Why Leaders Need A Short Attention Span: Insights From Jim Heppelmann, CEO of PTC
Jim Heppelmann is CEO of PTC, a technology software company with 6,500 employees in 30 countries.
Jim Heppelmann is CEO of PTC, a technology software company with 6,500 employees in 30 countries.
For years, I’ve been interviewing leaders and experts on my podcast, The Future of Work with Jacob Morgan.
Over the years, I’ve interviewed hundreds of the top leaders around the world. And although they all have their unique habits and personalities, they also have much in common.
My guest today is Katy Milkman. Katy Milkman is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology, and president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making.
We all make mistakes, but when was the last time you enjoyed your mistake?
I remember embarking on my career and realizing I had the whole world in front of me.
Not all leaders are created equal.
Some leaders are stuck in the old way of thinking about leadership with command and control structure and rigid rules. In this mindset, managers are like juicers and employees are the fruit—the role of the manager is to get every ounce of juice out of their people, regardless of how it affects the employees.
Colin Bryar is the co-author of the bestselling book Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets From Inside Amazon.
We’re taught from an early age to seek the approval of others, including our parents, teachers, and other authority figures.
Carrie Birkhofer is president and CEO of Bay Federal Credit Union, a non-profit financial cooperative with 225 employees. She’s been the CEO for 25 years, and under her leadership, the credit union has grown from $70 million to $1.4 billion in assets.