Four Simple Leadership Lessons that I Wish Someone Had Taught Me

It's been a while since I adopted a new habit. The last few days of every year are a special time for me to recap what happened and what I learned in my personal and professional life. Additionally, I have a stash of notes that I've collected over the years. This session will demonstrate four of the most important lessons in my professional life and career in IT, notably managing high-performance teams in two of the largest public cloud providers in the world: Oracle Cloud and Amazon. While I learned these lessons the hard way and through a lot of trial and error, this short session is an attempt to share that experience not just with my peers in leadership roles but also with anyone who wants to manage even a small team of one. Here I will go over the four principles of (1) The power of authenticity, (2) The impossible self-cloning, (3) The concept of flexible 1:1s, and (4) The handling of unreasonable requests.
Kam Agahian: Kam is the Senior Director of Cloud Engineering at Oracle in Southern California, with over 25 years of experience in designing and implementing complex network and cloud architectures. Over the years, Kam has interviewed over 1,000 candidates in North America, APAC, and EMEA for various network engineering and leadership positions. He has also managed truly diverse and international teams around the world. Kam has previously presented at NANOG 76, NANOG 77, NANOG 85, and NANOG 87. You can follow his random thoughts and educational posts on LinkedIn.
Speaker: Kam Agahian - Oracle

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