Interviews with People Management Leaders

Interviews with industry leaders on how to approach people operations challenges

Elad Gil: How to Approach High Growth Companies

Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor who has helped companies like Airbnb, Gusto, Stripe, Square, Google and Twitter navigate the hyper-growth phase.

Finding Your Zone of Genius at Front

Mathilde Collin explains how practicing extreme transparency has helped her build trust at a company level — and why self-awareness is the most important quality she looks for in leaders.

Sam Altman on How to Make an Impact on the World

The president of YC Group shares his thoughts on risk taking and workplace dynamics.

Keith Rabois on How to Find and Grow Talent

Keith Rabois discusses how to find and grow talent. Keith is currently a Partner at Khosla Ventures and was a former executive at PayPal, Linkedin & Square.

Kim Scott: How to Give Candid Feedback

Kim Scott, former Google exec and Apple University faculty member, shares how managers should approach giving feedback and how to build a culture of trust.

Championing Low-Ego Leadership at Figma

In this episode of Uniquely Led, Dylan Field, CEO & Co-founder of Figma, shares his journey of going from intern to CEO at the age of 20, discovering the difference between leadership and management, and the importance of being a low-ego leader.

Claire Hughes Johnson: How Stripe's COO Approaches Company Building

Stripe's Chief Operating Officer, Claire Hughes Johnson, talks about her mindset when making organizational decisions, her hiring and onboarding practices, and the real source of power when it comes to leadership.

Creating an Empathetic Culture with Inspired Capital’s Alexa von Tobel

In this episode, Alexa von Tobel reveals why empathy is the most essential modern leadership skill, what CEOs and ER surgeons have in common, and which traits she looks for in founders when making investment decisions.

Finding Your Operating Cadence at Plaid

In this episode, Zach Perret shares how this childhood lesson helped him develop a strong operating cadence as CEO & co-founder at Plaid, and reveals the top three traits he looks for when hiring leaders.

Hiring an Executive Team for the Long Game at Benchling

In this episode of Uniquely Led, Saji Wickramasekara, CEO & Co-founder of Benchling, shares the two most important roles of a CEO: ensuring everyone understands the company vision and building a strong senior leadership team.

Sarah Nahm on How to Hire Top Talent

In this episode of Resources for Humans, Sarah talks about what she's learned in the process of building Lever, a modern applicant tracking system, and how companies should think about building a next generation recruiting function.

Fred Stevens-Smith on How to Build a Culture That Scales

In this episode of Resources for Humans, Fred shares how Rainforest QA�۪s company values manifest in their culture and management philosophy.

Katelin Holloway on How Reddit Approaches People Ops

Reddit's VP of People illustrates what a modern people operations team looks like, details how to build an end-to-end employee experience, discusses the role of culture, and explains why Reddit doesn't negotiate salaries.

HR Leaders from Coinbase, Thumbtack & Reddit Discuss How to Retain Top Talent

Nathalie McGrath (Coinbase), Justin Anguswat (Thumbtack) and Farah Kassam (Reddit) talk about how to companies should think about retaining and growing their employees.

Chris Tobin: How to Balance Compensation and Performance

Senior VP of People and Places at Affirm, Chris Tobin, talks about the need to codify culture through values, and then goes on to explain his compensation philosophy, and it's impact on employee development.

How Box A/B tested its culture

Aaron Levie talks about Box's culture and how he improved the culture through A/B tests.

Communicating Company Strategy at Scale at Vimeo

In this episode of Uniquely Led, Anjali Sud recounts her non-linear career path — explaining how not being a founder helped her pivot Vimeo’s company strategy.

Josh Bersin: How HR has evolved over the past 10 years and what happens next

Josh Bersin of Deloitte breaks down traditional ideas of HR using research, surveys and case studies to highlight innovation, potential, and change in the industry.

Anna Binder on How Asana Built Silicon Valley's Leading Company Culture

Asana's Head of People, Anna Binder, explains the company's approach to culture and how to build an experience that benefits both the employee and the company's mission.

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