The People, Process, & Progress Podcast - Share Your Experience Before Your Opinion | Foundations Friday 81

Episode Date: January 27, 2023

While walking this morning I listened to one of my favorite podcasts, Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. This episode from Thursday, January 26, 2023, was part of the Rapid Response series and focused on how Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald not only kept the doors of Lululemon open during COVID, but grew the business.In the episode, Calvin shares how within your first 100 days as a leader it's important to share experiences for teams to consider, but not necessarily your opinion that may sway projects in one direction or another. Calvin also states that your opinion when a leader new to the company may also be wrong.Listen to "Stay Versatile: Lululemon Athletica's Calvin McDonald" at https://mastersofscale.com/stay-versatile-calvin-mcdonald/Thank you for coming back to the KEV Talks Podcast, and for subscribing, and please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Remember...Have a plan to keep teams alignedStay informed with facts, not fear or rumorsGet involved so you can make a differenceGodspeed,Kevin

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Hey everybody, welcome to Foundations Friday episode 81, share your experience before you share your opinion. This is not just my sentiment, but I think it's a really good one. I got it when I was listening on my walk this morning, a couple of miles in the cold. It was great. Good way to start your day. I highly recommend it. But to Masters of Scale Rapid Response Series, it came out Thursday and it features Lululemon Athletica CEO, Calvin McDonald. And Calvin talks about when you come in as a leader, to not just give your opinion right away, right? Sit there and listen to your people. Because giving your opinion right away as a leader can sway the way things go. And honestly,

he's talking about when you're a new leader, and he wasn't new to being a leader, but a new leader five years ago at Lululemon, that you can sway. And if it's in your first 100 days, you might be wrong, right? Because you don't know the company, you don't know the culture, you don't know the people. And so he talks about maybe sharing your experience first, like, well, we did something similar and here's what we used. And then maybe folks can talk about whether or not that would fit where you are now or with the team or with that project or program, or as you'll hear in upcoming episodes with the products when I'm going to talk about some product management.

So I highly recommend listening to Masters of Scale in general, but then also the Rapid Response series. It's kind of quick hits, half an hour or so. And thank you for listening to this episode, this podcast, KevTalks. Go to kevtalkspod.com where you can hear past episodes. I have templates, resources, things like that. Learn a little bit about jujitsu and more about leadership lessons like this

where it's important to share your experience, help the team grow, let them make decisions, and then give your opinion down the road. I value your opinion. Reach out to me at kpnlproductions at kevtalkspod.com for email or there's a feedback form. Or if you want to be on the show or have a guest, there's a guest request on there. You can support the show, give a little

or not. Again, it's still going to be free. But thanks so much for listening to the KevTalks podcast. I hope you enjoyed my interview and discussion with Katie McCullough this past week. Really helpful tips to start up a high-functioning project management office or PMO. Got some great episodes coming up with some folks that are kind of famous in the Hollywood scene, in the product development scene, and we'll talk a little public safety too. So I've got some great episodes lined up. Really happy to fill up the calendar and bring some guests to the podcast world and to you all.

Thank you everybody for listening. Remember to have that plan so you can keep teams in sync and moving in the right direction. Stay informed with facts, not just fear or rumors, and get involved so you can make a difference in your organization and in the world. Godspeed, everybody.