Building Winning TeamsAnila Arthanari

Director of Engineering, Infusionsoft

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Product excellence is now

paramount to business success

The basis for

success and for

continual product

excellence is

speed

Speed not Efficiency

Speed not Efficiency #1 Talent

Job Description

• Strong comp science basis, problem solving and

analytical skills

• Communication and strong sense of seeing things

through

• Real industry experience with Scala and Java

• Experience with AWS services and distributed

applications

• Familiarity with NoSQL and RDBMS databases

• Industry experience in building, shipping and scaling

RESTful services

• Experience and Skill• Master and Student• Tactical and Strategic• Individual

Contributor & Leader

Technology Creativity

Business

Smart Creatives

Speed not Efficiency

Wanted Alive

Passionate, entrepreneurial,

intelligent, hard-working and talented

engineers

Leading Indicators

• Big Hairy Goals

• Propensity for action

• Learning

• Self-direction

• Values

Where do you find them?

• Friends and family

• Advisors and supporters

• Meetups and Dev Communities

• Startup events

• LinkedIn and other recruiting

sites

If you cant tell someone how to think, then

you have to learn to manage the

environment where they think

#2 Environment

Environment

• Constant learning opportunities

• Clear Mission

• Autonomy and responsibility

• Free information flow

The “P” Word

•Agile

•Lean Startup

Process Goals

• Right problem definition

• Fast solution creation

• Easy information flow

• Serendipity and learning

Driven by purpose not process

Measured by speed not effort

#3 Leadership

Speed not Efficiency

If you can’t tell someone how to think,

then you have to learn to manage the

environment where they think

Environment

begins with the

people

Job Satisfaction Job Dissatisfaction

• Purpose

• Autonomy

• Mastery

• Benefits

• Convenience

• Stapler

Say YESto the small things

Harness the power

Build Context

• Set the strategy

• Align to team charters

• Define success metrics

• Transparent decision making

Your JOB as a leader

• Relentless pressure to move

• Set high expectations

• Create and manage the energy

• Treat everyone like your partner

• Communicate, communicate,

communicate

Best leaders

• Have courage to take risky action

• Are vulnerable to their failings

• Are relentless in their pursuit

• Are avid learners

• Think of their team as family

Summary

• Speed and quality

• Start with the right people

• Create an environment to thrive

• Your team is your foundation

Founder Mindset

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