128. These Two Traits Will Make Your Managers Take IT Necessities Seriously with Al Gardner

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Philip Howard

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🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Al Gardner Al Gardner is the Vice President of Information Technology and Security for Denver-based Inspirato. Mr. Gardner specializes in strategic IT management and overall network operations management. Al is a passionate coach and mentor who has a reputation for building and motivating highly effective teams by creating a culture built on integrity, compassion, innovation, and performance. Al successfully led Inspirato technology operations through the stages and innovations that will result in a 2022 IPO. Al is a seasoned presenter and speaks regularly at technology and management conferences on subjects that focus on management and technology strategies. These Two Traits Will Make Your IT Managers Take You Seriously with Al Gardner We kick off Dissecting Popular IT Nerds Podcast with an expert in team management and IT, both academically and with years of hands-on personal experience, to show you how you should present your IT solutions so that CEOs will take you seriously. Join host Phil Howard for his discussion with his guest, Al Gardner, as they hash out how you can break the stigma around IT as a mere “irritation.” Get Al’s advice on instilling truth and personality in your team members, where he offers tested methods to connect with other company units who don’t speak the IT language.

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0:00.0	But in terms of tricks or tips, I'd say probably the best thing is to, I've just found,
0:05.6	I haven't had a really difficult time in terms of people management.
0:09.5	I kind of, I'm the person that I bring my whole self to the job.
0:14.6	I don't believe in trying to put wool over folks' eyes.
0:18.9	What you see is kind of what you get.
0:30.6	All right.
0:33.5	Welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:40.6	Been a very long time coming, this particular show with Al gardner from denver colorado i went to you know um c s u four collins uh lived in lived in colorado for 14 years
0:47.6	and i do miss some of it i certainly miss the food in fort Collins. But you are so involved in the community.
0:56.3	You do so much, just leadership in general, but even IT leadership. And that it has been very
1:04.2	hard to get you on the show. So I'm not letting you go. I am not letting you go. We've got about a
1:09.2	half an hour to bang out the most important
1:12.2	things that I can, that I can, I guess, dissect, right? And you do a lot, you speak a lot around
1:19.8	executive influence. And that's near and dear to my heart on this show, because it's really
1:25.1	about how do we take the IT IT nerds isn't really nerd anymore
1:31.2	nerds it's like popular to be a nerd now but how do we take the IT techie guy that's been involved
1:37.0	maybe he's been running the help desk maybe he's been doing this how do we get to the next level
1:41.0	in lead and become a technology force multiplier within our companies,
1:46.7	especially when you have some old school guys that might still be possibly maybe pigeonholing
1:55.8	IT into a cost center.
1:58.1	How do you get that executive influence?
2:01.8	You know, I'll say two things, truth and personality.
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