Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login M att Heine is clearly an ideas guy. Indeed the chief executive of online wealth platforms provider Netwealth is a self-proclaimed “ideas fountain”.
This has its upsides, but Heine has also learnt the trait doesn’t always work in the top job. He’s walked into many meetings spouting ideas, and sent the people around him into a frenzy. Matt Heine is chief executive of Netwealth.
Louie Douvis “It’s what they would call an ‘accidental diminishing trait’ where I think I’m doing something positive, but it’s actually diminishing or disempowering the people around me,” Heine says. One tool Heine uses to enable him to let loose on the ideas front without scaring employees is to ask permission to brainstorm at the beginning of a meeting. By doing so, he makes it clear he is not expecting team members to go off and work on the ideas.
“It’s actually saying, ‘can we have a discussion?’” Heine says. Listen below or stream 15 Minutes with the BOSS on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Here is an edited transcript of Sally Patten’s conversation with Matt Heine.
Sally Patten: What time do you get up? When do you have your first cup of coffee, assuming that you are a coffee person? Matt Heine: I try and exercise three or four times a week, which will include a combination of personal tra.
