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“Get Off the Floor” and Other Career Advice from Microsoft, Looker, Reddit & Twitter
Nick Caldwell's resume includes an enviable list of companies — Microsoft, Reddit, Looker and Twitter. He shares his biggest lessons from each for a crash course in finding success across different company cultures, scales & functions.
The Chief People Officer as PM: Rethinking The Systems & Tools That Run the Company
Credit Karma's Colleen McCreary views her role not as the CEO of culture or happiness, but rather the product manager of the systems and tools that run the company. Here's her advice for approaching compensation, rewards and recognition, performance management, and internal comms with a fresh perspe
Getting startup employees to stick around & learning from couples therapy — Flatiron’s Alex Buder Shapiro
Today’s episode is with Alex Buder Shapiro, the Chief People Officer at Flatiron Health, a company that focuses on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care. Alex first joined Flatiron back in 2016, after an 8-year stint on Google’s People Operations team.
The do’s and don’ts of scaling from dozens of employees to thousands — McKenna Quint
Today’s episode is with McKenna Quint, who was most recently the Head of People at Plaid and also built and led the people team at Cruise Automation. Currently, she’s co-founder and general partner at Quint Capital, a seed-stage fund.
Ask Why It Won’t Work, And Other Lessons This Founder Relies on While Building From 0 to 1
From all the ways a candidate might fail, to how a commonly-used framework might not be a good fit, to where a go-to-market strategy might fall apart, Rick Song shares the pre-mortem technique he relies on, as well as other company building lessons from Square and his startup, Persona.
3 Rules for Building a More Caring Culture — This Chief People Officer Shares Lessons from Lambda School & InVision
Mark Frein has served as Chief People Officer at Return Path, InVision, and now Lambda School. Here, he shares his approach to spinning up the people function, as well as tactical tips for creating a great employee experience, enabling a workforce that feels seen and heard, and making an environment
Setting up the people function and training for empathy — Lambda School’s Mark Frein
Today’s episode is with Mark Frein, the Chief People Officer & Head of Alumni Programs at Lambda School. Mark has an invaluable perspective and tons of advice to share after setting up several people orgs in a range of different companies.
Following “Radical Candor,” Kim Scott is Back with Another Incredible Framework for “Just Work”
"Radical Candor" bestselling author Kim Scott's superpower is outlining simple tactics and straightforward frameworks to put big amorphous ideas into practice. In her latest book, "Just Work," she applies that tactical lens to workplace injustice.