Identifying and developing top talent in a Power Platform practice with Jim Stout

Identifying and developing top talent in a Power Platform practice with Jim Stout

Jim Stout

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/308 
 

  • A Brief introduction about Jim Stout’s life - life in Europe and the United States  
  • Jim’s life background and hobbies  
  • Educational and Career Background of Jim  
  • How did Jim become interested in Microsoft Business Applications?
  • Jim’s involvement with Microsoft CRM 
  • A story about how Jim got into technology.  
  • Talks about Jim’s career journey.  
  • What are the factors Jim has found in identifying top talent?  
  • The importance of Character and Good Management skills 
  • Why is curiosity and service mentality important? 
  • How to keep people working with you? 
  • Why is humble self-confidence important? 
  • How does Jim develop talent once he has it on his team?  
  • Jim’s involvement with grad programs. 
  • How do grad programs play in finding and developing talent? 
  • How to get newly grads effective as a high-performance consultant  

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

Jim StoutProfile Photo

Jim Stout

Jim Stout is currently a Senior Manager with Accenture Federal Services, serving as the Microsoft Capability Lead as well as the lead for the Accenture TMT program. TMT is Accenture’s Power Platform based correspondence and task management solution in use by over 60 government agencies and over 125,000 users. Jim has been working with the platform since the very early days of Microsoft CRM and has years of technology consulting experience going back to the early 1990s. Prior to technology consulting, Jim served as a Signal Officer in the US Army.