How To Raise Your Standards ("Amp It Up") With Frank Slootman (CEO of Snowflake)

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00:00 - Intro
02:08 - Leadership Advice from a Parent
03:21 - Being in the Arena
05:25 - Success at Multiple Companies
08:57 - First Steps When Becoming CEO
10:41 - Who’s Off the Bus?
14:19 - Team Culture During Turnover
17:22 - Definition of Balance
19:16 - Becoming a CEO for the 3rd Time
28:17 - Qualities for a High-Level Leadership Role
34:27 - Confidence with Humility
37:41 - Circle of Influence
45:39 - Hiring Philosophy
46:42 - First Question in an Interview
48:39 - What is Lateral thinking?
51:01 - Celebrity CEOs
53:23 - One-Year Vetting Process
55:15 - First Steps of a CEO
56:38 - Advice to a Young Professional
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GUEST NOTES: Frank Slootman is the CEO at Snowflake. Frank has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the enterprise software industry. Frank served as CEO of ServiceNow from 2011 to 2017, taking the organization from $100M in revenue, through an IPO, to $1.4B. Prior to that, Frank served as President at EMC following an acquisition of Data Domain Corporation, where he served as the CEO, leading the company through an IPO to its acquisition by EMC for $2.4B. He's also the best-selling author of Amp It Up.
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[@nathan.harding]

Great interview Ryan! Frank's easily my favorite CEO and you asked great questions.

[@mukeshbajajcpa]

I can't stop raving about this podcast episode! Frank's message on raising your standards and pushing the pace really hit home for me. Their tips and examples showed me the importance of consistently challenging myself and seeking growth. Highly recommend this episode to anyone looking to elevate their standards!

[@RyanHawk]

Thank you Mukesh!

[@christopherarmstrong2710]

Great interview, Frank is the man!

[@shokouhmostofi2786]

Love your content, thank you! And a little constructive feedback, I believe the volume can be increased.

[@RyanHawk]

Thank you Shokouh!

[@derrickis3linksales]

Frank’s got my vote! His candor is refreshing.

[@RyanHawk]

💯

[@kirillvyrypaev2185]

Great questions

[@GuenterSandmannBlackForest]

I love Frank Slootman‘s Standards and his view on how to not accept mediocre - even better his Work-life balance responce

[@derrickis3linksales]

"we were a popsicle stand" lol

[@christopherarmstrong2710]

6:38 The publisher didn't like the title of the book. Lol! 14:45 "Soft healers make stinking wounds." (Dutch saying) 18:20 Most people in CEO type of roles are not balanced people, it's why they're in the roles. 20:30 NFL quarterbacks have a hard time retiring. It's part of their psychology to crave and need the action. 21:05 Mental atrophy. Your sharpness is never greater than when you're most challenged. You only stay sharp when you subject yourself to incredibly hard, confusing, threatening circumstances. *The dynamic keeps you alive.* 28:20 Preference for people in leadership roles who are a bit unbalanced, have unfinished business, have great ambition and an inbred need to prove something. You feel that heat and passion in the convo, it's highly unresolved energy. The CO. provides a path and an outlet for that. 36:50 It's helpful for CEO's not to overdose on ego. 42:00 Elitist CEO mentality, on their high horse, getting drunk on their own power. There's an enormous gap between being a Snr executive and a CEO. 43:25 CEO is not so much having the material skills, but the psychology is even more important - and is very difficult to acquire. *CEO's are a bit dysfunctional in their psychology.* 45:00 Urge to prove people wrong fills your tanks with jet fuel. (Earl Nightingale, how most entrepreneurs get started) 46:00 Hire people ahead of their own curve, hire people for aptitude more than experience, and give them the opportunity of a lifetime. 50:50 His temperament is more akin to running the army rather than being a political person like a mayor or governor. 51:40 He didn't want to write Amp it Up. Snowflake's CMO pushed him to do it. 56:20 Every business has tons of issues. They're all unique. P/L can tell if a biz is a fat pig. Sales & marketing is 160% of revenue = expensive hobby, not a business. 57:50 Tyranny of location. Where you are going to be geographically used to be a big thing, is now much less important. Silicon Valley is now more of a culture rather than a place. 58:00 Look for jobs that are close to the drivetrain of the enterprise - where things get built, supported, sold - where you're very, very close to the transfer of value. 59:25 Elitist brand name education graduates are averse to getting jobs building and selling something. 1:00:00 Get a job in sales, get close to the customer. Transact and make things happen.