Navy SEAL veteran and VMware COO, Mike Hayes, shares insights on leadership and decision-making. Topics include dynamic subordination, empowering others, creating a culture of idea generation, trying hard things, continuous learning, and humility in leadership.
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Let The Right Person Lead
Dynamic subordination means anyone can lead when their skills match the situation.
Leaders should enable the best-informed person to speak, not dominate the conversation.
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Encourage Decisive Action
Encourage people to make decisions when outcomes won't crash the company and avoid paralysis by over-collaboration.
Balance coordination with speed and favor movement over waiting for permission.
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Start With 'Why Might I Be Wrong'
Create a culture where people comfortably bring up ideas and try hard things.
Start conversations by asking 'why might I be wrong?' to surface different perspectives.
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In this episode of the Revenue Builders podcast, John McMahon and John Kaplan interview Navy SEAL veteran and VMware COO, Mike Hayes, about leadership and decision-making. Mike discusses the concept of dynamic subordination, where anyone in an effective team can take the lead based on their skills and the situation. He emphasizes the importance of leaders empowering others and creating a culture where individuals feel comfortable bringing up ideas and attempting challenging tasks. Mike also shares insights on learning, humility, and continuous improvement in leadership.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
[00:00:28] Dynamic Subordination in Leadership [00:01:38] Leadership is About Making the Best Decision [00:05:29] Creating a Culture of Decision-Making [00:08:23] The Importance of Trying Hard Things [00:10:06] Continuous Learning and Humility in Leadership [00:04:05] Balancing Collaboration and Decision-Making [00:07:07] Fostering Idea Generation [00:09:10] Celebrating Effort and Learning
HIGHLIGHT QUOTES
[00:01:15] Leaders Gain Authority by Giving It Away - "I like to say leaders gain authority by giving it away." [00:08:23] The Power of Trying Hard Things - "Helping people lose the discomfort associated with trying hard things and not classically succeeding is what separates the high-performing elite teams from just the teams." [00:10:06] Continuous Learning and Humility in Leadership - "There's no end to it. It's a constant loop." [00:07:07] Creating a Culture of Idea Generation - "I start from a position of saying why might I be wrong instead of why am I absolutely right?"
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