Steve Vamos, Global Executive, and former CEO, explains how being a leader is all about constantly changing in this frequently asked question and how the whole journey is one of learning from experience, failures and from others. Steve stresses how important it is to be a 'learn-it-all,' not a 'know-it-all,' and how, by doing that, you can evolve consistently. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
There’s no magic answer to alleviating the fear that many people face in an organisation when faced with change and uncertainty. Steve Vamos, Global Executive, and former CEO, explains that people will be fearful about change until they know what it means for them. It's important that leaders call it out, acknowledge it, and share it because that will help the workforce to be drawn to you and sense that you understand and care about what they are going through. Steve also provides an example of how he faced this as a leader when COVID struck in this frequently asked question. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
Steve Vamos, Global Executive and former CEO Younger explains how generations today have access to more knowledge and are connected to more people than the generations before them when they were at the same age, and this means they are capable of a lot more. Steve urges leaders to understand the potential of the people around them better by asking them what they think is possible and then managing them to that potential rather than just to task, as this could lead to them being more engaged and making a bigger difference. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
Steve Vamos, Global Executive, and former CEO, explains how alignment is the missing link in many organisations today in this frequently asked question and how that causes the often disconnect between higher levels of management and frontline workers in an organisation. Steve provides a high-level explanation of level order planning, which he explains in depth in his book, "Through Shifts and Shocks – Lessons from the Front Line of Technology and Change,' and how this approach effectively aligns the aspirations of a company to change layer by layer until an action is defined, accountability is determined and committed, and they are on the hook to deliver it. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
Steve Vamos, Global Executive, and former CEO, reflects on things that have challenged him throughout his forty-year career and explains how developing three lenses from an individual perspective has helped him become a lot more comfortable facing change as a leader. These lenses are bringing an open mindset, becoming more self-aware, and caring about others to see the world through their eyes and understand what it is that you're hearing from them. He explains this further in this frequently asked question. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
There's no question that the more senior you are, the more influence you can have over your organisation's culture. But culture isn't only the values and behaviours of an organisation. It's much more than that. It is all the elements of your organisation that are human. Steve Vamos, Global Executive and former CEO, explains this further in this frequently asked question. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
Steve Vamos, Global Executive and former CEO, explains how the key aspect of individuals lifting their team's performance comes down to the quality of the people leader of the team. He also explains how the executive leadership team really needs to make it clear that people leaders need to be good at it or improving the way they lead their teams, as this is the critical link to establishing a great team where individuals are invited to contribute to their potential in speaking up and finding ways and being committed to improving how they work together every day. Listen to Steve’s full episode here.
With forty years of experience in information technology and digital media, Steve Vamos has encountered every agenda, technology wave, economic shock, and social issue. In this frequently asked question about leading in uncertainty, he reflects on what he has learned: issues all have one thing in common: they are change issues. He discusses how this inspired him to write his book, “Through Shifts and Shocks—Lessons from the Front Line of Technology and Change.” Listen to Steve’s full episode here.