1. Hiring employees who don’t have that certain 'sparkle.'
Company: BetterWorks
Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif.
Founded: 2013
As most startups know, your first initial growth spurt can be challenging to company culture. There were a couple instances when we weighted the candidate’s experience and background more heavily than their “sparkle.” This can have a negative ripple effect on the organization as the new hire pulls in a different direction than the team. We learned quickly that employees with passion and drive for our mission will ultimately be a better long-term fit, even if they have slightly less experience. That being said, we’ve been fortunate to secure employees with both the experience and the sparkle and have grown our team very successfully with these priorities in mind.
Now we’re preemptively working to prevent future mistakes that could be caused by our own growing pains. Our vision, alignment techniques and mission for becoming one percent better every day are the fundamental pieces to our company culture.
-- Kris Duggan, co-founder and CEO of BetterWorks, a company that provides enterprise software to carve out and manage goals.
Related: Why This International Church-Staffing Firm Puts All of Its Eggs in the Culture Basket
1. Hiring employees who don’t have that certain 'sparkle.'Company: BetterWorksHeadquarters: Palo Alto, Calif.Founded: 2013As most startups know, your first initial growth spurt can be challenging to company culture. There were a couple instances when we weighted the candidate’s experience and background more heavily than their “sparkle.” This can have a negative ripple effect on the organization as the new hire pulls in a different direction than the team. We learned quickly that employees with passion and drive for our mission will ultimately be a better long-term fit, even if they have slightly less experience. That being said, we’ve been fortunate to secure employees with both the experience and the sparkle and have grown our team very successfully with these priorities in mind.Now we’re preemptively working to prevent future mistakes that could be caused by our own growing pains. Our vision, alignment techniques and mission for becoming one percent better every day are the fundamental pieces to our company culture.-- Kris Duggan, co-founder and CEO of BetterWorks, a company that provides enterprise software to carve out and manage goals.Related: Why This International Church-Staffing Firm Puts All of Its Eggs in the Culture Basket
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