Podcast – Episode 41:
Mindful leadership in athenahealth
Tech to help doctors focus on what they are good at
We all hope for a day when we don’t need to mention, or even be surprised, when we see women leading in tech. But, until that wonderful moment arrives, we will celebrate a marvelous leader’s journey and her leadership practices. Bela Labovitch, the VP of engineering at athenahealth, joins us to share her story and why she has much gratitude for her job. Of special interest, how she makes the role effective and delightful for her people, the end customer, and the business itself.
“I think as a leader, what should be important to you is the continual improvement of your teams, what should be important to you as a signaling of something going wrong? So, make that time, it is important.“
We also look at the problem that athenahealth is solving in the market and how it allows doctors and similar professionals to focus on what they love doing by adding ease and automation to important aspects of their business operations.
Key takeaways from the podcast with Bela are:
- The importance of metrics and measuring
- The power of a tool we all have as leaders—mindfulness and the surprising impact it can have on all aspects of the tech leader role
- How companies can help create more diversity within their companies and encourage girls and women to pursue tech careers
TLDR: Straight to the point
(Quick Links)
We all live busy lives, and sometimes a long podcast is too much of a time-footprint for our busy schedules. So, to help you get to the bit you’re more interested in, use our table of contents below. Quick links to help you get straight to the point.
2. Bela's tech journey to her position to VP of engineering at a well-respected organization
3. Bela's tech journey to her position to VP of engineering at a well-respected organization
4. Transition from techy to tech leader
5. What the problem athenahealth are solving in the market?
6. What is Bela's passion around the work she does
7. How does Bela roll as a leader?
8. How do you align people to a vision (herd the smart kittens)?
9. Bela's support of the "Girls that Code" program
10. Being a woman in tech and was it fun?
11. What are the barriers stopping women/girls getting into the tech space?
13. Discussion on making the onboarding process smooth (especially during the COVID remote era)
14. Creating high performing teams to serve the business and the customer
15. Being the purposeful leader
16. Bela's advice on maintaining a healthy social system within the organization during the remote COVID era
17. Bela's advice to aspiring tech leaders out there
18. Do metrics really matter? Why bother?
19. Bela's parting key takeaways for tech leaders out there
20. What books would Bela recommend to other leaders
21. Bela's parting key takeaways for tech leaders out there
22. TC Gills key takeaways from the podcast