Make Your Peer Team Your First Team (Special: Ajay Varia Revisited) - To Lead Is Human #55

Host Sharon Richmond revisits her original episode with guest CEO Ajay Varya, adding new insights on servant leadership and cross-functional teams in fast-growing companies. She and Ajay explore your peer team being your first team, cultural challenges, transparency, and prioritizing growth mindset. This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. “But do they actually have the skills, the mindset, the culture, to drive the impact you want? Because then it’s almost like I’m in awe of the team.”— Ajay Varia “Silos don't just happen. They're built unintentionally, every time an executive prioritizes their function over the enterprise.” — Sharon Richmond Resources or websites mentioned in this episode: Mirasee: https://mirasee.com/ Sharon’s website: https://www.leadinglarge.com/ Ajay’s Website: https://growthnirvana.com/ Ajay’s LinkedIn:   / ajay-varia-b880812   Ajay’s Culture Doc: https://www.growthnirvana.com/blog/va... Credits: Host: Sharon Richmond Producer: Andrew Chapman Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario Original Episode Producer: Cynthia Lamb Original Episode Coordinator: Geoff Govertsen Original Episode Audio Editing: Post Office Sound Executive Producer: Danny Iny Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio Music credits: Track Title: Escaping Light Artist: Aaron Sprinkle Writer: Aaron Sprinkle Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Track Title: Bright Future Artist: Be Still The Earth Writer: Marshall Usinger Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Outro Music Credit: Item Title: Perfect Ambient Author Username: BearStockMusic Item URL: https://elements.envato.com/perfect-a... Item ID: HQZK77N Special effects credits: 24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market. To catch the great episodes coming up on To Lead Is Human, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channelor your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.