#55 Rodrigo Samwell Diniz | I decided to leave after 18 years with no alternative in front of me

Hey, thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Make it your
Path Podcast. Today you’ll get to know Rodrigo Samwell Diniz who is
Chief Marketing Officer at the world’s largest e-sports company ESL
Gaming in Cologne. He is from Portugal originally, holds a Master
in Science and worked for the Vodafone Group for over 18 years in
many different management roles. In this interview, Rodrigo shares
insights about his fast developing career; for example how one of
the biggest aha-moments was when he experienced the biggest failure
along his professional path or how the question „why am I here?“
turned out to be an important one for him an how coaching helped
him to find an answer. And in regards to failure, we exchange
thoughts on how the way we look at it has the power to turn in into
success. Rodrigo shares the two hardest decisions he had to make -
being to leave his home country and, later on, Vodafone Group - and
explains how they turned out to be the best decisions he has ever
made at the same time. And in case you considering to work abroad,
he has a good advice. :) We talk about trust in others being his
default setting and how especially new managers often get too
little development support throughout their transition from their
initial expert role. Why feedback is like a valuable gift, feeling
doubt is a good thing and which advice he would give to his younger
self - Rodrigo talks about in this episode. Enjoy!