Why Your Startup Needs A Chief People Officer

Description

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest Paul Knight, Former Chief People Officer at Perform.

Episode highlights

[03:45] - What was your experience moving from a large multinational to start up environment?

[05:32] - You joined when the company was relatively small, what attracted you?

[07:24] - How the business grew exponentially when DAZN come up with the "Netflix of Sport"

[11:30] - What are some of the challenges working at a start up?

[14:57] - The challenge of having high attrition

[21:09] - How it was refreshing to have buy in from senior leaders

[22:27] - Would you take on a role like this again?

[23:59] - Advice for others on how to best work with co-founders?

[26:39] - How quickly did you scale as a business?

[27:35] - Was attracting new talent a challenge? How we're you competing?

[30:12] - How COVID-19 has forced companies to act quicker

[37:35] - Paul's parting advice for you