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Debbie Madden on Honesty, Risk and Staying Aligned with Values
Manage episode 175710978 series 1411456
Debbie Madden has built five companies from the ground up, is a lead generation istructor at General Assembly, and a sought after public speaker and writer, appearing in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business TV, the HuffingtonPost, Inc. Magazine, and more. Prior to Stride, Debbie was the CEO of Cyrus Innovation, an Agile software development consulting firm, which she grew Cyrus into a 60-person, multimillion-dollar, five-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies winner, and Crain’s NY Best Place to Work.
How does a team realize their best?
Improve in small steps, not trying to change the world overnight
Expand on strengths
Identify risks, past success, factors in control
Make the process of software development more reliable
Honesty
What are your goals, are they realistic?
Adding value is making product better
People’s opinions are based on past life experiences
Risk
Decisive — set tripwires
“Liftoff” meeting — Diana Larson, Liftoff
Create working agreements, risk assessment
Proactively monitor risks
Tools to help stay aligned with principles and priorities
Have deadlines for action items and follow up
3 things you will stop doing in next 30 days to make room to do this?
Categorize how you spend your time
Other episodes mentioned: Ken J
23 episodes
Manage episode 175710978 series 1411456
Debbie Madden has built five companies from the ground up, is a lead generation istructor at General Assembly, and a sought after public speaker and writer, appearing in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business TV, the HuffingtonPost, Inc. Magazine, and more. Prior to Stride, Debbie was the CEO of Cyrus Innovation, an Agile software development consulting firm, which she grew Cyrus into a 60-person, multimillion-dollar, five-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies winner, and Crain’s NY Best Place to Work.
How does a team realize their best?
Improve in small steps, not trying to change the world overnight
Expand on strengths
Identify risks, past success, factors in control
Make the process of software development more reliable
Honesty
What are your goals, are they realistic?
Adding value is making product better
People’s opinions are based on past life experiences
Risk
Decisive — set tripwires
“Liftoff” meeting — Diana Larson, Liftoff
Create working agreements, risk assessment
Proactively monitor risks
Tools to help stay aligned with principles and priorities
Have deadlines for action items and follow up
3 things you will stop doing in next 30 days to make room to do this?
Categorize how you spend your time
Other episodes mentioned: Ken J
23 episodes
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