Episode 137: How to Build a Kick-Ass Team with Claudia St. John
We are an industry that rests on two pillars:
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A strong interdependency: we rely on an incredibly complex supply chain
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We rely on a complex form of ingenuity: we take a product that anyone can get and with our unique clients, and with a talented team, transform those products into an experience that no one else can emulate - all while under intense deadlines
That degree of complexity -between the ideation process and the supply chain- requires a diverse and talented group of people working in harmony.
How do we ensure we are building the absolute best teams? How do hire better? Onboard better? Retain and motivate better? And how do we get our teams working better together? After all, your clients hire you to come up with the best ideas.
That’s the subject of our episode today and our guest is the gifted speaker Claudia St. John who is the author of Transforming Teams: Tips for Improving Collaboration and Building Trust, and she’s the founder of Affinity HR Group, a national human resources and management consulting firm specializing in hiring and recruiting, and employee engagement. Her weekly HR Minute emails and monthly articles are followed by thousands of business leaders nationwide.
Also, Claudia is a keynote speaker at skucamp this year, she will be leading a workshop on this very topic. skucamp registration is now open, it will be held Sep 13th-16th in Austin Texas at the beautiful South Congress Hotel, you can learn more and register at skucamp.com.
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