In this episode, Sam sits down with CTO Micha Wotton, over the past decade he's worked as an Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering and CTO for multiple SME’s and Start-ups in the Australian technology scene.
Micha has the expertise of being an exceptional people leader of technical teams with a passion of identifying and fostering the growth of leadership potential within his teams.
We discuss what it takes to build a high performing technical team, how you cultivate a high performing culture, what’s needed to improve talent density within the team and the identification of leaders. Spoiler alert: it’s not always your best performers!
It’s an informational listen referencing the pros and cons of topical leadership theories in the start-up world with real life examples from Micha’s experience.
If you are embarking on the journey of scaling up your team or searching for that next leader within it, you need to need to listen to this!
#ScaleUp #SoundBytes
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
01:03 What key strategies can leaders use to scale and leadership traits?
14:45 Managing strong characters within the team
20:26 Do you need the expertise to be a strong leader?
23:54 How do you foster an environment to inspire leaders to emerge?
36:23 What is your favourite leadership book?
37:27 Most influential person in Micha’s career and why?
39:52 What habit do you contribute to your success as a tech leader?
44:24 Outro