choose to lead: the information security profession needs you!

Choose to Lead The Informat ion Secur i ty Profession Needs You!

Overview• Start with Why

• Grow Yourself

• Lead a Tribe

• Inspire a Movement

• Change the World

• Leave a Legacy

About …

About Me

@pjbeyer

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About Expectations

Not an Expert

Not Comprehensive

Not a Lecture

About Leadership

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become

more, you are a leader.”- John Quincy Adams

It isn’t About

It isn’t About

• Your role

• Your thoughts

• The next great idea

It is About

It is About

• Your actions

• Taking initiative

• Our profession’s future

Lead In Place

Start with Why

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy Why

you do it.”- Simon Sinek

Sinek’s Golden Circle

WhatHowWhy

Here is Mine

What is Yours

Grow Yourself

Stop

Stop

• Most of us are heads down all the time

• Pick your head up and look around

Beyond Our Profession

Beyond Our Profession

• You’ve probably figured out how to learn InfoSec

• The people we work with are not in InfoSec

• The world is a bigger place

Be Habitual

Be Habitual

• Covey’s 7th Habit - “Sharpen the Saw”

• Continuously improve yourself

Be Productive

Get things done

Be Healthy

Be Healthy

• Knowledge work can consume us

• Balance and renew your resources, energy, and health

• Create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle

Lead a Tribe

Seeking Motivated Individuals

Seeking Motivated Individuals

• Attendance is voluntary

• Motivation is what matters

• Identify an interesting problem to solve

• Passion will follow action

Size Doesn’t Matter

Size Doesn’t Matter

• Tribes are big and small

• Everyone is a member of a tribe

Permission Not Required

Permission Not Required

• Are you waiting for permission?

• No one anoints you as leader

Hope Is Required

Hope Is Required

• Cynicism is a lousy strategy

• Without hope there is no future

“A big part of leadership is the ability to stick with the dream long

enough that the critics realize you're going to get there one way

or another... so they follow.”- Seth Godin

Why You

Why You

• It’s your choice

• Are there thousands of reasons why you’re not the right person?

• YES … so what

Inspire a Movement

The Wrong Question

The Wrong Question

What is the risk-free way to insinuate myself into the system so I get approval for change?

Combat Fear

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong... the secret is being willing to

be wrong.”- Seth Godin

Combat Fear

• Fear keeps us creating boring and unremarkable things

• Create something that critics will criticize

Serve Others

“What makes a good leader, is that they eschew the spotlight in

favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to

support and protect their people.”- Simon Sinek

“The only thing our leaders ever need to do is remember whom

they serve and it will be an honor and a pleasure to serve them

back.”- Simon Sinek

Here’s Your Checklist

Here’s Your Checklist

• Am I working to Influence rather than force?

• Am I working to Build Up rather than tear down?

• Am I building Trust?

• Do I regularly Sacrifice?

Cast Your Vision

Cast Your Vision

• Begin with a vision

• Make that vision greater than scarcity

• All movements start simply but aspire greatly

• Paint a picture of the future… Go there… People will follow

Change the World

First

First• Leaders go first

• All you need is to initiate

• If you wait for optimum conditions, you’ll never start

• Here’s a starting point…

• Find leaders, and then amplify their work

Last

Last

• Leaders eat last

• Serve others

• Covey’s 5th Habit - “Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood”

Everyday

Everyday

• Don’t make leadership about changing the world

• Make it something you expect of yourself and others everyday

You’re In Good Company

You’re In Good Company

• DevOps

• I am the Cavalry

• Security B-Sides

Leave a Legacy

Build It to Last

Build It to Last

• Measure a leader by what they leave behind

Give Back

Give Back

• Mentor others

• Coach your peers

• Encourage and support each other

Embrace the Vacuum

Embrace the Vacuum

• Sometimes you have to move on to make progress

• Create opportunity for new leaders

Call to Action

Begin with Purpose

Establish a Habit of Healthy Growth

Choose a Compelling Vision

Include Others

Make It Happen

We Need You to Lead Us

Leverage Resources

@pjbeyer

Grow Yourself

Grow Yourself Resources

• Todd Henry

• “The Accidental Creative” / “Die Empty”

• @toddhenry http://www.toddhenry.com/

• Michael Bungay Stanier

• “Do More Great Work”

• @boxofcrayons http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/

• David Allen

• “Getting Things Done”

• @gtdguy http://gettingthingsdone.com/

Lead a Tribe

Lead a Tribe Resources

• Michael Hyatt

• “Intentional Leadership” (blog)

• @michaelhyatt http://michaelhyatt.com/

• Seth Godin

• “Tribes”

• @thisissethsblog http://www.sethgodin.com/

• Mark Horstman & Mike Auzenne

• “Manager Tools” (podcast with detailed notes)

• @mahorstman @mauzenne http://www.manager-tools.com/

Inspire a Movement

Inspire a Movement Resources

• Robert Cialdini

• “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion”

• @robertcialdini http://www.influenceatwork.com/robert-cialdini-phd/biography/

• Simon Sinek

• “Start with Why” / “Leaders Eat Last”

• @simonsinek https://www.startwithwhy.com/

Change the World Leave a Legacy

Change the World Resources

• Jim Collins

• “Built to Last” / “Good to Great”

• http://www.jimcollins.com/

• John Maxwell

• “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”

• @johnmaxwellco http://www.johnmaxwell.com/

• Peter Drucker

• “The Effective Executive”

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker

Change the World Resources

• Gene Kim

• “The Phoenix Project”

• @realgenekim http://www.realgenekim.me/

• Eliyahu Goldratt

• “The Goal”

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt

Questions? !

Discussion!@pjbeyer

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