Ep. 6 - Growth: The People Agenda feat. Janie Links

What are the root causes for people problems in Scaleups?



I will be talking all things Team & People



with my friend and former colleague Janie Links.





Janie started her career 20 years ago as a headhunter.



And her roster of clients and employers reads like a Who is Who of London tech:



Google, Criteo, Wonga, The Trainline.



She has seen it all in Scaleups - the booms, the busts, the hiring frenzies and the layoffs.



Now, Janie is running High Calibre People, a HR consultancy, where she advises Scaleups on all things people and growth.





Time Stamps:

00:02 Welcome & Intro

03:33 Janie’s clientele

05:43 Janie’s entry process

09:16 When do clients need Janie

11:30 Diagnosing the gaps in your business/team

14:30 Janie’s level of involvement in teams' development

16:10 How your people strategies support company/clients goals

21:05 On having great leadership

26:20 When to do leveling

32:20 On calibrating people & expectations

36:19 How OKRs relate to leveling

42:09 Equity vs. Cash

46:10 Advice for companies setting up a talent engine

49:50 Hiring at the right level & justifying them

53:50 Janie's top tips

56:40 Wrapup

Learn more about Janie here: https://highcalibrepeople.com/

and here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janielinks/

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I (Richard Russell) am an ex-Amazon & ex-Google product tech lead. 

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