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Leadership Silicon Valley Style - Aaron Sarnoff @ Next Door.
Our first episode for 2023, its great to be back recording!
Todays episode:
Worth the Time: Live to Lead on Netflix - Jacinda Ardern
Words of Authenticity: "The golden bookends of high performance are clear expectations and feedback" - Simon Thiessen.
The Guest:
27:30
Aaron Sarnoff left Facebook to join Next Door as the had of Engineering and Growth. Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. By bringing neighbors and organizations together, we can cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.
Their goal is to bring Next Door to every single neighbourhood, in every single country.
Aaron leads a team of around 70 engineering managers. He has been at Next Door for the past 3 years, and prior to that worked on the Facebook messenger team for 8 years. He was the 2nd Android engineer on the messenger team and saw their team grow to around 800 people.
In this episode Aaron talks about the different between cultures at Facebook compared to Next Door, but also what makes him so passionate about his leadership role at Next Door. Specifically he talks about culture and expectations, the way people behave within the organisation and reinforcing the behaviours that support the culture they are building at Next Door.
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