engineering leadership - vision 101

Engineering LeadershipVision 101

© Hitachi Data Systems Corporation 2015. All rights reserved.

Rich RogersSVP of EngineeringAugust 13, 2015

“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

Leadership begins when you stop optimizing for yourself & you start optimizing for the team.

Inspire Overachievement

The 2 Sides of Leadership

Defuse Negativity

The 2 Sides of Leadership

Company

Organization

Individual

Create an aligned vision

Hitachi was founded over 100 years ago with one mission: to enhance society through technology.

SOCIAL INNOVATION

Delivering innovative solutions to global markets by aligning our broad technology

capabilities with our vast industry expertise for the enrichment of society.

Telecom

Healthcare

BusinessAnalytics

Public Safety

Automotive

Energy

Milan2014

Boston2007

Seattle2010

Silicon Valley

2008

Tokyo2015

Surround HDS engineers with world class leaders, teammates & opportunities

Build out a Hitachi presence in Seattle

Product

Function

Individual

Do you have a vision for your product, your team & every individual on your team?

Clear

Concise

Compelling

You need to be consistently idealistic if you want to build an enduring world class team, product, organization, company, etc.

Relationships

Reputations

Results

The 3 R’s

Relationships

Influence

Compromise

Align

Understand

Reputations

Leadership is about identifying, unlocking & maximizing the potential in others.

What is your reputation? Each team members’?

Results

If you're demanding overachievement rather than inspiring overachievement - then you're doing it wrong.

Leaders defuse concerns over why something can't be done & crowdsource options for making it happen.

What drives you?Craft your story.Tell your story.

Leadership is about putting the success of the organization ahead of your own interests & inspiring others to do the same.

Tip: Strike I, I'm & I'll from your vocabulary. Replace with we, we're & we'll.

Fear, bullying, sarcasm, cynicism, politics & commiseration – these are tools of the ineffective leader.

Anti-Patterns

Inspire Overachievement

Defuse Negativity

Create an Aligned Vision

Relationships, Reputations, Results

Craft Your Story

Tell Your Story

Anyone can offer our engineers more money. But, no one should be able to offer them greater respect, more opportunity or better teammates.

Remember…