Episode 53: Aaron Lerch (InVision)

Authority Issues

In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Aaron talk about:

• Learning about managing interpersonal issues from his dad, an "interim CEO of ministers"
• Putting that learning into practice building and fixing teams at startups
• Helping teams identify their own weaknesses as a form of counseling
• How this podcast is not sponsored by Knives Out (ps: Kendall has seen the movie since we recorded this podcast and didn't find it as good as Aaron did.)
• Following the energy on the management > IC > management cycle
• Finally choosing the simplicity of leadership ;)
• Long-term career planning
• The entire category of software that exists because leaders don't trust their people
• Authority trauma from Kendall's past
• The realization that leadership sometimes requires making decisions about things without getting concensus from your team first
• The relationship between unease at doing the above and lack of comfort with authority in general
• Determining how much detail to provide when giving direction
• When your positive ability to build concensus turns into a need and a negative
• The enjoyment when your authority issues align with your role
• How leadership is a lot more about collaboration and cooperation than it is telling people what to do
• Rubik's cube, hiking, being underprepared for overnight conditions

You can find Aaron on Twitter at @aaronlerch

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3