This week Erik and Jack are joined by Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe—we go deep into the nuances of management that most start-ups don’t learn fast enough. If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta: https://www.vanta.com/1000
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LINKS:
Check our Claire's book, Scaling People, for more essential management know-hows: https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode Preview
(01:23) How to fire well, quickly
(07:02) How do you systematize the keeper test
(10:55) Sponsor: Vanta
(11:53) How to promote and reward great people
(14:07) Building a malleable system for people at scale
(15:30) Promoting vs. hiring exec talent
(20:05) Communication architecture
(25:31) How to set up teams for communication success
(29:19) Sponsors: Metaview | Pesto Tech
(31:00) On the fallacy of transparency
(35:41) How to give direction well
(39:17) What's critical to get right on performance management
(43:02) How to set expectations
(46:43) On reorgs and how to do them right
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