34 Change Management with Shawn Roberts

Shawn is the Chief Information and Technology Officer here at Fischer Homes, and in this episode we talk about: 

• Shawn’s career story and his path to become CITO
• How pitching in extra effort to serve the team creates a Win-Win relationship for you, your career, and your organization
• How change is a challenge for every individual and organization and it needs to be managed with objective systems and processes

Timestamps: 

• 2:17 - Shawn’s career story
• 7:39 - Flexibility in a growing company creates a win-win relationship
• 9:58 - Thoughts about the “c-suite,” finding your passion
• 10:55 - Behave like a boss; make his job easier
• 11:40 - The invisible IS department
• 13:53 - Being taken advantage of; job-hopping problems
• 18:15 - Change management
• 21:33 - “The key is communication”
• 24:16 - The elephant and the rider
• 25:36 - Change for change sake; Russian pencils
• 27:48 - Pervasive is down?!?
• 30:08 - The importance of empathy
• 35:26 - Maintaining a proper and positive perspective as an employee
• 38:39 - “The jobs that everyone wants are rare and valuable”
• 40:14 - Collaboration and internal drive
• 42:53 - Bag O’ Questions
• 50:19 - Key Takeaways