AGL 377: Dean Guida
About Dean
Dean Guida has led his organization through decades of technological change, cultivating Infragistics from a small startup in 1989 into a global enterprise software leader. Dean oversees all aspects of Infragistics' business operations and corporate direction, maintaining a steady focus on delighting the customer, delivering value to the market, and inspiring STEM students. With a developer and UX professional community of more than two million, Infragistics has achieved the highest awards in software development, and Infragistics enterprise apps help users collaborate and obtain insights and results for their companies. Dean has developed software solutions that accelerate design, development, and collaboration, including the trailblazing digital workplace platform, Slingshot. A regular contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine and a frequent podcast guest, Dean is the author of When Grit is Not Enough: An Entrepreneur's Playbook for Taking Your Business to the Next Level (Inc. Original).
Today We Talked About
Dean's background
What is Grit?
Optimistic
Open to solve problems and not blame
You're Never "Done"
Tough Skin
Data
Decisions by Data
Leading with Data
Validation
Tough Conversations
Situation Behavior Impact
Hiring and retaining valuable team members
How you write job descriptions
What is it like to work on the team
Soft Skill assessments
Don't Settle... Hiring is hard
30,60,90,180,365 Success criteria and evaluations
Onboarding is important
Culture is important... Pay is also important, but it's not #1
Invest in yourself to learn
Build a learning culture
Check-in personally and professionally
Be Authentic
Connect With Dean
LinkedIn
Website
Book
Leave me a tip $
Click here to Donate to the show
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
Dean Guida has led his organization through decades of technological change, cultivating Infragistics from a small startup in 1989 into a global enterprise software leader. Dean oversees all aspects of Infragistics' business operations and corporate direction, maintaining a steady focus on delighting the customer, delivering value to the market, and inspiring STEM students. With a developer and UX professional community of more than two million, Infragistics has achieved the highest awards in software development, and Infragistics enterprise apps help users collaborate and obtain insights and results for their companies. Dean has developed software solutions that accelerate design, development, and collaboration, including the trailblazing digital workplace platform, Slingshot. A regular contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine and a frequent podcast guest, Dean is the author of When Grit is Not Enough: An Entrepreneur's Playbook for Taking Your Business to the Next Level (Inc. Original).
Today We Talked About
Dean's background
What is Grit?
Optimistic
Open to solve problems and not blame
You're Never "Done"
Tough Skin
Data
Decisions by Data
Leading with Data
Validation
Tough Conversations
Situation Behavior Impact
Hiring and retaining valuable team members
How you write job descriptions
What is it like to work on the team
Soft Skill assessments
Don't Settle... Hiring is hard
30,60,90,180,365 Success criteria and evaluations
Onboarding is important
Culture is important... Pay is also important, but it's not #1
Invest in yourself to learn
Build a learning culture
Check-in personally and professionally
Be Authentic
Connect With Dean
Website
Book
Leave me a tip $
Click here to Donate to the show
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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