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The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!
Welcome to "The Spotlight Series – Don’t Just Survive, Thrive”. Season 1 was launched to help people through the pandemic by talking to a variety of experts about topics such as psychology, finance and health. Season 2 focused on more work related issues including HR, marketing and leadership. Now it is time for Season 3! Season 3 is centred on the IT industry, specifically tech startups. There are also Career Spotlights from senior IT people revealing the secrets to their impressive career trajectories.Your host is Nicola Steel, founder of JJP Talent Solutions, an Australian IT recruitment company. For over 20 years, she has helped tech startups and innovative SMEs to attract, recruit and retain technical talent.
The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!
Leading technical teams in startups and scaleups with Andy How
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Nicola Steel
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Season 6
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Episode 3
Andy How has extensive technical leadership experience in SaaS startups and scaleups as well as corporate environments. In this episode, Nicola Steel, Founder of JJP Talent Solutions and Andy How talk about the start of his career in the late 1990s as the world moved from analog to digital.
Andy provides advice to people starting out in their tech careers. He talks about the important lessons he has learnt along the way. Andy also explains what he thinks makes a great leader which includes:
👀 Vision
❤️ Compassion
👄 Communication
He provides some critical advice on work/life balance together with his book recommendations:
📖 Atomic Habits by James Clear
📖 Mindset by Carol Dweck
📖 Dare to Lead by Brene Brown