{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S13 E9 CIO Leadership: Are You Making Decisions or Just Building Consensus?","description":"Welcome back to my podcast. On today\u2019s episode, I am joined by \u201cPro Troublemaker,\u201d professional business coach, and president of Stefanie Krievins & Co., Stefanie Krievins. Since earning her trained coaching certification through Erickson\u2019s International in 2014, Stefanie has built a company and team of \u201ctroublemakers\u201d that provide tools for others to help them define their organization\u2019s vision, work with trust and accountability, and communicate clearly to advocate for their own ideas.  Here are some of the top transformational wins you will receive as an IT leader:  How to Navigate Multiple Generations within the Workforce  The Power of Seven Messages, Seven Channels, Seven Times  Using the DISC Behavioral Method to Better Understand Your Team  How to Build Self Awareness  How to Run a Better and Effective Meeting  How to Start Small and Build Stronger Leadership Skills  Tune in and hear how you can transform your skills as a leader and create actions that leave an impact. As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: (1:05) Stefanie: \u201cWe get to work with ambitious, fast growing scaling companies when they have messy, middle, growing pains." (2:10) Bill: \u201cWhat is happening that there\u2019s an opportunity for you and your organization to work for people to solve their particular problems?\u201d (3:13) Stefanie: \u201cI\u2019m seeing a lot of leaders trying to use a consensus model of decision-making, which can be the fastest way to get nothing done.\u201d (3:50) Stefanie: \u201cFor folks who want to run a high-performance team, hard times call for bold decisions.\u201d (5:01) Stefanie: \u201cWe need to, as leaders, broaden our skillset when it comes to who makes the decision, how do they make it, who\u2019s involved so that our organization can continue to grow.\u201d  (5:42) Bill: \u201cWhat\u2019s the genesis of consensus decision making?\u201d  (10:18) Stefanie: \u201cThere are new ways for you to be more transparent in your company in a way that makes sense for your business.\u201d  (10:47) Stefanie: \u201cOne of my goals is to help people understand those nuances that create friction every single day. Seven messages, seven channels, seven times.\u201d  (14:17) Stefanie: \u201cRepetition is the magic of making your messages stick.\u201d  (14:28) Bill: \u201cIs that sort of the empowerment you\u2019re trying to establish if you don\u2019t have the view of the CEO in mind but rather an individual leader within their company?\u201d  (15:46) Bill: \u201cIf you\u2019re coming in from a technical orientation versus an analytical, do you find that people have different things you have to coach them up on?\u201d  (16:17) Stefanie: \u201cWe are big fans of the DISC behavioral assessment.\u201d  (20:40) Bill: \u201cYou\u2019re essentially using this model to make sure that we know where we all are from our own style.\u201d  (21:46) Stefanie: \u201cJust recognizing that you need other people to help you make decisions.\u201d  (22:18) Stefanie: \u201cYou need a high performing team that knows how to leverage all styles so they can make the best decisions possible.\u201d  (23:14) Bill: \u201cIt is one thing to make a fast decision, but it is another thing to make a fast implementation.\u201d  (25:09) Bill: \u201cIs there a recommended meeting style or cadence that gives a framework for people?\u201d  (27:39) Bill: \u201cHow do you coach a team or an individual on how to hold people accountable?\u201d  (28:36) Stefanie: \u201cWe have to remember that the accountability is the other person\u2019s responsibility.\u201d  (32:08) Stefanie: \u201cYou have to define what kind of meeting it is so people understand how to best participate.\u201d  (37:54) Stefanie: \u201cSpend the first 20% of every single workday being completely unavailable to anybody else to do your deepest, most important work.\u201d  (38:38) Stefanie: \u201cStart with the work where you add the most value.\u201d Resources: Stefanie Krievins\u2019 LinkedIn  Stefanie Krievins & Co.  Stefanie\u2019s Podcast: Hot Mess Hotline   ","author_name":"Bill Murphy's RedZone 10X Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/redzone10x.net\/podcast","html":"