{"id":1195,"date":"2015-10-15T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2015-10-15T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T19:01:46","slug":"life-as-an-emc-leader-with-chad-sakac-ep-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/10\/life-as-an-emc-leader-with-chad-sakac-ep-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Life as an EMC Leader with Chad Sakac Ep 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Geek Whisperers have the pleasure of discussing careers with the very special guest of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sakacc\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Sakac<\/a>, President of Presales at EMC. He&#8217;s grown into\u00a0leadership, starting as an <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1198 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ChadSakac_Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"ChadSakac_Cropped\" width=\"317\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ChadSakac_Cropped.jpg 360w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ChadSakac_Cropped-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/>individual contributor and is now up to\u00a04,000 &#8220;nerds in the field,&#8221; and that&#8217;s just part of his day job.\u00a0We discuss the unbelievable awesomeness of Chad&#8217;s job and recognizing the challenges he\u00a0goes through at the same time. Some topics we cover include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Chad&#8217;s job extends beyond the day job<\/li>\n<li>Work\/life balance is an illusion<\/li>\n<li>Better analogy\u00a0is more like a marathon with sprints (sprint, rest, sprint, rest)<\/li>\n<li>The challenge of a distributed team and how it leads to crazy travel hours<\/li>\n<li>Be mindful of what you want in your career (the <em>quid quo pros<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>The balance of incredible happiness\u00a0and incredible tragedies<\/li>\n<li>How to roll with the sheer scale of the work<\/li>\n<li>Balancing the micro and macro view\u00a0of the job<\/li>\n<li>The difference between understanding politics and being a politician<\/li>\n<li>Speaking truth to power\u00a0&#8220;without being a doink&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>How authenticity brings its own power<\/li>\n<li>The unconscious process of his career growth<\/li>\n<li>How social media is part of the formula these days<\/li>\n<li>How the web of influence transcends organizational boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Mapping &#8220;impact radius&#8221; of company contributors<\/li>\n<li>His advice to us all: <strong>take bigger risks earlier<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Beware the &#8220;Us vs Them&#8221; dynamic to team building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0specific questions we dig in on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you go from managing 10 people to\u00a04,000 people?<\/li>\n<li>What would Chad say to Younger Chad if he had a time machine?<\/li>\n<li>Can people adapt to Unicorn culture or do you grow them?<\/li>\n<li>What is <strong>culture in a team<\/strong> &#8211; the process? The people?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, especially for Amy, here&#8217;s <strong>Chad by the numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President of 4,000 people<\/li>\n<li>Father of 2 daughters<\/li>\n<li>Receives 3,000 emails a day<\/li>\n<li>He has 17.7K followers on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>This episode is a 53 minutes long, which is a bonus 23 minutes than most \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-sakac-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1197\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-sakac-large-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"chad-sakac-large\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-sakac-large-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-sakac-large-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/chad-sakac-large.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This episode was recorded well before the Dell and EMC merger news, so don&#8217;t anticipate any of that here. Thank you again to Chad for these\u00a0incredible insights. Be sure to read his personal and professional thoughts\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualgeek.typepad.com\/\">http:\/\/virtualgeek.typepad.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6710\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1195-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1195-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Geek Whisperers have the pleasure of discussing careers with the very special guest of Chad Sakac, President of Presales at EMC. He&#8217;s grown into\u00a0leadership, starting as an individual contributor and is now up to\u00a04,000 &#8220;nerds in the field,&#8221; and that&#8217;s just part of his day job.\u00a0We discuss the unbelievable&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2015\/10\/life-as-an-emc-leader-with-chad-sakac-ep-97\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Life as an EMC Leader with Chad Sakac Ep 97<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6711\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1195-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1195-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Chad-Sakac-Geek-Whisperers-Episode-97.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}