"You'll never make a hard decision if you know what your values are"
"The role of a leader is to create the conditions for people to thrive"
For this meetup, we had 3 guests line up for a panel that talked about their own experiences in leadership and also took questions from the audience.
Some of the topics covered in this meetup:
How to deal with the change from being an individual contributor in a company to a manager
How to prove your worth as a junior member of the management team
How to find out what excites you and what you find rewarding, and then have fun leading the way
The importance of maintaining a positive personal relationship with employees reporting into you
Finding the right mentor
How to deal with conflict management & diversity in the workplace
The traits to look for in a potential employee
An interview is a two way street - how to find out if a company has the right working environment & culture for you
MARTIN O’REILLY
OUTPUT SPORTS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/morucd
Martin O’Reilly is the CEO and Co-Founder of UCD Spin-out, Output Sports. Using state-of-the art signal processing and machine-learning, the company has developed a one-stop-tool for optimising Strength and Conditioning and Physiotherapy.
Prior to forming Output Sports, Martin completed a PhD developing sensor applications for exercise biofeedback and was a Biomechanics lecturer in UCD.
ALAN MOLLOY
TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanmolloy/
Alan has 25+ years in technology, consulting, and leadership roles and brings a blend of technical expertise and strategic business acumen. Most recently he has held leadership roles with second stage start-ups.
Prior to that he worked for a pillar bank in Ireland where he led a team of 250 engineers. And previous to this, he built a 100-engineer team for a large listed Irish entity. He also worked as a strategy consultant for the renowned McKinsey and Company. Alan is also is an Enterprise Ireland mentor.
DECLAN GOODMAN
DANTE CONSULTING
https://www.linkedin.com/in/declangoodman/
Declan Goodman is an ICT management consultant and accredited neuroscience of leadership coach with 20+ years’ international experience.
He has held numerous IT leadership positions across a range of industries including finance, education, government and technology start-ups.
He is an active advocate of technology entrepreneurship, women in STEM and pragmatic, self-empowerment. Declan is founder of Dante Consulting, a local Dublin firm specialising in ICT Strategy, Architecture & Coaching services.
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Meetup 7 - Panel Discussion with Martin O’Reilly, Alan Molloy & Declan Goodman