Curiosity is at the heart of great leaders because…
If you’re always curious, you will always ask a question…
If you always ask a question, you will always get a response…
Which leads to more curiosity and more questions…
Arash Tadayon, VP of Engineering at Trainual, and I had an interesting conversation about this topic in this week’s episode of the B2B Leadership Podcast…
Find out how Arash has used curiosity to fuel his entrepreneurial and leadership career.
Podcast highlights:
0:19 - Arash's background - Arash explains his role at Trainual.
1:02 - Approaching the problem differently - How does Trainual differ from Google Docs?
1:56 - Where it all began - How did Arash land his first leadership position?
3:08 - Running first business into the ground - What events led to that outcome?
4:33 - Surviving tough times - What were the circumstances that pulled Arash through growing pains?
6:00 - Next steps of discovery - What happened after Arash's first company ended?
7:41 - New environment, same skills - What was the parallel between skills that Arash brought from his first company to the next?
10:58 - Self-auditing for success - What does Arash's annual self-audit consist of?
13:10 - General entrepreneurship - How does this skill set align with everybody?
14:29 - The entrepreneurial mindset - Arash advises on how anybody can adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.
17:28 - The concept of grit - Is this something you're just born with or can it be developed?
21:09 - Celebrating failures - How is this idea handled inside of an organization?
23:06 - Identifying entrepreneurial mindset - How does Arash identify these traits during a hiring process?
25:48 - Purposefully vague questions - What types of questions does Arash ask?
28:04 - Arash's advice to himself - What advice would Arash give his younger self?
Connect with Arash Tadayon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arashtadayon/
Learn more about Trainual at https://trainual.com/
Learn more about your own leadership style at:
https://www.30dayleadership.com/
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