Leading Smart

Donn Denman was an engineer at Apple in the very early years and is now at Google. In our conversation he shares what it was like working with Steve Jobs, what it's like today at Google, and how vision and passion can change the world.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/donn-denman/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

Sound effects: ZapSplat

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The series on communication continues with the best way to understand how your team and project are doing. There's a wrong way and a right way to find out the answer to the question that keeps every leader up at night: "How's it Going?"

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/hows-it-going/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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The exploration into firing continues with a look at the low end. What is magical about the bottom ten percent? How does stack ranking cheat some people out of a good performance review? What exactly is poor performance? This is Bottom Feeder.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/bottom-feeder-redux/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

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How a brutal performance review meeting ended with me getting a stapler hurled at my head. And how that lead to one of my most steadfast rules: in the workplace, no surprises.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/duck-and-cover-redux/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

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Adam Bosworth has led major startup projects both inside and outside of seminal companies of the tech world. In our talk he shares what he learned about building teams and about the impact of company culture on the products, the team, and himself.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/adam-bosworth/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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The series on communication continues with a look at how to get good feedback. We examine the many pitfalls and one good way to use surveys as a mechanism to gauge your organization's health. This is Survey Says.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/survey-says/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

Additional Sound: Family Feud

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Somasegar pushed Microsoft to "build the muscle" of remote work, long before it was cool … or required by the pandemic. He also stretched himself to become a venture capitalist. In this episode he shares what we all can learn from his journeys.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/somasegar-2

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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Somasegar traveled from India to the US for his advanced degrees and ended up joining Microsoft for an illustrious 27-year career. Now he's a venture capitalist. In this first of two episodes, he talks with us about his journey and his thoughts on leadership.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/somasegar-1

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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The series on communication continues with the focus on listening. We examine why careful examination of the echo of a leader's message can help not only make the team more effective but diagnose communication problems. This is Echolocation.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/echolocation/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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Peter Spiro's work helped build Microsoft into an enterprise software giant. He also led one of the company's most visible project downfalls. Through it all, he built a deep passion for leadership that he shares with anyone who'll listen. This time with us.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/peter-spiro

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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