Who is this Jason character

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Who is this Jason character?

• Management Consultant (10 yrs)
• Manage and develop Gen X and Gen Y talent.
• Author, How to Self-Destruct Making the Least of
  Whats Left of Your Career (2008)
• Speaker, Facilitator
• Teacher
• Repeat guest on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
  on CNBC
• CNN, local Chicago TV
• Radio from coast to coast
• Kellogg MBA, Wharton BS Econ

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A Note About ImplementingNext Generation,
Carbon-Based,Technology Leadership Platforms

• by
• Jason Seiden

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A.K.A. 5 Critical Paradoxes of Leadership that
Technology Experts, Due to Years of Technical
Training, Are Ill-Equipped to Handle
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A.K.A. 5 Surprises that Can Make the Transition
from Project Manager to Executive Arguably More
Stressful than Puberty
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Why should I care about this topic?
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Typical Career Progression
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Trouble spots!
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Lets be clear
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Its not about what happens here,
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but rather what happens here,
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with these people,
CEO PRESIDENT CFO VP HR
CMO COO
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and making sure its not this.
CEO PRESIDENT CFO VP HR
CMO COO CIO
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Surprise 1
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You must create clarity for others
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while your world is maddeningly ambiguous.
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Surprise 2
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Lighting a fire under their (ahem)
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doesnt light the fires in their bellies.
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Surprise 3
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Making yourself indispensable
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now makes you dispensable
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and vice versa.
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Surprise 4
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The ethics of your decisions
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will be judged in hindsight only.
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Surprise 5
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You will do your best work
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when you feel least secure.
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So what?
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You cant be a
and a
Bffs!
(or a)
at the same time.
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Even if you want to be a great
skills to navigate work.
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Cultivate a leaders perspective.
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• As a leader, asking for clarity signals that
  you cannot provide it.

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• Wetware doesnt crash when kicked, it runs// 4
  The Kick-Down-Kiss-Up Manager Bossvar
  emotionIntenseDislikefunction Spitefulness
  emotion.communicationslow incomplete
  emotion.trustjoke emotion.turnoverhigh
  emotion.sabotageIm thinking about it
  emotion.success0

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• Make yourself dispensablehire people more
  technically competentthan yourself.

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• Get to love gray(jersey, heather,
  charcoal)because Emotions. Cloud.Everything.

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• Incompetenceis temporary.Play through.

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• Most of what holds people backis the perspective
  they hold.
• If you want the next job up, you first need to
  understand it!

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Questions?
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Contact

• This presentation prepared by
• Jason SeidenJason Philip Seiden Associates
  LLC
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