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Fighting Factions: How Startups Can Scale Without Mutiny
Between them, eero's David Loftesness and BCG Digital Ventures' Alexander Grosse have held engineering leadership roles at Twitter, SoundCloud, Amazon/A9, issuu and Nokia. Throughout their careers, they’ve noted a silent force that can be particularly damaging to a fast-growing company: factions.
Warning: This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Talent Planning
So you've heard of radical candor by now, right? That's just one of many tools you'll need to be a better boss, according to Candor, Inc. co-founder Kim Scott. You also must master the different modes of performance on your team — especially for your top people. Here's why.
How Chewse Operationalized Transparency — Starting With Salaries
Chewse CEO Tracy Lawrence shares how she's made open salaries work at her startup — and how it has transformed it. She runs through tactics and rubrics that help intangibles such as transparency and openness feel real to employees.
A People Ops Veteran on Navigating the Gnarliest Conversations
Climate Corporation's Chief People Officer Meg Makalou has been the human resources leader for startups big and small. Here, she tells of the three most daunting conversations people ops executives face — and recommends routes to resolution.
The Rewards of Creator-Driven Cultures — And The Engineers That Can Deliver Them
From the earliest web browsers to cookies, JetInsight Co-founder and CTO Lou Montulli developed some of his most pivotal and enduring work in creator-driven cultures. Here, he covers how to create that environment — and why engineers must lead the way.
