Career ReadinessLeadership
David Mensah
Director of Engineering, Helios Robotics
David walks through a year-long internal study at Helios on what differentiates the top 10% of new graduate hires. The pattern was clear — and most universities are not preparing for it.
Key insights
Insight 1
The compounding habit
Top performers wrote weekly retrospectives in their first six months. By month nine they were operating two levels above peers.
Insight 2
What managers wish you knew
Asking for help in the first 48 hours is rewarded; asking three weeks in is questioned.
Insight 3
On leadership
Leadership shows up first as small acts of clarity for the people around you, not as titles.