Mike Kallet, CEO of HeadScratchers



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About the Webinar: Ryma's December 16th webinar was presented by Mike Kallet. This was the fourth session of the successful webinar series; "The CxO View." During this short webinar, Mike recommend a systemic thinking process that others can follow and rely upon.

One of the responsibilities of Product Managers is to move product decisions and milestone approvals through "gates" or "milestones". This usually includes presenting to executives with the objective of getting approval to proceed, or getting a decision to be made. Executives who attend these meetings, or discussions, are often asked to approve something that they are not necessarily an expert in ... that's why they hired you !

They rely on you to make recommendations and when appropriate, will delegate decisions to you. Trust plays an important and vital role in the ability of an executive to make quick and decisive decisions, let alone delegate those decisions to others. One way to gain the trust of an executive is to ensure proper Thinking.

Mike will present several methods that managers can use to present information to executives in a way to gain their confidence, and help them move towards that "OK, Proceed", or "Here's my decision" response.

About the Presenter: Michael Kallet is a technology and operations executive with 30 years of experience in leading teams that created numerous award winning products and services spanning computer and communications technologies and markets. 

In 2004, Mike started HeadScratchers, a company focused on training Critical Thinking for Problem Solving, Decision Making and Creativity. Its mission: To help people become better "HeadScratchers".

Prior to forming HeadScratchers, Mike had a 25 year career spanning the software, internet and telecommunications industries. His accomplishments range from creating award winning products such as Harvard Graphics to running ICG a half billion dollar communications company, as COO.