Fauzan Erich Emmerling

The WFH period gives me extra time to think and reflect back on the lessons I’ve gained throughout my 15+ years career. I spent most of it leading others and I've gathered a lot of practical knowledge. I want to share it to help others learning to take up leadership. So, here are some important lessons about leading people based on my experience. It's a long read, so please bear with me, I'll split it into 3 parts. #1 - It all starts with trust Hire people you can trust. This brings a world of difference to the team dynamics. On every interview, I always ask myself the following questions. Can I trust this person? Will this person help the other team members? When I am confident to hire someone, it means that I trust that person enough to work with the other team members. The mindset I establish would always be Trusted, until proven otherwise. I mean, why would you even hire someone you can't trust? I've seen a lot of people hiring people but are too afraid to trust...

If you read my blog you'll notice that I joined Traveloka around 9 months ago. It was my first time working for a product company and it was a great experience. I've always worked for a service company before that. Traveloka is an amazing company and the growth is staggering. I learned a lot about working with app at scale and the mobile app landscape. The experience gained is invaluable. Around 4 years ago I had this idea about a social shopping app called nawaran . I built it in 3 months and launched it but the ecosystem wasn't ready. So I decided to shut it down. A few months back I had a chat with some friends with a similar idea. They are building something similar and I thought that it's about time I chase that dream. This is when I decide that it's time to move on and so I joined them. Fast forward a couple of months and here we are, on my last day as a Traveloka employee. Thank you Traveloka, for giving me the chance to get exposed more to the prod...