Deploying your parachute and starting over, with Amber McDonald
Episode 859
Amber McDonald is the Co-Founder and CEO of Indemnis, Inc. From an early age Amber has been an extremely hard worker; having supervised 150 employees by the age of 21, her ambition and work ethic weren’t in short supply. Her experience ranges from managing programs and finances for a company with $30M in assets to serving on an ANCSA board holding co. with over $250M in annual revenue. She’s a founding member of Indemnis and leads business operations, legal, finance divisions, business development and sales, human resources, marketing, customer support, and FAA compliance.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- What Indemnis Inc. does, how their products work, and how those products are making drones safer and more cost-effective
- Why Amber keeps daily and weekly goal lists, and how it helps her to focus and accomplish tasks
- How Amber’s workweek “flows” through preplanned and scheduled activities, while still staying prepared for the unexpected
- What difficulties Amber and Indemnis were forced to face, and how they overcame those challenges
- Why Indemnis had to pivot away from their first product focus and come up with a new solution
- How Amber approached the difficult conversation of having to redirect her entire team and start over from scratch
- What critical skills Amber has found to be the most important for her to develop throughout her career
- How mentors have impacted Amber’s career, and what important lessons she learned from her mentors
- Which strategies can help business leaders and their teams solve the most complex problems
- What areas Amber would advise Onward Nation business owners to focus on to ensure the success of their businesses
Additional resources:
- Website: www.indemnis.com
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