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January 17, 2019

Episode 17: Dusty Pearce (Slack)

45 minutes

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

The "inconsequential" details of Dusty's life

The value of moving back and forth between being an individual contributor and a leader over one's career

What "devops transformation" means and why it's hard

Maturing as a leader and how this trends away from dictatorial tendencies

How different management styles scale or don't

Is it necessary to 'have a take' in terms of domain expertise in every leadership role?

Coming to leadership from a place of being a control freak

Balancing accepting your style vs broadening its appeal

The effect of the leadership power differential on potential feedback about your management style

The definition of the power differential

What "expensive to manage" means

How much of leadership is modeling good relationships with your peers

Observations on sports coaching tactics during timeouts

Leadership as it applies to parenting

Find Dusty on Twitter at @dustyp

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3

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By Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller

4.6

88 ratings