#137 - 1% Better Leadership (with Andy Ellis)

CISO Tradecraft®

Imagine if you could get 1% better every day at something and do this for an entire year. Well, that's 365 days. And you go, okay, fine. 1%. 1%. That's going to be like 3.65%, right? No, because it compounds. And if you go ahead and open up your calculator and you take 1.01 and you raise it to the 365th power you're going to get 37.78. On today's show we have Andy Ellis discuss ways to get 1% better as a leader.

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Transcripts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ul9N9cw579JMB_e7Vlk91_JpYxOBXQmx/

Chapters:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:09 Andy's career in cyber
• 04:04 The Butterfly Effect
• 06:06 How to Be 1% More Efficient at Cyber
• 09:01 The Importance of Uncloneability
• 10:57 The Importance of Personal Improvement in Leadership
• 14:21 The Importance of Commitment
• 16:10 The Importance of Feedback
• 20:23 Planning for a Sudden Change in Your Environment
• 26:51 How to Create Safety for Cyber Professionals
• 29:01 How to Face Adversity with Grace
• 30:36 The Importance of Culture in Email Security
• 32:11 The Importance of Delegation
• 33:55 Delegating vs Dumping
• 36:02 How to Reduce the Energy Cost of Inclusion
• 40:18 The Importance of Diversity in Organizations
• 42:07 Don't Borrow Evil
• 44:17 How to Build a Relationship with Business Leaders
• 46:49 How to Stop Hurting Your Team