302- Chris Zimmerman Reveals How to Navigate Leadership Challenges in IT

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Chris Zimmerman With a diverse background spanning community policing and IT, Chris Zimmerman brings a unique perspective to his role as Senior Director of IT at Fleet Farm. His journey includes degrees in computer science, leadership, and an MBA, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning. Chris’s leadership philosophy emphasizes understanding organizational needs, taking action, and cultivating a positive culture. Chris Zimmerman: Reveals How to Navigate Leadership Challenges in IT How can IT leaders effectively navigate the complex landscape of modern business? Chris Zimmerman, Senior Director of IT at Fleet Farm, shares insights from his unique journey from community policing to IT leadership. He discusses the importance of understanding organizational culture, right-sizing solutions, and maintaining momentum through action. Chris also emphasizes the value of taking career risks and continuously expanding one’s knowledge.

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone, to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:06.6	I'm your host, Doug Kameen, and today I'm talking with Chris Zimmerman, Senior Director of
0:11.1	IT at Fleet Farm and Appleton, Wisconsin.
0:13.7	Welcome to the show, Chris.
0:14.7	Thanks for having me, Doug.
0:16.2	I'm really excited to be here.
0:17.8	Yeah.
0:18.7	So we're talking a little bit before the show about what you're most interested in,
0:23.9	if you will.
0:24.5	And you told me that you're most interested in your leadership journey.
0:28.7	And you spend a lot of time focused on that.
0:31.8	So let's just lead right off with that and talk.
0:34.7	Give us some background on what that means to you.
0:38.6	Yeah, that sounds great.
0:43.8	So leadership to me is really important because you want to make sure that you're taking care of your employees and really making sure that you have that good rapport with the organization,
0:51.6	really big into the culture, trying to make sure that we have a culture
0:55.5	that's encouraging and supporting the employees.
0:59.6	You know, leadership can mean so many different things to so many different people.
1:04.3	And you really, what I found even outside of leadership, honestly, within an organization,
1:09.1	you really need to have an understanding for how
1:11.3	the organization works. What's the lifecycle of the organization? There's the fiscal calendar and all
1:17.5	those fun things. But also, you also need to understand what's the right size for the organization,
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