In our newest episode of Analytics on Fire, I talk with Heather Sinkwitz. She is the BI Manager at Mobile Mini Solutions, a mobile storage facility management company based in Phoenix, Az. We talk extensively about the difference between a BI Manager and a BI leader. She shares her journey and how she inspires team and organization through team dynamics and data.
“As a (business intelligence) leader, you can step back a bit more and use emotional intelligence and empathize with the team you're working with.” (20:40)
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3 Knowledge Bombs
- Sometimes you have to sit down as a team and figure out what's working, what's not working, and what needs to be changed.
- Be aware of your team's strengths to fully maximize the product you're trying to create and implement.
- If you want to move from being a manager to more of a leader, put people first.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- [04:05] - Heather starts off by sharing some interesting things about herself.
- [07:18] - Heather shares about Mobile Mini and her role with the company as the leader of the Business Analytics team.
- [08:01] - She talks about the various tools they use in the company.
- [09:54] - Heather shares about a time when something went terribly wrong and how she worked through.
- [13:08] - She shares what happens next.
- [14:39] - Heather shares the process of how her team worked through their issues.
- [17:00] - She shares about how she worked with the Executive team and the challenges related to sharing about her team's missed delivery.
- [18:31] - Heather shares some incredible insight about communication with the executive team, team dynamics, and responding to issues quickly. The difference between a manager and a leader.
- [23:52] - She shares an amazing idea about a marketing campaign that helped people see their live analytics.
- [26:47] - Mobile Mini's team building activities and the core benefits.
- [31:24] - Heather shares her AHA moment.
- [32:54] - Some advice to help create vulnerability on your team.
- [34:40] - The advice Heather would give herself when she first started in BI.
- [37:30] - Advice for Managers that want to move to more of a leader role, and advice to team members of inadequate management.
- [41:16] - Heather shares some resources and inspirations.
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"At the beginning of my career, I didn't understand the value of failure. When you fail, you can self-assess, learn from it, and move on." (34:48)
Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Connect to Heather Sinkwitz: LinkedIn | Twitter
- Download Heather's BI Brainz Success Story Details
- Heather Recommends reading "Daring Greatly" - Brene Brown | "Value Proposition" - Alexander Osterwalder
- Heather works at Mobile Mini
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