Maya Mandel (Helios)

About this Episode

In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Maya talk about:

• Competitive athletics as a driver of leadership skills and high performance teamwork
• The power of the history of the University of Michigan
• Preparing for when athleticism will be a memory
• Serving in the military, leading software dev teams...in the military
• Doing things young, when you have less to lose, less context
• Learning the value of a holistic product view
• Wanting to change the world
• Motivation differences in the military vs the civilian working world
• Getting an MBA and why it felt kind of relaxing
• Different leadership requirements for the different stages of childhood development
• Getting her mind blown launching products at a huge org like Symantec
• Adaptability and how the process of problem solving is essentially unchanged
• Using authority as a tool vs a bludgeon
• Being where she wants to be

You can find Maya on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayamandel/

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3