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Episode 70 – Holding your values as you scale with Dan Hammond

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There comes a time when a startup moves to a scale-up, where small ideas take off and before you know it, you’ve got a hit on your hands. But with the highs come the responsibilities of leadership. In this episode, Dan shares his experience creating a successful music festival in his hometown of Ilkley, and offers valuable insights on how to make it work.
Defining your values as you grow
Dan and Pia discuss how Ilkley Live’s leadership is evolving, just as it does with any startup. The process looks like this:
  1. Determine your purpose and values
  2. Communicate them clearly to your team and stakeholders
  3. Be open to feedback and make adjustments
  4. Give people autonomy to take ownership
  5. Stay invested in your values, even as the project grows
Losing sight of your core values puts the support of your team at risk, so while they don’t necessarily need to be on paper, they do need to be held.
Meet the guests
Dan Hammond, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Squadify. Dan lives in Ilkley in the United Kingdom with his family and is obsessed with team effectiveness, having spent the past 20 years’ working with and training leaders and teams all around the world. He is obsessed with ‘balance’ and much of his free time is spent in the pursuit of being an earnest ‘but not very fast’ triathlete. From time to time, he also likes to channel his inner Louis Armstrong and blast the trumpet.
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