7 | First Year at Microsoft: My Top 10 Learnings

Closing up an incredible first year at Microsoft, I take some time in this episode to share my top 10 learnings from the year. This is less a tech vignette and more what I've learned from peers, colleagues, leaders, and customers over the past 12 months. This is a great listen if you work in a big organization and strive to further develop your effectiveness with teams, increase your emotional IQ, or better understand your self development journey. Thanks for listening!Here are the high level Top 10 Learnings:1) Understand how colleagues are incentivized2) Schedule "Learning Time"3) Protecting peoples time, the best gift you can give4) Being prescriptive, is far more powerful than just educating5) Be an energy multiplier6) Power of positivity7) Your really good at something, focus on what that something is - be clear about strengths & weaknesses8) The value of asking for help: 9) Have a team of coaches/mentors 10) Lead with empathy, and strive for inclusionResources & Links:Easy Online Learning for daily upskilling:https://www.edx.org/www.linkedin.com/learning/Books:The Challenger Sale by Matt Dixon & Brent AdamsonRise of the Robot by Martin FordPeople:Jen Chason, US CTO for the National Solutions Organization, Microsofthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferchason/Please feel free to follow me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Medium, or at my website: www.derekwesleyrussell.comThank you so much for listening!