Leading High-Performance Technical Teams w/ Matt Domo (co-founder, AWS) | S4E1

Growing your business with People

In this episode of the Growing your business with People! podcast, Jeff sits down with Matt Domo, co-founder of Amazon Web Services, to talk about leading high-performance technical teams and the importance of building a strong culture within an organization. He emphasizes the need to work with extended leaders to define the desired culture and values, and attract people who align with those values.
Matt has led technical teams to create applications like SQL Server and he currently runs an organization called Fifth Vantage, which consults on AI and digital strategies.
Highlights:
🔹Work with extended leaders to define the desired culture and values of the organization.
🔹Recognize and manage different personality types within technical teams.
🔹Prioritize projects by understanding the trade-offs between features, resources, and quality.
🔹Understand the motivations of team members and communicate the "why" behind decisions.
Hear more from Matt: https://www.rsnake.com/episode/microsoft-amazon-technologies-to-scale-a-business
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