The GTMnow Podcast

GTM 12: People-First GTM Leadership with Dini Mehta


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Dini Mehta is the former CRO of Lattice, a people management software for growing companies. She’s an operating partner at Operator Collective, bringing together 150+ of the world’s most successful tech operators from a variety of backgrounds as Limited Partners (LPs), each with current experience building, growing, and running the world’s most admired companies.

Additionally, Dini serves as a mentor, advisor, and angel investor.

She discusses her journey from hating sales to deciding on it as a lifelong career, how her leadership and collaborative skills have grown, and how she dealt with loss of control as a leader during the pandemic.

Highlights:
(3:57) Dini Mehta’s background.

(6:28) Dini’s take on AI.

(9:10) How did Dini decide to get into sales?

(15:24) How should founders plan for their incremental growth?

(18:49) Making bets on business.

(21:47) Deciding on whether to make a bet or shelve it.

(25:49) Dealing with change during the COVID Season.

(32:50) How to deal with loss of control as a leader.

(40:23) How to articulate the need to adjust expectations without seeming like you’re avoiding a challenge.

Guest Speaker Link:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinimehta/

Host Speaker Links:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ssbarker/
Newsletter: thegtmnewsletter.substack.com/

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