Sergey Maslennikov - Completed Assignment

Hello and thank you for this opportunity for me to

come back and present my response to this task.

The President is my technology of choice today because, well

for for many reasons, but I think what really allows

me to do showcase my communication skills and my presentation

skills, but also my technical abilities because I I never

actually used present before and there was a little bit

of a learning curve.

But what I've realized is that this is still part

of the interview process and but with the difference would

be not having a live conversation and what I wanted

to be able to do is be present on the

screen alongside my content.

And what I realized that also allows me to do

is really engaged with my content.

So this is me on my day one of joining

the company and realizing that my manager is not going

to be there to support me.

But on the series note, I think this could be

very beneficial situation for any new starter because when you

start in a new role in the new company, you

tend to take it easy for the first couple of

weeks, you go to trainings, you meet people and there

are no real expectations settling at that stage in this

situation is going to be very, very different.

Your manager is not going to be there to support

you, show you around introducing to people and train you

on the technology.

A lot of that is down to the new starter

to be proactive, be really engaged with the roll straight

away and be on the ball at all times.

So I think it could really be very beneficial situation

and this in mind.

Let me take you through the Structure of my presentation

for you today.

So first of all, I will be uh will take

you through my approach to setting my priorities and now

we'll be looking to do that on day one.

And those priorities will sort of shape my approach to

where I focus uh my time during the first couple

of weeks.

And I think those priorities would actually fall into three

main pockets are first very important.

Getting up to speed with the technology as quickly as

possible than meeting people, your stakeholders, your colleagues And also

uh identify those expectations and objectives of the role.

And I will summarize everything in my 30 day plan

in my last slide.

So in terms of setting the priorities, uh I know

my manager would not be there to sort of guide

me in that respect, but I would be still looking

to sit down for 1-1 with in this case second

best person who I think will be Owen.

And what I will be looking to do is to

shed light on three main areas.

First of all, are there any urgent commitments that would

require my input and I need to honor something that's

already in the diary.

Uh An organization is expecting input from this role and

I need to honor those commitments.

So if there are urgent commitments that I need to

honor, they will also shape my approach to uh how

I so to my learning process during the first couple

of weeks, which will be focused on all the things

that will enable me to deliver on those commitments.

Apart from that, I will be looking to reconfirm all

the technology that's involved With this role and where I

will be spending most of my life.

Uh the tools that will be using from my interview

process, I already know it's Amazon 365 and all the

underlying applications, it's salesforce, but most importantly it's show pad.

Uh and I would also actually uh ask the question

about where like the the the filing, so where are

the files and materials that I can get tuck into

to get the understands and then get all this sort

of informational overload from where where where is the sales

enablement folder and the technology folder that I need to

access straight away.

And also very important.

Who are my stakeholders, who will be relying on me

doing a very good job going forward in all of

my roles.

Uh I had that list of my stakeholders, people who

rely on me doing a good job in my role.

And following the meeting, I will be looking to set

up 1-1 with those stakeholders but also actually reach out

to customer success or account managers from the technique technology

providers that we use because in my experience I found

that those people are good customer success managers are very

knowledgeable about your company and how you use technology, their

technology. And in case of show bad, I've been on

their website and there is a big case that's about

blueprints when there was a testimonial from uh from chris

and I realized that you guys have big client for

them. So I expect the customer success manager on there

and to be very knowledgeable person and I would actually

be looking to get them to give me them all

the technology and answer some of my questions but more

on that in my next slide which will be all

about getting up to speed with technology which is wider

for this role.

Getting up to speed with technology as quickly as possible,

really accelerating that learning process and I will focus on

learning about three main things about all the technologies, all

the applications that we use.

First of all the fundamentals of the application, what really

drives it uh than the capabilities of each application and

then the role this application place within the the overall

infrastructure that we use.

I will I started researching those tools.

Uh user guides are very helpful to get uh you

understand some of the technology but I found it when

you actually start using your technology, getting locked in, uh

finding your way around playing with it and then actually

complement this with watching Youtube videos or maybe reading some

something on forums but really sort of coming up with

questions first uh and then answering those questions by doing

a good research on the company's academy website or support

forums. And I would be of course looking to uh

watch a few tutorials provided by show bad, but as

I've already mentioned, the customer success managers would also be

very valuable source of information for me and I in

my experience in my past, I found that those people

are very good.

Uh So first step in terms of understanding the technology,

they good people to give you that first demo over

the technology as well.

And I would focus on show pad, but also within

the Microsoft 365 which is I'm very familiar with, but

even though there are applications have not used before, uh

For example, Power bi I which I think will be

very important for this role going forward.

I've not used it before, so I will be looking

to get up to speed very quickly with that technology

as well.

So after that I will be looking to schedule one

to once with my stakeholders.

I would probably be looking to do this in myself,

2nd and 3rd weeks because the first week, first weeks

focus will all be on the technology that I will

be spending most of my time in and most of

my life in.

And I would schedule all the one to ones with

my stakeholders and the three.

So I would focus on three areas in those, in

the in those uh uh one to answer in those

meetings. First of all getting to know each other building

report, which is very important because you only have one

chance to make the first impression and it stays for

long term and also discuss how we can work together

going forward.

And of course, before those meetings I would look to

research people myself, uh look them up on linked in,

but I also have a very brief conversations in the

office or on ennis of social media or instant message.

Internal instant messenger and things like that.

And why I would schedule those meetings for 2nd and

3rd week and not the first week is because you

really need to get that understanding of the technology in

order to have meaningful conversations with all of your stakeholders.

So that's how I would approach, getting to know what

the team, my colleagues and my stakeholders.

And number three, I would look to really understand my

role and I know it's number three is open, my

presentation structure, but it's not because this is the least

important thing to me.

This is very important, but I just believe that you

need to have all that other knowledge in your head

about the technology and people you will be serving and

supporting in your role Before you can start uh solve

shaping new approach to the role.

And I would be looking to get started on my

3060 90 plan and we should focus on three main

areas uh rapidly getting up to speed with technology, get

into a position, getting myself to position where I'm comfortable

running it, but then going forward, optimizing the technology, making

the most of the technology swear that we are using

at the moment, but also making improvements, looking for synergies

and uh which technologies can talk to each other to

enable things like reporting for example, and this is how

I will start adding value.

I would start thinking about those things as well.

So those are my three priority pockets where I would

focus most of my time in the 1st 30 days

and this is what it would look like in reality

in practice.

In my first week, I my ultimate goal would be

to form a clear understanding of the digital enablement infrastructure

while all the technologies that are involved, what role they

are playing.

I would, in my first week look to set my

priorities for For the 1st 30, 60, 90 days.

And I will start to begin to understand not only

technology, but uh the company itself and my colleagues and

how the team is structured and what really drives the

team and what is expected of the team and the

role I play within the team.

And I would start uh setting up those scheduling those

one to ones with my, with my colleagues.

Now in week number two, I would expect myself to

be fully equipped in running the digital number enablement platform.

So I would still continue familiarizing myself with the technology

and how it's used by the organization.

I would also start having those begins to begin those

meetings with my stakeholders, those one to ones and really

dig into their needs and expectations of my role as

well and how we can work together going forward.

And in my third week I would be expecting myself

to be fully up to speed with the technology and

actually be trusted by the team to run the platform.

So when they look look at me, they are comfortable

that I'm the right person for the job and I've

got all the right skills and knowledge and I got

myself up to speed with technology really quickly and they

can trust me is that and also I would be

looking to become that go to uh person for any

tech related questions.

Of course, I will continue having my one to answer

with all of my stakeholders and only three hour, hopefully

finish all of them and have a complete understanding of

the needs of my community, of my stakeholders by the

end of the week And then week three, I would

be looking to start writing my uh 1690 day plan

at that stage and identify any gaps in my knowledge

that I I still have in the technology and try

to close them as quickly as possible and now start

looking into the future.

How can I optimize the technology that we use?

How can I start adding value uh in things like

game, fine, uh some of the learning experience that sales

people have with the technology and maybe edging some reports

and functionality that enables us to so demonstrate the input

that sales enablement team has into performance of all the

sales people, so starts in development adding value in that,

in that direction as well, and all that will be

done with one So objective in my head where I

want to be in a position where when my manager

starts and he's back from uh, and the illness and

here as well.

I want to have, I want to be up to

speed with the technology, but also have that sort of

road map where I'm gonna take, how I'm going to

take ownership of that role and what I'm going to

take it going forward.

So this is it for me and I hope you

enjoyed my presentation and I hope I really, so I

was able to demonstrate my uh technical abilities, but also

my people skills that will really contribute to the success

in this in this role.

And I will be looking to continue this conversation going

forward. Thank you for your time and I hope to

speak soon.

Goodbye.

Sergey Maslennikov - Completed Assignment

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