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🎙️Ep: #20- Iterate to Elevate: Embracing the Art of Leadership
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🎙️Ep: #20- Iterate to Elevate: Embracing the Art of Leadership

With Michael Lopp

🎙️Ep: #20- Iterate to Elevate: Embracing the Art of Leadership With Michael Lopp

In this episode, I sit down with industry veteran Michael Lopp, a leader with decades of experience at iconic companies like Apple, Pinterest, Slack, and Netscape. Michael dives deep into his leadership journey, sharing insights on fostering a culture of iteration, embracing feedback, and empowering teams by asking questions rather than dictating solutions. Learn how to unlock your team's potential through practical strategies and real-world lessons that drive continuous growth.

🔑 What You’ll Learn:

  • How to lead by setting a collaborative tone and empowering your team to solve challenges together.

  • The power of iterative problem-solving and the importance of actionable, honest feedback in one-on-ones.

  • Why embracing both hard and “soft” (people) skills is key to staying relevant and successful in today’s fast-paced tech environment.

👥 About Michael:

Michael Lopp is a veteran Silicon Valley-based engineering leader who builds both people and products at historic companies such as Slack, Borland, Netscape, Palantir, Pinterest, and Apple. When he’s not deeply concerned with staying relevant, he writes about leadership, bridges, superheroes, and humans at the popular weblog Rands in Repose. He currently works at Apple. This is the way.

🔗 Connect With Michael: randsinrepose.com

🔗 Join Rand’s Slack Community: https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/

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