HR Playbook by Marta Kondryn
Learn how to hire the best talent
Learning objective: You will understand the full cycle of hiring and gain a lot of practical insights
Read this article by Adam Grant: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reinventing-job-interview-adam-grant/
Read this resource: https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/hiring-use-structured-interviewing/steps/introduction
Self-paced bonus item: Read the book “Topgrading” by Bradford Smart (I highly recommend reading this book, although you don't have to finish reading it this week) https://www.amazon.sg/Topgrading-Hire-Coach-Keep-Players/dp/094400234X
Learn how to onboard new people
Learning objective: You will learn why onboarding is as important and hiring, and how to set your new hires for success.
Read this article:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reinventing-on-boarding-success-marta-kondryn-1
Listen to this podcast episode: https://mastersofscale.com/melanie-perkins
Read this article: https://review.firstround.com/our-6-must-reads-for-onboarding-tactics-that-help-new-hires-succeed-and-stay
Crafting company culture
Learning objective: Learn best case practices of company culture components and how to build a real, outstanding company culture.
Read these articles: Don’t Fuck Up the Culture. Retrieved from https://medium.com/@bchesky/dont-fuck-up-the-culture-597cde9ee9d4
Read article “How Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Rebuilt The Company Culture”: https://qz.com/work/1539071/how-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-rebuilt-the-company-culture/
Read article: “Manage Your Emotional Culture”: https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture
Read chapters 1& 2 of book “Drive” by Daniel Pink https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805
Read chapter 1 of “Radical Candor” by Kim Scott Amazon.com: Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean eBook: Scott, Kim: Kindle Store
Read chapter 4 of “An Everyone Culture: Deliberately Developmental Organization” - book by Robert Kegan & Lisha Lahey An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization: Kegan, Robert, Lahey, Lisa Laskow, Miller, Matthew L, Fleming, Andy, Helsing, Deborah: 9781625278623: Amazon.com: Books
Read chapter 2 of “Work Rules by Laszlo Bock Amazon.com: Work Rules! (Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead) (9781455554799): Bock, Laszlo: Books
Developing career paths
Learning objective: You will learn different ways to build career paths in your company.
Read Chapter 7 of “Work Rules by Laszlo Bock Amazon.com: Work Rules! (Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead) (9781455554799): Bock, Laszlo: Books
Read this article by SHRM: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/toolkits/pages/developingemployeecareerpathsandladders.aspx
Read this article: https://hrblog.spotify.com/2020/02/04/time-to-rethink-the-traditional-approach-to-career-including-skills-and-growth/
Read this article: https://review.firstround.com/the-engineers-guide-to-career-growth-advice-from-my-time-at-stripe-and-facebook
Read this article: https://buffer.com/resources/t-shaped-marketer/
Understand OKRs as the way to drive high performance
Learning objective: Learn how OKRs can help you in driving high performance of employees and how to design OKRs for your company.
Read book “Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results” Christine Wodtke Amazon.com: Radical Focus SECOND EDITION: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results (Empowered Teams) eBook: Wodtke, Christina: Kindle Store
Watch TED talk by John Doerr: https://www.ted.com/talks/john_doerr_why_the_secret_to_success_is_setting_the_right_goals
Becoming a world-class HR professional
Learning objective: Learn how to structure your HR department, and what are the important parts of your HR role to drive in your organisation.
Read this article on how to structure you HR department: https://albanebc.medium.com/a-simple-guide-for-an-hr-organisation-in-start-ups-scale-ups-464ebc9716ee
Read chapter on scaling up people and scaling up strategy from “Scaling up” by Verne Harnish. Amazon.com: Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) (0884420487517): Harnish, Verne: Books
