What happens to employee morale during economic downturns?

    Economic uncertainty can lead to a decrease in psychological safety, negatively impacting morale and productivity.

  • How can leaders promote psychological safety?

    Leaders should be transparent about market pressures and create opportunities for team input, fostering an environment where employees feel valued.

  • What is the role of diversity in the workplace?

    Diversity should encompass all identities, including religious backgrounds, to create an inclusive environment.

  • How should leaders respond to economic challenges?

    Leaders should focus on transparency, recognition of efforts, and finding creative ways to support employees despite budget cuts.

  • What did the speaker say about the war for tech talent?

    The speaker indicated that recent economic changes have led to a 'ceasefire' in the war for tech talent, requiring leaders to adapt their strategies.

  • How can leaders effectively manage their teams during tough times?

    By prioritizing trust, recognition, and open communication, leaders can support their team's performance under pressure.

  • What does the 'Darth Vader' approach to talent management refer to?

    It refers to being ruthless in resource allocation and management during times of economic stress.

  • How does the speaker suggest leaders practice balance?

    By intentionally assigning time for strategic thinking and being proactive in decision-making.

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    good morning wasn't planning on doing a
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    walk today but I've been thinking about
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    town halls especially in large companies
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    and man they are just torture so I
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    figured let's just have some fun on
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    today's walk and post some questions
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    that you should avoid asking in the town
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    hall at work I'm talking about the
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    hardest possible questions I can think
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    of to to ask your sea levels posed as
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    innocently as possible and after I laugh
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    about it for a little bit B what you can
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    learn by thinking critically about the
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    underlying question okay so let's start
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    off with uh question number
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    one how do you balance Investments
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    between running the business and growing
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    the business start off in simply because
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    from our seats it looks like our grow
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    Investments are always severely severely
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    limited by how much we have to spend on
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    running the shop
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    this is a fun Sinister question because
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    it scratches off all the
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    scabs on the wounds from budget season
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    and those wounds are like wounds on top
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    of wounds on top of wounds it's ptst for
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    all the losers of budget battles because
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    if you're on the inside it feels like
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    the exact same execs always win the
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    yearly battle and the losers well they
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    they bottle up all that rage great
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    question just a wonderful way to
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    innocently stir a pot of hot grease and
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    throw some water on it but what can we
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    learn from asking it earnestly quietly
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    of
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    ourselves high level it Taps into what
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    the business literature calls Visionary
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    leadership the funny thing is that
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    literally everyone answering the
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    question of how like how does the annual
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    budget sausage get made uses the
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    language of balance and that concept
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    balance which we use all the time to
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    explain pretty much everything in
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    business and
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    Leadership no one explains balance
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    because obviously we're all adults
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    especially if we're reading business
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    articles and working full-time and we
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    all know how to find balance do we
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    though it's a skill one part mindset one
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    part discipline one part humility and
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    most of us especially ambitious folks
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    who subscribe to channels like this suck
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    at balance every model of success we've
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    ever experienced in our lives every
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    inspirational leader we've ever worked
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    with and admired has been the Bizarro
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    version of balanced so I'm calling it
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    balance is just new age business jargon
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    it's it's a nonsense word lacks meaning
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    and depth it's a
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    placeholder people use it to well they
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    use it as a crutch myself included
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    because it's hard to explain how to deal
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    with
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    complexity I published a picture book a
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    couple years back that was my very
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    personal meditation on balance don't buy
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    it this isn't an ad if you want to read
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    it just DM me and us send you a digital
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    copy for free the point the hardest part
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    of balance at work and in life isn't the
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    whole work life thing it's that every
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    single day the Urgent will necessarily
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    suffocate the
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    important as a CIO or at any level
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    really you're pulled in to a metric
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    ton of different directions managing
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    budgets staying on top of addressing the
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    Relentless demands of stakeholders
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    clients anyone with a fire because
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    people who succeed and climb to the top
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    of the corporate world are usually the
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    ones who run towards the fire the ones
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    who consistently survive the fire or
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    calm in its presence that somehow don't
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    burn or burn out or at least don't give
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    the impression that they've burnt or
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    burnt out themselves firefighting can
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    and turn your hair gray give you these
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    very attractive eye bags jealous
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    firefighting can drag you into a
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    constantly reactive mode where long-term
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    vision is just a bullet or a slide in
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    some long lost deck and nothing more
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    and what do we all know
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    intuitively without working on Vision
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    you will necessarily become
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    transactional is probably the best word
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    your organization will stagnate and you
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    as a person as a leader will stop
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    learning and growing so how do you carve
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    out space to actively think about the
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    future when today is so
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    overwhelming the
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    answer
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    balance getting cious the answer begins
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    with recognizing that this tension isn't
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    something to solve once and for all it's
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    something to manage every single day how
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    do you get the make Allen actionable
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    with systems structures processes
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    thinking Frameworks that protect your
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    time and energy I'll give you a simple
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    example actually let's make it a
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    list block time in your calendar for the
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    future for strategy set aside
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    non-negotiable time each week maybe even
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    each day for strategic thinking for
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    making progress on the vision front this
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    isn't just about brainstorming new ideas
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    it's about stepping back to assess
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    whether your current trajectory at work
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    aligns with your long-term goals both at
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    work and outside work
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    reflecting is a stepchild of meditation
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    so like meditation you need to keep
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    doing it daily Orly until you do it well
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    religion got that right what else can
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    you do two delegate execution without
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    abdicating responsibility surround
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    yourself with trusted operators who can
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    execute at a high level and then trust
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    them Empower them to own the daytoday
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    operations help them with Cals because
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    without comms trust is harder and by
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    help I don't mean like help them write I
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    don't mean help them craft the perfect
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    story because life is storytelling I
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    mean help them articulate their key
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    metrics and Milestones what they're
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    going to judge themselves by and then
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    figure out how they can best maintain
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    visibility into those metrics and
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    Milestones between you and them between
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    them and their stakeholders it's all
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    about the
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    numbers sence got that right what else
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    three create feedback loops and teach
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    your directs to create feedback loops
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    Vision fails when it's disconnected from
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    reality that's why stakeholders need
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    those constant coms we just talked about
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    back there build mechanisms to test and
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    iterate on your vision pilot everything
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    long before it's ready because user
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    feedback is just Priceless cross
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    functional collaboration Priceless
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    Healthcare and education got that part
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    right what else Lees to balance as a
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    practice four prioritize
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    ruthlessly every idea is great I'm not
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    second guessing that at all and
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    99.9999% of them do not deserve
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    execution do not deserve your attention
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    so the single word that is most helpful
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    with balance is no you want to balance
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    vision and practicality practice saying
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    no to projects to cool TCH to the
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    loudest most impactful
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    stakeholders to your boss if saying no
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    to your boss is a career limiting move
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    find another boss another job maybe even
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    another company
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    prioritize ruthlessly
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    the military got that part right and the
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    hardest answer to what else leads to
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    balance as a
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    practice
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    five let go of
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    control Visionary leaders have ego
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    problems at saying it really mildly they
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    fall into the Trap of micromanaging
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    execution because they're human and they
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    fear their vision will be diluted or
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    misunderstood it will and it will fear
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    is the wrong response trust feels risky
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    because it is risky it exposes it
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    exposes you to failure but failure is
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    like Thanos
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    inevitable
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    both Vision setting and execution will
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    see failure again and again what matters
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    isn't that you might fail you definitely
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    will what matters is how you respond to
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    it when things go wrong when things go
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    up in flames and they will you need to
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    resist the urge to
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    retreat run to the fire use failure as
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    an opportunity to recalibrate your
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    understanding and approach and if we're
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    going to talk controls at the deepest
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    level because I'm super
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    cheesy I'd say that balance needs
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    clarity about your
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    why balance goes hand
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    inand with creating something meaningful
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    that serves people your employees your
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    customer Society at large when you
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    follow a higher purpose it becomes
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    easier to prioritize and execute because
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    you're no longer chasing Trends or
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    reacting out of fear of irr
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    irrelevance fear of failure instead
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    you're Guided by an energized by
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    something enduring like a North star so
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    back to the original question how do you
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    find
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    balance it's a rhythm it's a daily
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    practice it's intentionality I was
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    raised in a religious tradition that
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    teaches that work is a form of worship
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    so yeah no one asked but work like
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    balance can and should be spiritual just
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    keep that to yourself okay questions to
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    avoid asking in a town hall what happens
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    when the war for Tech Talent has a
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    multi-year
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    ceasefire I don't mean a CH company I
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    mean
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    everywhere I was lucky enough to grow up
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    in banking banking Tech specifically
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    during a time when there was a constant
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    Relentless War for engineering Talent it
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    was in your best interest as a tech
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    leader at any level to always be hiring
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    to always be growing and protecting your
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    people to be a talent magnet who rewards
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    loyalty and hard work with as many cible
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    reasons for top talent to stay to
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    encourage every outperforming employee
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    in your org to follow you forever ever
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    as you move up the corporate
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    ladder and something changed over the
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    last couple of years it wasn't AI it was
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    economics it was a dramatic cooling of
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    markets kind of like the decade Japan
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    had back in the 1990s but in our case
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    there hasn't been a commensurate cooling
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    of the demands for every company to be
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    growing at Hyper Speed hyper scale I'll
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    come back to that
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    if you've ever used or heard of the term
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    the war for talent I can confidently say
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    that we're now in the early parts of a
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    decade long
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    ceasefire in that war don't get me wrong
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    Talent is still important but the game
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    has changed for anyone who grew up with
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    wartime expectations of jobs of Plenty
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    you've probably already figured out to
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    stop waiting for the old normal to
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    return when there's a ton of business
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    uncertainty which is a fancy way of
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    saying that your sales folks are having
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    tougher time selling your service folks
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    are having a tougher time retaining
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    their customers your customers are
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    asking for more and more discounts
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    because their future feels less certain
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    well when that happens senior Business
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    Leaders switch to budget cutting to
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    creating efficiencies to give their
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    bottom lines you know lipstick
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    the appearance of continued and
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    continuous growth and the markets reward
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    that behavior so be wary of the weird
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    circular narrative about over hiring
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    during covid it's either ill-informed or
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    intentional misdirection because every
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    one of those businesses hired based on
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    their growth expectations their
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    understanding of their Market their
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    growth Ambitions and they sobered up
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    when a flailing Market flap them in
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    their big fat faces and that is a jargon
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    fre explanation of a cooling of the
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    labor market the larger point the search
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    for efficiency is always about economic
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    uncertainty it's always about changing
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    demand patterns for whatever it is you
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    you sell if you're neck deep in a
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    culture that's focused maniacally on
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    creating efficiencies your business's
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    Market demands have cooled and your CEO
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    who has their own sen of bosses has
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    bottom line targets to hit so getting
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    back to hard question number two what
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    happens when the war for Tech Talent has
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    a
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    ceasefire how do you as a
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    leader switch from grow gr grow to the
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    thing that keeps you awake at night I
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    know what I did I took the advice I
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    always give it's a Martin fer quote
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    change your organization or change your
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    organization I I applied it at the
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    industry LEL picked healthcare because
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    it's meaningful and because it's
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    meaningful it'll never pay like more
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    Hollow Industries like banking or Tech
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    so there'll always be demand where the
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    currency of trade is meaning and purpose
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    and you'll sleep like a baby but what do
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    you do during this ceasefire if you're
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    still leading in banking or
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    Tech the answer isn't pretty and it's
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    certainly not you know comfortable which
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    is what makes it so great for taking all
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    the wind out of a room of sea levels
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    when you ask the question the question
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    is really about navigating a complex
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    situation where every decision could
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    potentially damage your team's morale
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    your company's morale everyone's
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    productivity
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    because in this ceasefire this narrowed
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    focus on efficiency creation the real
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    casual ual y isn't headcount it's
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    psychological safety remember that
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    culture of constant growth I grew up and
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    it wasn't just about fancy perks and
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    Rising salaries and career progressions
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    Gore it was a breeding ground for
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    psychological safety people felt secure
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    enough to take risks to voice
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    unconventional ideas to push boundaries
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    why because they knew their value was
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    recognized we made sure they did we
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    being Management in the markets and they
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    employees who knew they weren't the
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    bottom 5% knew their jobs weren't
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    constantly at
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    risk now in this Brave New World of
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    efficiency creation that safety net it
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    went bye-bye and the funniest irony if
  • 00:17:23
    you were tied eyes when you get home
  • 00:17:24
    from a corporate gig funniest irony as
  • 00:17:28
    leaders scramble to cut costs in
  • 00:17:30
    streamline operations
  • 00:17:34
    they're unknowingly kicking off a
  • 00:17:37
    vicious cycle less psychological safety
  • 00:17:40
    leads to lower performing teams which
  • 00:17:43
    leads to more pressure to create
  • 00:17:45
    efficiencies which further erodes that
  • 00:17:48
    safety it's your classic downward spiral
  • 00:17:51
    that's incredibly difficult to
  • 00:17:54
    escape Japan the decade starting in the
  • 00:17:58
    1990s
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    the only thing
  • 00:18:01
    keeping your bottom 80% at your company
  • 00:18:05
    is that everyone who wants to jump has
  • 00:18:09
    no place to jump to and they probably
  • 00:18:11
    won't for another 5
  • 00:18:13
    years so what's a leader to do if
  • 00:18:17
    they're still in banking or
  • 00:18:19
    Tech
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    first recognize that everyone's job just
  • 00:18:24
    got h a lot harder not just yours
  • 00:18:27
    everyone's the corporate job is no
  • 00:18:29
    longer just about managing delivery
  • 00:18:33
    dates and stakeholder expectations it's
  • 00:18:36
    now about trying to do something that we
  • 00:18:39
    were never successful at before the
  • 00:18:42
    economy tanked we're trying to cultivate
  • 00:18:45
    trust but
  • 00:18:47
    now in an environment that's inherently
  • 00:18:50
    undermining it at every
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    turn that's infinitely harder that's why
  • 00:18:57
    you feel the way you do that's why
  • 00:18:59
    Employee Engagement scores in banking
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    and Tech are
  • 00:19:02
    abysmal the answer or half answer you've
  • 00:19:06
    got to become a master of
  • 00:19:09
    transparency without inducing panic a
  • 00:19:13
    gentle sense of humor helps share the
  • 00:19:17
    realities of the market pressure explain
  • 00:19:20
    them but also explain your vision for
  • 00:19:25
    navigating through them create
  • 00:19:27
    opportunities for your team to be heard
  • 00:19:30
    to contribute ideas for weathering the
  • 00:19:32
    storm together because let's face it if
  • 00:19:35
    they're smart enough to build your Tech
  • 00:19:37
    they're smart enough to have insights on
  • 00:19:39
    Surviving together most importantly you
  • 00:19:41
    need to double down on recognition and
  • 00:19:44
    growth opportunities even when the
  • 00:19:46
    budget for both seems to have evaporated
  • 00:19:49
    find creative ways to reward good work
  • 00:19:51
    to celebrate your best people to
  • 00:19:54
    sincerely and authentically show your
  • 00:19:58
    folks
  • 00:19:59
    that their efforts matter because in
  • 00:20:01
    This Global Talent ceasefire the
  • 00:20:04
    currency of
  • 00:20:05
    loyalty isn't money never was it's
  • 00:20:09
    feeling valued it's feeling safe it's
  • 00:20:12
    feeling like you're a part of something
  • 00:20:14
    meaningful okay let's do the bonus track
  • 00:20:17
    you can also Darth Vader the end of the
  • 00:20:20
    tech Talent War let me use the language
  • 00:20:23
    I picked up in
  • 00:20:24
    banking a language of Performance
  • 00:20:27
    Management on that Spectrum you have
  • 00:20:31
    like meets expectations in the middle
  • 00:20:33
    exceeds expectations on one end and does
  • 00:20:36
    not meet expectations on the other end
  • 00:20:39
    you with me during peace time when the
  • 00:20:41
    war for talent is taking a breather
  • 00:20:45
    meeting expectations the center is
  • 00:20:48
    hitting your efficiency Targets in play
  • 00:20:51
    English when your boss says you know
  • 00:20:53
    give me 10% of your people they need to
  • 00:20:55
    go you deliver that heartless outcome
  • 00:20:58
    and if you're in banking that's never
  • 00:21:01
    once and done there will be a regular
  • 00:21:03
    Cadence of those asks there were back
  • 00:21:07
    when times were good when the economy
  • 00:21:10
    was hot so expect more and more often
  • 00:21:14
    when the economy cools and if you work
  • 00:21:18
    for a tech company expect that too
  • 00:21:22
    because Tech is taking its cues from
  • 00:21:25
    banking okay so on that performance
  • 00:21:28
    Spectrum let's get back to it exceeding
  • 00:21:31
    expectations is exactly what you
  • 00:21:34
    dread exceeding your efficiency targets
  • 00:21:38
    when you get asked for like 10% you give
  • 00:21:41
    up 20% of your
  • 00:21:43
    team exceeding is not delivering
  • 00:21:46
    something amazing after you give up to
  • 00:21:48
    10% that's wartime
  • 00:21:51
    thinking amazing as defined by Darth
  • 00:21:55
    Vader is giving up 20%
  • 00:21:59
    and how do you do that because those
  • 00:22:02
    good people aren't sitting on their
  • 00:22:04
    hands if you're going to be
  • 00:22:06
    Darth the how is that you negotiate
  • 00:22:10
    different delivery time frames different
  • 00:22:12
    slas for the services you provide
  • 00:22:14
    internally and externally and if you're
  • 00:22:16
    super smart and Darth
  • 00:22:19
    wasn't we don't talk about it but Darth
  • 00:22:22
    wasn't a
  • 00:22:23
    chef I call him Darth
  • 00:22:27
    waiter stupid
  • 00:22:29
    stupid if he lived in the midwest we'd
  • 00:22:31
    call him Darth Tater also a dad so I I
  • 00:22:34
    could go on like this for days my point
  • 00:22:37
    is that if you're smart farth you
  • 00:22:41
    reframe your deliveries with your
  • 00:22:43
    stakeholders so they're small and
  • 00:22:46
    iterative if you never thought about it
  • 00:22:49
    switching from waterfall to Agile is a
  • 00:22:52
    career prolonging move in this
  • 00:22:54
    environment why because the longer you
  • 00:22:58
    take to get back in front of your
  • 00:23:00
    stakeholders the more likely in this era
  • 00:23:03
    of efficiency creation that you'll be on
  • 00:23:06
    the next
  • 00:23:07
    list but that's a dark dark Universe in
  • 00:23:13
    galaxy far far away and in times like
  • 00:23:16
    this we need light if you're Yoda and I
  • 00:23:19
    hope you are and you rely solely on
  • 00:23:22
    internal promotion which if you've tried
  • 00:23:25
    this like I have means that you will
  • 00:23:27
    need to actively Mentor the up and
  • 00:23:29
    cominging Jedi you promote because they
  • 00:23:32
    don't have the exact right experience
  • 00:23:34
    yet but you do and they just need that
  • 00:23:38
    commitment from you not Darth
  • 00:23:42
    trainer in in conclusion like this is
  • 00:23:45
    some kind of high school essay um while
  • 00:23:49
    the intensity of the talent War has
  • 00:23:52
    diminished I'd even say disappeared the
  • 00:23:55
    importance of taking care of your own of
  • 00:23:57
    making this about about the light not
  • 00:23:59
    the Dark Side of effective talent
  • 00:24:02
    management remains kind of important
  • 00:24:05
    there'll be fewer Jedi to take care of
  • 00:24:08
    but their Ambitions are yours
  • 00:24:13
    to it's a good
  • 00:24:15
    word it's a good word for the force to
  • 00:24:18
    end this with yours to harness
  • 00:24:22
    Channel choose to stand for the force
  • 00:24:27
    don't Sith
  • 00:24:30
    I'm
  • 00:24:31
    stupid questions to avoid asking in a
  • 00:24:33
    town hall is religion an important
  • 00:24:37
    dimension of diversity at work and why
  • 00:24:40
    does it feel in the corporate world like
  • 00:24:42
    being Christian is Corporate
  • 00:24:45
    cringy that's a city in Texas I think
  • 00:24:49
    why why does having a Christian identity
  • 00:24:52
    at work feel like a cultural disability
  • 00:24:55
    seems to be okay to be Jewish or
  • 00:24:59
    great if you're Muslim you get points
  • 00:25:01
    for a headscarf for
  • 00:25:02
    sure so the question
  • 00:25:05
    is Christianity specific and I'm not
  • 00:25:08
    trying to Fan Maga Flames here I'm not
  • 00:25:11
    even
  • 00:25:12
    Christian it's glaringly obvious that
  • 00:25:15
    certain identities are not celebrated in
  • 00:25:18
    the corporate world and you know I think
  • 00:25:20
    they should be I think I get why they're
  • 00:25:23
    not on some level it's it's because
  • 00:25:25
    being Christian is Association
  • 00:25:28
    was like being white or male It's
  • 00:25:33
    associated with the ruling majority the
  • 00:25:37
    people in theory with power but again
  • 00:25:40
    that's not rooted in the reality of of
  • 00:25:42
    everyday folks like you and me the only
  • 00:25:44
    people I know who identify as Christian
  • 00:25:48
    not who were born Christian but who
  • 00:25:49
    identify actively as Christian
  • 00:25:53
    are powerless culturally in the same way
  • 00:25:57
    as most men are powerless most white
  • 00:26:01
    people are powerless
  • 00:26:03
    most everyone is powerless regardless of
  • 00:26:08
    their race their gender identity
  • 00:26:10
    politics is just separating the
  • 00:26:13
    powerless people of color from the
  • 00:26:16
    powerless white males
  • 00:26:19
    from the powerless
  • 00:26:22
    women it's all pretty clever
  • 00:26:24
    misdirection if you ask me but what do I
  • 00:26:28
    know
  • 00:26:29
    anyway the cringiness around being
  • 00:26:31
    Christian as a dimension of diversity at
  • 00:26:33
    work starts with so many
  • 00:26:37
    misunderstandings about global global
  • 00:26:40
    power dynamics and local cultural
  • 00:26:43
    perceptions yes Christianity is still
  • 00:26:48
    the dominant culture in the west but
  • 00:26:50
    there's little to no local power or
  • 00:26:54
    local privilege associated with it
  • 00:26:57
    anymore
  • 00:26:58
    can you give me some examples where
  • 00:27:01
    there is of course you can everyone can
  • 00:27:04
    but it's out weeded by The Narrative
  • 00:27:09
    about privilege being dominant like
  • 00:27:13
    Anyway Business Leaders tread lightly
  • 00:27:17
    around this stuff because they fear
  • 00:27:20
    appearing biased but to
  • 00:27:23
    whom not to non-christians Jews and
  • 00:27:26
    Muslims because people who are religious
  • 00:27:28
    just don't care if other religious
  • 00:27:30
    people celebrate their faith Business
  • 00:27:33
    Leaders tread lightly mostly because of
  • 00:27:36
    that one non-religious super sensitive
  • 00:27:40
    person who also doesn't exist it's
  • 00:27:44
    misapplied risk
  • 00:27:46
    management it might seem so much safer
  • 00:27:49
    to secularize corporate culture to view
  • 00:27:52
    religion as a private matter that should
  • 00:27:55
    be kept separate from professional life
  • 00:27:59
    but that's hard to reconcile because the
  • 00:28:02
    dominant culture in the Work World
  • 00:28:06
    Dei genuinely wants you to bring your
  • 00:28:09
    authentic self to work Dei is designed
  • 00:28:14
    intentionally to overcompensate for past
  • 00:28:17
    biases and one of my less popular
  • 00:28:21
    beliefs Dei is based on the false
  • 00:28:24
    assumption that you can train away bad
  • 00:28:27
    behavior which you can't the only good
  • 00:28:31
    those trainings do is to reduce legal
  • 00:28:34
    liability for the company again not my
  • 00:28:38
    most popular opinion if so in some
  • 00:28:42
    well-intentioned effort to correct
  • 00:28:44
    historical imbalances Dei
  • 00:28:49
    inadvertently
  • 00:28:50
    marginalizes Christian identities and
  • 00:28:53
    the irony of course is that many
  • 00:28:55
    Christians particularly those who
  • 00:28:58
    actively identify with their fate feel
  • 00:29:01
    culturally
  • 00:29:03
    powerless in corporate settings so Dei
  • 00:29:08
    the power player is
  • 00:29:12
    unintentionally punching
  • 00:29:13
    down the challenge for leaders who
  • 00:29:17
    really care about inclusion and Justice
  • 00:29:20
    is to broaden their definition of Dei to
  • 00:29:23
    recast work Life as a safe space that
  • 00:29:26
    recognizes and values all aspects of
  • 00:29:29
    diversity including drum roll
  • 00:29:32
    please religious identities
  • 00:29:36
    heck including being white and powerless
  • 00:29:39
    being male and Powerless if you have to
  • 00:29:44
    go and work for a living it's a pretty
  • 00:29:47
    good chance you're
  • 00:29:49
    powerless can you
  • 00:29:51
    imagine Dei affirming the completely
  • 00:29:54
    invisible corporate Maga
  • 00:29:57
    folks I can't but I should to avoid
  • 00:30:01
    hypocrisy to extend it values into all
  • 00:30:03
    those uncomfortable
  • 00:30:05
    places you can listen to this and think
  • 00:30:08
    I'm Hy wo I'm Notch I'm also Pro Dei
  • 00:30:15
    because I'm cool with acknowledging that
  • 00:30:18
    power and privilege are not monolithic
  • 00:30:21
    Concepts and that regular people within
  • 00:30:24
    seemingly dominant groups can also
  • 00:30:27
    experience you also experience
  • 00:30:32
    marginalization I just think we all need
  • 00:30:34
    to be a little more nuanced when we
  • 00:30:36
    think about power and privilege
الوسوم
  • town halls
  • corporate culture
  • leadership
  • balance
  • psychological safety
  • talent management
  • economic uncertainty
  • diversity
  • employee engagement
  • communication