Reflections on leadership, learning, and why the manual never seems to show up on time — from my path and the people who’ve helped shape it.
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In this conversation, Carlo and Michelle delve into the critical topics of mental health, burnout, and the importance of supportive leadership. Michelle shares her personal journey through burnout, highlighting the signs, symptoms, and the cumulative nature of stress that can lead to burnout. They discuss the differences between stress and burnout, the impact of personal life on work performance,…
I’ve crossed paths with Rhody Hill a few times over the years, first during the VMware V-Champions days and again in various roles across the tech ecosystem. Every time, I walk away a little wiser. She has built partner ecosystems in big tech, led teams across the Asia Pacific and Japan, and now shares honest leadership lessons through her Substack, Nuggets of Gold. It was these Nuggets of Gold…
Working to Your Strengths with Ross Rotherham CliftonStrengths felt like “just another quiz” until it didn’t. In this episode, Datadog sales engineering leader and coach Ross Rotherham helps unpack what CliftonStrengths actually is, how to turn raw talent into mature strengths, why energisers matter, and how to spot your blind spots before they trip you up. We also dig into the clean line between…
In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Smith to unpack what it really takes to build trust and credibility as a first-time leader. Through stories from his time leading technical teams across APJ and scaling startups, Jeff shares lessons on showing up with humility, earning trust by being useful, and letting go of the need to have all the answers.
