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🎯 How to Lead When the Rules Change Between Startup and Enterprise

What Chris Lanier learned moving between Microsoft, startups, and Exein, and why it matters for how you lead now.

Hi Leadership Community,


Most leaders do not get to stay in one kind of organization their whole career. Companies grow. Startups scale. Divisions get restructured. And what made you effective in one environment does not always travel cleanly to the next.


In this episode, Chris Lanier, Managing Director, Americas at Exein, shares what he has learned building and scaling global teams across Microsoft, Wind River, and Exein, including what actually changes between large and small organizations, and what does not.


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In this episode, you will learn:



πŸ‘‰ Listen now and learn what it really takes to lead when the environment keeps changing.


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Sannah


Sannah Vinding
Engineer | GTM, Growth & Product Marketing Leader, Podcast Host

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P.S. Chris shared something his 25-year-old son told him about work and passion that genuinely stopped me. It is worth hearing for yourself.

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