Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 250 | Steve Elliott - The Right People
Steve founded AgileCraft in 2013 to help leaders excel in their management duties through the use of agile to transform the way they do business. He is passionate about finding ways to help organizations scale all aspects of business operations. Steve has been a senior executive in multiple startups including Vovici acquired by Verint, Approva acquired by Infor and Virsa acquired by SAP AG. He has lead several successful agile transformations including a large scale 50+ team agile transformation with 12 release trains at a large public company. Steve began his career at PwC as a security and controls expert. He holds an advanced business degree from Texas Tech and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Business.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Steve Elliott
- - How Steve got started in software
- - Steve's business: AgileCraft, and trying to surface the answers to the question of why to information workers
- - How AgileCraft works
- - How Steve stays current with what he needs to know
- - The importance of the CEO
- - Hiring good people
- - Lessons learned from Steve's many roles in his career and the hubris of youth
- - Steve's book recommendations
- - Steve's story of failure - Missing out on the financial rewards of building something great due to mismanagement
- - Steve's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Steve
Resources:
- AgileCraft
- Atlassian Jira
- Team Foundation Server
- Clarity
- PlanView
- SaaStr
- Patrick Lencioni
- Patrick Lencioni - Hiring Ideal Team Players - Humble, Hungry, and Smart
- Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin Skywalker Throws a Fit Over Rank
- Lou Holtz
- Cory Booker on The Tim Ferriss Show
- Jim Collins
- Dave Ramsey
- EntreLeadership Podcast
Steve's book recommendation:
- Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors - Patrick Lencioni
- Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty - Patrick Lencioni
- The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable? About Restoring Sanity To The Most Important Organization In Your Life - Patrick Lencioni
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - Simon Sinek
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't - Jim Collins
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers - Ben Horowitz
Steve's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Practice gratitude and thank others personally
- Distinguish between importance and urgency and, each morning, pick out a few things that need to get done that day
- Wrap up the day by documenting what you have learned or forgot
