Navigating Feedback and Self-Awareness in Hiring

This chapter explores the challenges of obtaining honest feedback during the hiring process, highlighting the importance of specific questioning and self-awareness. The conversation delves into various personality assessments that can improve understanding in professional interactions, stressing how these insights aid teamwork and individual growth. Additionally, it discusses effective boundary-setting and the necessity of prioritizing one's time to enhance productivity in both personal and professional environments.

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Claire Hughes Johnson currently serves as a corporate officer and advisor for Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the Internet. Claire previously served as Stripe’s chief operating officer from 2014 to 2021, helping grow the company from fewer than 200 employees to more than 6,000. Her book is Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building.

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Start

[07:51] Say the thing you think you cannot say.

[13:24] Detoxifying your left-hand column.

[19:59] Victim versus player.

[29:49] Recommended reading.

[36:53] The case for reading fiction.

[44:18] Crafting a working-with-me document.

[52:07] Make the implicit explicit.

[57:29] An Irish Goodbye.