113: Dustin DeVries, Service, and Team Commitment

Unlabeled Leadership

English - November 30, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 113, Dustin DeVries talks about a manager who shared Parkinson’s Law to help Dustin resolve some scheduling issues. He then describes the upside-down pyramid and how the concept applies to a business context. Dustin ends with advice about how we can strengthen how we lead.

Prologue

When he is not playing tennis, fishing, reading, gardening, cooking, or out with his family, Dustin lives and breathes software development. With more than 20 years of experience, Dustin is now the CTO and co-founder of Caffeine Interactive. Caffeine Interactive provides web and mobile app development.

01:18 Part 1: Parkinson’s Law

In this story, a manager shares with Dustin something called Parkinson’s Law. Dustin explains how he applied Parkinson’s Law to help resolve some issues with scheduling.

05:07 Part 2: The Upside-down Pyramid

During a sermon, the pastor talked about the concept of the upside-down pyramid. Dustin describes how he applied this concept to his work.

13:07 Part 3: Empathy, Clarity, Ownership, and Buy-in

Dustin advises us to work on developing several concepts to strengthen how we lead.

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Episode links

Dustin’s LinkedIn Profile

Caffeine Interactive website

Parkinson’s Law

Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Gary DePaul’s website

Gary's books:

What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership

Background Music

You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements.

00:00 Theme music: Uplift Corporate Inspire by OlexandrIgnatov

01:00 Time Moves On by simming

04:55 Funny Dixieland by EasyTunes

12:49 Latin Acoustic and Claps by Dredstudio

17:35 Fun and Flirtyby BrownHouseMedia

Lead on!