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How To Get That Dream Candidate For Your Startup.
If you are a startup founder and have already had some hiring experience, you are probably developing a really good understanding of the type of people who work best with you and, most importantly, already determined the skills and experience that your startup...
How to land your dream job in a startup.
If you’re thinking of joining a startup then chances are that you don’t want a “job” as such. For you, it’s more about wanting to be part of something inspiring, something that will change the world. And how good would it be if you could join the next Atlassian or...
As a Founder, you also have to be a “Great Boss” – here’s why and how.
People leave managers, they don’t leave companies. If you feel this is true, your hunch is supported by a study completed by Gallup across 2.5 million manager-led teams around the world, where they measured the engagement of 27 million employees. Incredibly, this...
You’ve raised the money and it’s time to hire some people. Wait! What’s your Recruitment Strategy?
As a founder, when you raise money for your startup, it’s usually all about growth and that tends to mean you need to recruit and hire some staff. This is an exciting and stressful time for you and your business and having a clear plan will make it easier. In fact,...
How to Network – and why it’s the “secret sauce” for Founders.
Your product matters, your employees matter, your funding matters but “who you know” can potentially transform your business. Some people enjoy networking and others don’t. However, regardless of which group you fall into, everyone agrees that, if you can get the...
How do you get the best out of your newly hired remote worker?
In this series of articles our Org Psych, Virginia Henningsen, takes you through real-life (anonymised of course) examples of personalities you are likely to encounter when recruiting for your startup/scaleup and the tips and approaches you can apply to bring out...
You hired a sales leader to rocket your revenue but it’s not happening…now what?
Get the best out of your sales people.
So you just hired a Head of Engineering and things are getting weird…now what?
So your new Head of Engineering ticks all the boxes but then they start, and you can’t quite get a handle on them, you can’t work them out, everything you do seems to be getting them offside and performance is slipping. What’s going on? Maybe they’re like Jake…
So you just hired a “high performer”…now what?
How to get the best out of your high performers. What would Wendy Rhoades from Billions suggest?