AGL 377: Dean Guida

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About Dean

Dean Guida has led his organization through decades of technological change, cultivating Infragistics from a small startup in 1989 into a global enterprise software leader. Dean oversees all aspects of Infragistics’ business operations and corporate direction, maintaining a steady focus on delighting the customer, delivering value to the market, and inspiring STEM students. With a developer and UX professional community of more than two million, Infragistics has achieved the highest awards in software development, and Infragistics enterprise apps help users collaborate and obtain insights and results for their companies. Dean has developed software solutions that accelerate design, development, and collaboration, including the trailblazing digital workplace platform, Slingshot. A regular contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine and a frequent podcast guest, Dean is the author of When Grit is Not Enough: An Entrepreneur’s Playbook for Taking Your Business to the Next Level (Inc. Original).

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Today We Talked About

• Dean’s background
• What is Grit?
• Optimistic
• Open to solve problems and not blame
• You’re Never “Done”
• Tough Skin
• Data
• Decisions by Data
• Leading with Data
• Validation
• Tough Conversations
• Situation Behavior Impact
• Hiring and retaining valuable team members
• How you write job descriptions
• What is it like to work on the team
• Soft Skill assessments
• Don’t Settle… Hiring is hard
• 30,60,90,180,365 Success criteria and evaluations
• Onboarding is important
• Culture is important… Pay is also important, but it’s not #1
• Invest in yourself to learn
• Build a learning culture
• Check-in personally and professionally
• Be Authentic

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Connect With Dean

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Book

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