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Ep 464: How Leaders Form Work Culture with Evan Davidson
Sean: Because I want to, I have a question about that, and then I'm going to rewind a little bit and ask you a second question. Both intertwined. How do you find these people that you have a good gut feeling about they're going, to be honest with you? They're coachable. They're the kind of people you want in your team. And how did your employers or the businesses you've worked with? Right. All of those businesses that got sold that were flipped went over to do IPO, how did they find you or how did you find them as well?
Evan: Yeah, I used to hear a lot of talk about networking when I was in my career, and I always felt it was a really artificial thing. You turn up to a show or a trade show and you exchange cards and your network, right? And I guess that's the beginning of something. But what ultimately leads there is value. Do I see something of value in this individual? Do I feel like they're genuine? Do I feel like they're authentic? Do they in some way, shape, or form, offer something to me and also give to get I don't like it's always taken but I don't know if someone reaches out. Can you offer assistance? Do you ask for something? I'll help you because I want to see people better than they are. There are many different ways that that feeling can happen, but it takes time. There's definitely a time element where you can kind of spread your wings and connect yourself out there. Now there are some great platforms to do that. LinkedIn is a great way. You meet someone. You and I will now connect. Sean, We'll be on LinkedIn and I'll post stuff and you'll ever need somebody you can reach out to. Like if I can try and help you, I will help you. Not because there's something in it for me, but some. Well, not some. Many people helped me get to where I am today. And I believe that there's a pay-it-forward approach. Right. So what goes around comes around and I think people pick up on that. So when you work with great people and you have that experience where you move, they're interested. Hey, Evan, I see you've moved over there, like, what's going on? And then you have a chat and that's, you know, I want to work with great people. So you tend to follow people around because they're very they're their philosophy, their behaviors are very similar. And that goes back to my earlier part about which companies you choose. So I think there's a lot of that. So there's the networking that's putting yourself out there. There's adding value. But the most important and this has taken me a little bit of a while to understand is that you've got to be authentic, right? Like forcing yourself on someone to network. I mean, okay, that's one thing. But people want to work with people they can trust, they believe in. And again, there's that degree of just authenticity and that takes a bit of time to establish. But if you can do that, then there is a world out there that can help you. Right. But you've got to put yourself out there. I think that's really important.
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Sean: Because I want to, I have a question about that, and then I'm going to rewind a little bit and ask you a second question. Both intertwined. How do you find these people that you have a good gut feeling about they're going, to be honest with you? They're coachable. They're the kind of people you want in your team. And how did your employers or the businesses you've worked with? Right. All of those businesses that got sold that were flipped went over to do IPO, how did they find you or how did you find them as well?
Evan: Yeah, I used to hear a lot of talk about networking when I was in my career, and I always felt it was a really artificial thing. You turn up to a show or a trade show and you exchange cards and your network, right? And I guess that's the beginning of something. But what ultimately leads there is value. Do I see something of value in this individual? Do I feel like they're genuine? Do I feel like they're authentic? Do they in some way, shape, or form, offer something to me and also give to get I don't like it's always taken but I don't know if someone reaches out. Can you offer assistance? Do you ask for something? I'll help you because I want to see people better than they are. There are many different ways that that feeling can happen, but it takes time. There's definitely a time element where you can kind of spread your wings and connect yourself out there. Now there are some great platforms to do that. LinkedIn is a great way. You meet someone. You and I will now connect. Sean, We'll be on LinkedIn and I'll post stuff and you'll ever need somebody you can reach out to. Like if I can try and help you, I will help you. Not because there's something in it for me, but some. Well, not some. Many people helped me get to where I am today. And I believe that there's a pay-it-forward approach. Right. So what goes around comes around and I think people pick up on that. So when you work with great people and you have that experience where you move, they're interested. Hey, Evan, I see you've moved over there, like, what's going on? And then you have a chat and that's, you know, I want to work with great people. So you tend to follow people around because they're very they're their philosophy, their behaviors are very similar. And that goes back to my earlier part about which companies you choose. So I think there's a lot of that. So there's the networking that's putting yourself out there. There's adding value. But the most important and this has taken me a little bit of a while to understand is that you've got to be authentic, right? Like forcing yourself on someone to network. I mean, okay, that's one thing. But people want to work with people they can trust, they believe in. And again, there's that degree of just authenticity and that takes a bit of time to establish. But if you can do that, then there is a world out there that can help you. Right. But you've got to put yourself out there. I think that's really important.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack
Join our community and ask questions here: from.sean.si/discord
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstack
Leadership Stack Merch: https://leadershipstack.com/shop/
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Evan Davidson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evdavidson/
Website: https://www.sentinelone.com/