Scaleup Leaders: Stories from Experience · 2023-08-24 · 1h 0m
Being a scaleup leader can feel like herding cats. - You’re growing, that’s great. - But your growth brings problems. - You have more people but they get less done. - Autonomy used to work, now there is misalignment. - People get in each other’s way and slow things down. Is the solution less autonomy? Or is that too restrictive? Cliff Hazell has the answer. Cliff worked with Spotify to grow from 700 to 5000 people. So he knows a thing or two about scaleups. Have better meetings Focus on a #1 priority Introduce Flight Levels. Flight Levels operationalise strategy - they get people out of each other’s way to get more done. And if this is a new concept for you, then you’ll want to watch this episode where Cliff and I go deep into this whole topic. How to find the sweet spot between autonomy and alignment. Why an outsider is better at unblocking bottlenecks than you. Why most meetings are unfortunately cr*p. How Flight Levels solve all this?And if you'd like to
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