The Clarity Advisors Show
94 Ken Trupke -- Ask Me Anything: Staying too long, leading a new team, and the value of experience
On this "Ask Me Anything" episode of The Clarity Advisors Show, host Ken Trupke answers listeners’ questions.
This week he looks explains why it sometimes makes sense to stay with a job a long time and when it might be time to move on, how you can lead a team that’s doing something you’ve never done yourself, and how an older worker can leverage their experience to help the team.
If you have a question that you’d like Ken to answer in a future episode, you can email it to him at ken@clarityadvisors.io.
Timestamps
(00:30): Question 1: Deciding the right time to change jobs.
(07:22): Question 2: Leading a department without subject matter experience.
(11:45): Question 3: Bringing value to a company as an older worker.
Episode Quotes
“Since layoffs have become an accepted means for managing businesses, people have realized that loyalty doesn't go both ways.”
“We undervalue the people we have and the people we know, and we overvalue the people that we don't know – the outsiders.”
“It's easier to get equity to become a partner or to take over a company that you're already in rather than coming in from the outside.”
“Your job (as the leader) is to remove obstacles and provide resources.”
"Leadership is leveraging yourself across a team (to get things accomplished).
“You've earned your experience. You're bringing that perspective and that realization that the timeless principles always work regardless of the business cycle.”
Recommended reading and listening
- “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life,” by Arthur C. Brooks.
- The Clarity Advisors Show Episode 28 – Drawing the line between management and micromanagement.
- The Clarity Advisors Show Episode 90 – Timeless truths to help build your team.
Clarity Advisors Reading List
Follow/Connect with Ken Trupke
On this "Ask Me Anything" episode of The Clarity Advisors Show, host Ken Trupke answers listeners’ questions.
This week he looks explains why it sometimes makes sense to stay with a job a long time and when it might be time to move on, how you can lead a team that’s doing something you’ve never done yourself, and how an older worker can leverage their experience to help the team.
If you have a question that you’d like Ken to answer in a future episode, you can email it to him at ken@clarityadvisors.io.
Timestamps
(00:30): Question 1: Deciding the right time to change jobs.
(07:22): Question 2: Leading a department without subject matter experience.
(11:45): Question 3: Bringing value to a company as an older worker.
Episode Quotes
“Since layoffs have become an accepted means for managing businesses, people have realized that loyalty doesn't go both ways.”
“We undervalue the people we have and the people we know, and we overvalue the people that we don't know – the outsiders.”
“It's easier to get equity to become a partner or to take over a company that you're already in rather than coming in from the outside.”
“Your job (as the leader) is to remove obstacles and provide resources.”
"Leadership is leveraging yourself across a team (to get things accomplished).
“You've earned your experience. You're bringing that perspective and that realization that the timeless principles always work regardless of the business cycle.”
Recommended reading and listening
- “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life,” by Arthur C. Brooks.
- The Clarity Advisors Show Episode 28 – Drawing the line between management and micromanagement.
- The Clarity Advisors Show Episode 90 – Timeless truths to help build your team.
Clarity Advisors Reading List
Follow/Connect with Ken Trupke