An anti-exec leadership team focuses on hands-on experience and collaboration amongst each member, allowing the team to build on new and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. This leadership style allows the team to think deeply about customer experiences and not rely on stubborn, old structures. By emphasizing this kind of collaboration, it will enable the team to gain the relevant experience needed to make informed decisions and to go further in problem solving.
On the other hand, too often the past success of a team is heralded as a measure of its potential for new ventures, wherein a new team is formed of experienced players from established firms. This strategy can be beneficial as it allows newer players to add a different perspective and knowledge, however, these same execs may not necessarily have the technical understanding or even the readiness to dive into long term problem solving that a powerful team needs. A team needs low-level personnel with the relevant technical knowledge in order to properly take on a task. The right pairing can be drawn from executives who have gone through the grind and thus have the battle scars to effectively manage.
Leadership teams should also ensure each team member has the background and execution experience relevant to the problem encountered. This not only allows the team to brainstorm from a shared language but lets them deploy it effectively. Additionally, it is vitally important to support each team member and not be afraid to hire more experienced individuals even if it means having someone above them. It is also wise to look for people who have a natural hunger to do something great rather than following a generic plan.
This level of leadership also requires executives to build a team that can understand different cultural and geographic complexities in order to jump start business opportunities. With all this information, the goal should be to focus on the production and customers while encouraging collaboration and innovative problem solving.
A successful approach to bring this kind of leadership to cybersecurity rests in the leadership skills of former individual contributors with the technical know-how and confidence to actually get their hands dirty, as well as with the support system and experience to take ownership of their various components.
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The person mentioned in this article is a former C-level executive at a well-known company which has since gone on to found a new venture. This individual brings in years of experience and knowledge, as well as with them a track record of notable successes. With the help of an sizeable venture capital investment, they have been able to found a new company with a new brand – all while taking the same structure and personalities with them. This individual has the ambition to prove they can do it better, while also maintaining an intimate level of customer experience care.
