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CTO Think Podcast

Setting Goals for your Team

Jan 15, 2019
Discussion on setting up big projects and campaigns for small firms, including getting executive buy-in and maintaining momentum. Importance of setting meaningful deadlines and balancing goals with prioritization. Focus on communicating and reinforcing goals within the company and the challenges of distractions.
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Quick takeaways

  • Setting goals for small firms with lots of small tasks is a challenge requiring executive buy-in and maintaining momentum.
  • Balancing front-end design updates with back-end infrastructure changes is essential to prevent dated appearances and prioritizing amidst business priorities.

Deep dives

Setting and overcoming anxiety related to speaking engagements

The host discusses their experience with anxiety regarding public speaking and how they have overcome it. They mention signing up for two speaking engagements and how they had previously avoided them due to anxiety. After teaching for six months and gaining more experience, they feel more focused on delivering information rather than fearing speaking in front of people.

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