Martin Creighan -You don’t have to be a jerk to be successful.

10 Lessons Learned

Martin Creighan tells us why you should “You don’t have to be a jerk to be successful”, why “It’s ok to be afraid”, and that “Real leadership is putting your team out front” and other insightful lessons it took him years to learn.

About Martin Creighan

Inspired by people, building new relationships and a continuous curiosity of learning, Vice President of Sales, Martin Creighan has joined our leadership team to propel Commvault’s innovative brand and award-winning software and SaaS offerings into the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Martin has over three decades of experience and brings a wealth of leadership expertise and knowledge in the software, cloud, technology, telecommunications and defence industries, having held numerous senior leadership and sales positions.

Prior to joining Commvault, Creighan was the Vice President and General Manager of Cloud Software Group (Citrix, NetScaler and Tibco) Australia and New Zealand where he was responsible for go to market execution and revenue/profit growth. He previously held senior sales and general management leadership roles at AT&T, Radware, SecureNet/Baltimore

Technologies and was an Operations Specialist and Master Training Specialist with the United States Navy.

Creighan holds a Bachelor of Business from The National University of San Diego, California, and is a Certified Master Training Specialist from US Navy.

Episode Notes

Lesson 1: You don’t have to be a jerk to be successful 04:18
Lesson 2: Look after your people and your people will always looks after you! 16:32
Lesson 3: Your “Why” doesn’t have to be industry specific. 21:40
Lesson 4: Tackle each of life’s challenges one step at a time. 28:24
Lesson 5: Always be kind. 31:25
Lesson 6: Real leadership is putting your team out front. 35:42
Lesson 7: Build your team based on Attitude, not aptitude! 38:55
Lesson 8: Don’t be a “Gonna”. 42:15
Lesson 9: It’s ok to be afraid! 46:24
Lesson 10: Never, ever forget where you came from. 49:45