Nick Mehta: Human First, Vulnerable, Funny | Turn the Lens #01

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In this episode, we take a deeper dive into some of Nick Mehta's management philosophies, specifically, running a distributed company, a human first approach, motivating knowledge workers, social media for CEOs, and the importance of communication.

Cameo references by Danial Pink, Brené Brown, and David Pottruck.

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00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Vista Equity takes majority state in Gainsight
01:37 - Asynchronous communication, key to success with distributed teams
02:22 - Nick Mehta on running a company of distributed teams
03:23 - The whole person, human centric business
04:40 - "We talk about a 'human first' approach to business... We've never been more human" - Nick Mehta
06:44 - Nick Mehta on the best ways to motivate & manage knowledge workers
08:25 - Social media, informal communications, and CEOs
09:01 - Nick Mehta on 'Social Media for CEOs", the why, the who, the what, the how
10:32 - Vulnerability as a Leadership Superpower
11:09 - The world wants more human leaders - Nick Mehta
12:44 - A CEO's job is communication, treat it as any other skill, train, practice - Dave Pottruck
14:01 - Nick Mehta on the CEO's role as communicator
15:45 - Communication is not something you're born with - Nick Mehta
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Original Interview via @SiliconANGLE #theCUBE
https://www.thecube.net/guest/aTEG27m...

Nick's LinkedIn Profile
  / nickmehta  

Dave Pottruck's theCUBE Interview
   • David Pottruck, Red Eagle Ventures | CUBE ...  

Daniel Pink's theCUBE Interview
   • Daniel Pink, Author | ServiceNow Knowledge17  

The power of vulnerability - Brené Brown, TEDxHouston 2010
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown...

'The puzzel of motivation" - Daniel Pink, TEDGlobal 2009
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_th...


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