# Lessons from an Industry Leader: Playing the Long Game of MedTech

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2022-10-06
- Length: 49m
- Episode: 283
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech

## Summary

Joe Mullings, chairman of the Mullings Group, discusses the evolving medical device job market, emphasizing that top performers are driven by career growth and fulfillment rather than compensation alone. He advises professionals to network proactively on LinkedIn and negotiate offers using multiple levers like flexibility and development opportunities. Mullings argues that in-person collaboration is non-negotiable for early-career engineers in medtech due to the high stakes of patient safety, while also highlighting the importance of hiring leaders who foster competency over power hierarchies.

## Chapters

- [0:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=20) Introduction: Joe Mullings and the Mullings Group
- [4:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=252) The Post-2020 Workforce Reset and Employee Power
- [9:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=566) Networking, Remote Work, and Geographic Arbitrage
- [14:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=890) Identifying and Retaining Top 2-3% Performers
- [18:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=1126) In-Office Requirements for MedTech Engineers
- [24:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=1469) Negotiating Offers Using Career Levers
- [26:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=1618) Proactive Networking and Digital Branding
- [32:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=1948) Obsession, Quality Mindset, and Leadership
- [45:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-10-06-lessons-from-an-industry-leader-playing-the-long-game-of-medtech#t=2755) Defining Fulfillment and Career Evolution

## Topics

- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Green Light Guru (company)
- Mullings Group (company)
- Johnson & Johnson (company)
- Medtronic (company)
- Stryker (company)
- White Rook Consulting (company)
- LinkedIn (other)
- ISO 13485 (other)
- ISO 14971 (other)
- G2 (other)
- True Quality (other)
- MRI Network (company)
- Dragonfly Stories (company)
- TMG 360 Media (company)
- TMG Search (company)
- True Future (product)
- J.P. Morgan (company)
- Abiomed (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- Laurel Field (company)

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- [113 - Pharma/MedTech Market, Why Good People Leave, Finding Motivation, Onshoring in Pharma and Motivation with Ira Mann](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-12-06-113-pharma-medtech-market-why-good-people-leave-finding-motivation-onshoring-in) (Let's Combinate)
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