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Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

306- Brandon Hansen’s Rapport Driven Leadership is Transforming Teams and Lives

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

549 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Brandon Hansen A passionate advocate for personal growth and leadership development, Brandon Hansen serves as the Director Of IT at Whitaker Construction. His transformative experience with Rapport Leadership training has shaped his approach to both family life and professional leadership. Brandon’s enthusiasm for helping others reach their full potential shines through as he shares practical wisdom on living with purpose and taking ownership in all areas of life. How Brandon Hansen Uses Rapport Leadership to Transform His life and Business How can leadership training influence both your personal and professional life? In this episode, Brandon Hansen shares his experience with Rapport Leadership training and how it affected his approach to family, work, and self-improvement. From embracing his children more fully to empowering employees, Brandon discusses practical ways to take ownership, live with purpose, and choose your response in any situation. Brandon emphasizes the importance of personal growth and team building in his role as Director of IT at Whitaker Construction. He explores how leadership skills extend beyond the office, contributing to better work-life balance and parenting techniques. The conversation touches on the power of positive self-talk and developing a growth mindset to overcome past challenges. In the business realm, Brandon shares insights on IT dress codes and the ongoing debate of certifications versus experience in the technology sector. He also discusses the increasing role of AI in construction and how tools like AI Copilot are shaping the IT industry. Throughout the episode, Brandon highlights how leadership principles can lead to personal empowerment and create a ripple effect in both professional and family life.

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone. You're listening to Pop 3, which concludes our three-parts series with Brendan Henson.

0:09.1

The good thing is, most IT people know, right? So I don't know. Well, you're in construction,

0:16.6

so you guys can wear whatever the heck you want, probably, right? You can wear...

0:19.7

Yeah. I had that i had

0:21.8

that spunk shirt that said taking the sh out of it but hr didn't really like that one so

0:28.7

and then i have the i've had this verto shirt that said masters of disaster oh. Oh, that's okay.

0:37.9

Yeah.

0:38.6

Paul Yater, he's both the CTO and the director of HR.

0:43.0

How do you do that one?

0:44.2

Since you mentioned HR.

0:45.8

Think about that.

0:46.4

You could have just approved your own shirt.

0:48.1

Wouldn't it even matter?

0:49.0

What didn't even matter?

0:49.7

Because you were HR.

0:51.2

So somehow, he was like, yeah, like we lost the HR person and I figured I can handle

0:56.6

a few of these tasks. I mean, all the requests come to IT anyways, right? So might as well just take

1:02.1

on HR at the same time. Usually an IT experience can end in an HR experience depending on what

1:09.8

happened on that computer.

1:11.6

Not if you are both.

1:13.6

Not if you're both.

1:14.9

That should be a conflict of interest or something.

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