Hold the Mirror, Don’t Paint the Picture: How to Lead an Experienced Team and Coach Underperformers (with David Hanrahan, Chief Human Resource Officer at Eventbrite)

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How can you show your team that there is room for improvement?

Hold the mirror up, but don’t paint the picture.

David Hanrahan is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Eventbrite with over 20 years of experience building strong HR teams across organizations including Niantic, Zendesk, and Twitter.

In today’s episode, David shares why you should hire as senior as possible for new positions and what it means to ‘hold the mirror, but don’t paint the picture’.

We also talk about manager training, pre and post-pandemic operations at Eventbrite, and what he learned from participating in a company-wide async week.

Tune in to hear all about David’s leadership journey and the lessons learned along the way!