Most Important Skills for a Director of Operations at Linqia
Melanie, a Director of Operations, emphasizes that "curiosity" is key to success, allowing one to approach challenges with a "fair and thoughtful" approach by recognizing underlying patterns. This open-mindedness, combined with a willingness to learn from others and "dig to the deepest level" to understand problems, ultimately provides a framework for effective problem-solving, drawing on past experience.
Problem-Solving, Communication, Curiosity, Confidence, Leadership
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Melanie Archer
Director of Operations
Linqia
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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English, Writing & Education, English
Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Operations and Project Management
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Curiosity is key to actively participating in your career and collaborating effectively with others.
2. Understanding the three archetypes of problems can help you develop a blueprint for solving challenges.
3. Approaching challenges with curiosity ensures solutions are fair, thoughtful, and based on reality, not assumptions.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
Curiosity is always an important part of being an active participant in your career. I am very open to the possibility and true reality that I don't know everything. Whoever I'm working with might have a specialization or a specific way of looking at or thinking through things. This is true for anyone at any stage of their career.
Being curious, not only about a person's suggestions and recommendations, but also to understand the broader challenge as a whole. I have a theory in my work that there are three archetypes of problems that exist, and they just come in different flavors and styles.
If you're curious enough to dig to the deepest level and understand the challenges you're facing, you almost always already have a blueprint for how you've solved that challenge in the past. That curiosity helps me feel confident going into challenges. It also ensures that as I approach challenges, I am fair, thoughtful, and representative of reality, not just assumptions.