In the Spotlight: Duff Scudder, LeapFrog Solutions
This week's edition of "In the Spotlight" features Duff Scudder[5], chief financial officer of LeapFrog Solutions Inc.[6] in Fairfax.
Scudder served most recently as a financial consultant for SNVC, an information technology contractor based in Fairfax.
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What businessperson, living or past, would you most like to have dinner with? What one question would you ask? Warren Buffett[9]. "What do you believe was one of your success motivations that most people could best emulate?" We each are driven by a different set of motivations. Mr. Buffett is a smart guy who has worked with many different personalities and I’m sure understands this dynamic very well.
Your most unhealthy habit: I love having a large grilled steak and would have this more often than my doctor would like. This has to be some deep-seated primal drive from a couple million years of human development. Or just that it tastes so good. But I make up for it by not eating the bread and butter they serve beforehand.
Biggest pet peeve: When people offer up all they know about the subject of a question versus laying out solutions. I know it’s tough to lay out your conclusion. It leaves you vulnerable to scrutiny but also stunts your growth as a person and in your work. Second pet peeve: people who don’t allow others the environment to lay out their solutions.
Best lesson you ever learned from a mentor: Hire the best people you can, train them well and treat them even better. You may have many capabilities, but you can’t do everything yourself. People who work with and for you can do so much more when they understand bigger-picture goals and are given part of that opportunity to contribute.
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