Yatish Siddaramaiah

"Scaling is not about doing more. It’s about doing less of what doesn't matter so you can do more of what does." - Reed Hastings Having scaled teams and organizations at Big Tech and advising startups looking to scale, I couldn’t agree more with this quote from Reed Hastings. In the rush to take the business from 0 to $$$M business, most leaders optimize for speed of execution. They want features out the door yesterday. But there is a hidden cost to moving fast without a strategy. I have...

"Be more strategic." The feedback everyone gets, but few understand. Most managers use it as a catch all during performance reviews. Most employees are left guessing, what does it even mean? I recall a time when I had asked my manager what does being strategic actually look like?. He said, "Watch how great leaders show up. You'll understand." I watched a leader I admired command a room not with answers, but with thoughtful questions and painting the big picture with a calm demeanor. That...

I misunderstood what servant leadership meant in my early days as a manager. The mindset shift that changed how I see servant leadership as a catalyst. Early on, when I took over managing a team, I wanted to "do it all". Letting go of my "doer" mentality was challenging. When leading a team or an organization, you have to move from the “doer” to be the “catalyst”. You have to learn to unlearn previous habits. New managers and leaders particularly have this challenge of balancing saying “Yes”...