How You Can Build a Culture of Effective Leadership at Work | Unicorn Leaders with Aydin Mirzaee

Did you know that 70% of employee retention is based on their manager and no other factor? People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.

Aydin Mirzaee is the co-founder and CEO of Fellow.app, a meeting productivity platform that helps organizations have fewer, better meetings.

In this episode Aydin talks about how managers can influence team performance and shares his thoughts on why he thinks getting advice can be dangerous.

He also discusses statistics and studies that help explain why it’s necessary for you to incorporate missions, values and self-reflection in your management journey to improve your team or greater workplace dynamic.

Tune in to hear all about how Aydin’s leadership experiences and advice can help you improve your leadership style!
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2:00 Are leaders born or made?
8:30 Leaders are like athletes
12:19 Toyota leadership case study
22:15 Aydin's own leadership journey
26:38 Until you experience it you don't fully understand
30:40 Growth and how it affects business
37:45 The best managers work like athletes
44:20 Advice can be dangerous

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Guest Bio
Aydin is the co-founder and CEO of Fellow.app, a meeting productivity platform that helps organizations have fewer, better meetings. Prior to Fellow, he co-founded Fluidware in 2008 and grew it to 90 people in staff before selling it to SurveyMonkey, where he served as General Manager of SurveyMonkey Canada. Aydin is also the co-founder of Fresh Founders, a non-profit organization with the vision to foster a community of top entrepreneurs in Canada.


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