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Leading in an environment where you constantly have to expect the unexpected, Dan Brdar has learned two things that need to happen to stay on the cutting edge: you need to be a fast decision-maker, and you need to lead from your values.

Dan Brdar is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ideal Power Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in the power systems and energy industries and has held a variety of leadership positions during his career. 

Dan is an authority and leader in the energy space, expertly taking new and innovative concepts to commercial markets. 

In addition to his role at Ideal Power, he served as President and CEO of FuelCell Energy Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company with a market cap of over $250 million. 

Let\u2019s jump in, team, and learn more about leading from our values!

On this episode:

• Learn how Dan\u2019s unique journey through the energy industry has shaped his leadership style in a way that has taught him how to be nimble in an environment filled with unexpected surprises.
• Dan talks about the importance of enabling the team\u2019s success and empowering them to work through implementing solutions.
• Leaders don\u2019t just want a data dump, teams should come to the leader with a problem and ideas towards a solution. 
• Leaders need to make decisions. Instead of delaying the decision until you get more data, you need to be willing to make a fast decision and adjust along the way. 
• Dan talks about the \u201cright\u201d people being vital to the success of the business or organization. 
• Dan explains \u201cparticipative\u201d leadership. You need to be approachable in order for your team to have better business perspectives. 

Key Takeaways:

• Be personally willing to take your team through the process of innovation
• You all win when your team is successful
• The next generation of leaders are the ones who build solutions 
• True leaders lead from deep-seated values even when it isn\u2019t popular
• Be comfortable making decisions even with limited information
• Leaders need to continuously innovate to keep up with change 

Tweetable Quotes:

\u201cWhen you openly working to enable and facilitate your team\u2019s success it just leads to more opportunities to lead bigger and bigger groups.\u201d - Dan Brdar

\u201cThe things that made that company successful in the earlier days, if they don\u2019t change, you\u2019re gonna get left behind, you\u2019re not going to be able to attract and retain people, and you\u2019re going to lose opportunities to explore new ways to do things.\u201d - Dan Brdar

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