This document discusses diversity and high-performing teams. It is a presentation by Georgie Smallwood, the CPO of TIER Mobility. Smallwood discusses that diversity alone does not make a high-performing team, and that key ingredients include open leadership, clear expectations, respect, and understanding between team members. Smallwood also notes that diversity and inclusion, where all team members feel able to contribute, is essential for high performance. The presentation provides strategies and best practices for building diverse, inclusive teams that can achieve their goals.

1. DIVERSITY
and high-performing teams
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6. Georgie Smallwood: CPO at TIER Mobility
DIVERSITY
and high-performing teams

7. Chief Product Officer at TIER Mobility
Previously CPO at N26
Building products and teams globally
Angel Investor and startup Advisor
Georgie Smallwood @georgie_smalls

8. Setter of
Direction and
ensuring
teams are
enabled to
succeed
Builder of
Products and
delivering
incremental
value to users
The journey to Senior Product Leadership
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10. Diversity is:
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11. Diversity in relation to high-performing teams
Diversity
Diversity in a
high-performing
team
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12. Why does
diversity
matter?
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13. There are many challenges
in building diverse teams
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14. So why should we bother?
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15. What are essential
ingredients in
building
high-performing
teams?
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16. 01
Hard Skills
What do you need
in the teams?
Product Management understanding
Product Management (team or managers)
Project Management
Customer Journey Mapping
Platform Architecture
Agile Methodologies
SQL, Kotlin
Test Automation
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17. 02
Team Skills
What elements do
you need in a high-
performing team?
Engineers can relate to (in management)
Can work with “that” stakeholder
Has an affinity for deep-data analysis
Naturally pulls people together after a team
meeting and says: “Ok, what’s our plan?
Always asks “why?”
Always asks “why not?”
Georgie Smallwood @georgie_smalls

18. Product Management understanding and
agile technologies
Project Management and
test automation
SQL and data analysis
Kotlin, Architecture and
People Management
Engineers can relate to (in
management)
Can work with “that” stakeholder
Has an affinity for deep-data analysis
Always asks “why?”
Always asks “why not?”
Naturally pulls people together after
a team meeting and says “Ok, what’s
our plan?”
03 Forming teams
Georgie Smallwood @georgie_smalls

19. Diversity
A team full of diversity does not make a
high-performing team
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20. 1
Environment
Open and honest leadership
A sense of familiarity
A learning mindset
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21. 2
Expectations
Stretch goals
Clear vision and direction
All in
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22. 3
Relationships
Respect and partnership
Time to build
Understanding of each other’s
preferred style
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23. A team full of diversity does not make a
high-performing team
Diversity
Diversity in a high-
performing team
Georgie Smallwood @georgie_smalls

24. Diversity &
Inclusion
An outcome that is essential
to a high-performing team
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25. Georgie Smallwood: CPO at TIER Mobility
DIVERSITY
and high-performing teams

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