Zach on Leadership

Talking about leadership styles is something leaders do. I have this style, you have that style, etc. I like to talk about Servant Leadership, not so much as a personal preference, but as an aspiration. Servant Leadership is the most ideal way to lead, but it’s not very easy to pull-off. What is Servant Leadership? The concept of Servant Leadership is as old as Scripture. Jesus Christ turned the world upside down with a radically counter-cultural way to lead: “Jesus…

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I’m an introverted technology geek, so by nature I enjoy talking to computers a whole lot more than talking to actual humans. However, as I started to emerge as a technology leader, I realized that in the marketplace of ideas, it’s not the best ideas that win, but the best communicated ideas that win. Generally, I feel that I am a pretty effective communicator, but there was one form of it that strikes fear into my heart: public speaking. About five years…

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The Friday before Memorial Day, in 2002, I blew up the data center. It happened when I lit the PDUs for a new row of equipment that I had spent a week racking and cabling. A 110v power strip didn’t like the 220v I was giving it. The surge filled the room with a haze of smoke. The distinctive smell of fried capacitors and the sound of menacing alarms filled the room. In an instant, the entire enterprise was down….

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