I believe that teams are the primary driver of innovation. They are the critical assets and resources for achieving business outcomes and product development.
But success is a two-way street. To achieve outcomes, you also need to set your team up for success.
Your highest performers will also be your most demanding employees, and they should be. If you expect the best from your people, they should expect the best from the company.
7 Things I Wish Candidates Knew
Recruiting isn’t easy. It can be a long and tedious process, especially for startups, when you’re building the infrastructure to support rapid growth.
Candidates lack insight into what happens behind the scenes of a recruitment process. This article attempts to shed some light on the hiring process for potential candidates to make it easier for all parties involved.
Society, Robots, and Us: Hiring for Inclusive Robotics
In April, I had the opportunity to talk at a Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR) event on hiring for inclusive robotics, moderated by Andra Keay.
Sick Systems: How to Keep Someone With You Forever
An overview on a toxic management approach of having employees work for you "forever":
Keep them too busy to think
Keep the crises rolling
Keep everything on the edge
How to Hire With People, Process, and Tech in Mind
John Fleischauer, Chief People Officer at Pivot + Edge, is a startup, scale-up veteran and has weathered a fair amount of change, particularly regarding HR systems, recruitment processes, and team growth goals.
For organizations looking to make these significant changes, laying the foundation for their hiring process and goals always comes first.
For John, the pain points companies usually face start before the hiring process in the candidate attraction phase.
Results and Retention: A Manager's First Responsibility Is To Get Results
The role of a manager is to achieve the results the organization expects of her and her
team. All other managerial rules, guidelines, protocols, policies and principles stem from this First Principle.
Greatness in management cannot be achieved without decisions and behaviours that lead to results