May 17, 2022
Joining us on Talk Talent To Me today is Sarah Wasif, Chief People Officer at LandTech. Today Sarah outlines what scaling looks like for the company and how she plans on executing growth. Next, she outlines the important things to be considered when a company grows and how you can be adaptable to things that may not work on a larger scale. Sarah then tells us how and what elements of a business should be localized when moving into different areas and what should remain as is. Sarah discusses some of the tricks she has found helpful when trying to keep original employees happy and maintain the company’s original value system before telling us how she ensures that new employees align with those values and are a good fit. Lastly, Sarah discusses how the world has changed to incorporate an emphasis on personal behavior in the workplace. Tune in to find out how to expand a company globally and stay true to its values.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s guest, Sarah Wasif.
- Sarah explains her background and how she landed up working at LandTech.
- What scaling looks like for Sarah over the next few years.
- How Sarah plans on executing her growth plans for the company.
- How she will see what will work and what won’t in a company of a larger scale than before.
- Sarah outlines the pillars used in her strategies.
- Pillar one: the way you attract people.
- Pillar two: how you retain them.
- Pillar three: sustainability.
- How elements will have to be localized as the company expands globally.
- Why Sarah thinks Americans index more on equity in a company.
- Examples of areas LandTech are going to focus on before they expand.
- How the company keeps the original team members happy as the team expands.
- How maintaining the values of the company will keep employees happy for years.
- How to ensure new employees align with company values.
- Sarah explains the safe conversations she wants to have with potential employees.
- The importance of teaching people about how the world works.
- Sarah outlines how business has changed to emphasize employee behavior.
Tweetables:
“I haven't joined and worked in a business where some of those early individuals are still A, here, and B, as passionate as the first day I landed eyes on them nearly four years ago.” — @Sarah_Wasif [0:15:12]
“I think I would have paid really good money, not even in my early career, even in school, [for someone to teach me] how the world operates.” — @Sarah_Wasif [0:22:27]
“The concept of emotional intelligence is no longer a soft, fluffy, nice to have. I think companies and successful companies are really honing in into it.” — @Sarah_Wasif [0:23:40]
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