Panagiota Hatzis Knows How To Scale

So your business is growing? That's great. But it also comes with complications. Every team member you add means another line of communication, another position description to right, another onboarding process to nail, and another person to loop into the systems & processes that make your business work.

Panagiota Hatzis has seen all of this, and she's helped multiple organizations navigate growth to set themselves up for successful scale. On this episode, we talk about how good process helps you stay lean (and saves you money), how to recruit & retain top tier talent, how to think about compensation, and how to actually get everyone to use your task management software.

Panagiota is a longtime human resources executive in the ecommerce space, including alongside me at Common Thread Collective, where she was the VP of Differentiation. Now she's the founder/CEO of Kati Kalo Consulting, where she's bringing deep insight into team dynamics, recruiting, onboarding, and process building to all kinds of growing organizations.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• [03:48] Panagiota's educational background
• [06:17] What it takes for an organization to scale
• [09:46] Elements of a great process in scaling in an organization
• [20:16] Profit center vs cost center employee investment
• [23:55] How do organizations get better at retaining good employees?
• [26:13] Compensation in retention
• [31:58] Attracting great talent for an organization
• [35:29] Attract A-level employees in an organization
• [37:20] Founders impact on employees
• [41:21] About Kati Kalo

Special thanks to this week's sponsor, More Staffing.

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Work With Panagiota:

• Kati Kalo Consulting: www.katikalo.co
• LinkedIn: Kati Kalo
• LinkedIn: Panagiota Hatzis

Follow Up With Andrew:

• Work with me: www.ajfgrowth.com
• Email me: podcast@ajfgrowth.com
• Follow me on Twitter: @andrewjfaris

Music:

• Intro: "Tell Me Mama" by The Devious Means
• Outro: "Rusty Little Scissors" by The Devious Means