
How embracing company culture can propel entrepreneurs to greater success – Patty McCord
For entrepreneurs, a strong company culture sets the tone for the entire organization. Patty McCord, keynote speaker, author, and executive coach, joins us on the latest episode of The Small Business Show. McCord is known for her co-authorship of the Netflix Culture...
Culture Hinges On Great Hiring: Here’s How To Approach It
Bringing culture into the recruitment and hiring process is the best way to ingrain it throughout an organization. But, how do you accomplish this in a thoughtful way? As the former chief talent officer of Netflix Patty McCord wrote for Harvard Business Review,...
Meet Colin Murphy of KnowBe4, a 2022 CIO of the year honoree
Colin Murphy is the CIO of KnowBe4 in Clearwater and one of this year's CIO of the Year honorees. How did you fall in love with technology, or at least realize you wanted to make tech your career? I fell in love with technology at a very young age. It started when I...
The Netflix Crisis Is Bad, But Not That Bad
Patty McCord, the H.R. executive who helped craft that vaunted culture deck, became a corporate celebrity; she's still dining out on the speaker ... More Netflix employee cuts are coming, and soon. That’s the latest word from sources at the company, which has been...
Should companies hire for a culture fit? Yes, but how about we call it a match for values
This is the weekly Careers newsletter. If you’re reading this on the web or someone forwarded this e-mail newsletter to you, you can sign up for Globe Careers and all Globe newsletters here. Radhika Panjwani is a former journalist from Toronto and a blogger. When...
A tip for measuring what’s working (in a post-pandemic world)
Self-reflection is important for companies and individuals, says Netflix’s former head of people Patty McCord.There’s more than a sliver of truth in the old adage you can only manage what you can measure. When it comes to making any form of change, it helps to know...
The Big Question: Is Remote Work Here to Stay?
This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been edited for length and clarity.Sarah Green Carmichael: With the pandemic subsiding in the U.S., the great workplace...
How One Woman Fixed Silicon Valley’s Work Culture
Subscribe to How To! on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher for the full episode. Dealing with a difficult manager is the worst. How do you improve your relationship without questioning their authority? How do you solve problems without sounding like you’re...
4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance | Patty McCord
About three years ago, Reed Hastings set out to answer a question that had bedeviled Hollywood for the past decade: How did a small DVD-by-mail company build the most popular TV service in the world? Hastings, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix...
Netflix’s Reed Hastings conquered Hollywood with a PowerPoint presentation
About three years ago, Reed Hastings set out to answer a question that had bedeviled Hollywood for the past decade: How did a small DVD-by-mail company build the most popular TV service in the world? Hastings, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix...
Highspot Announces Inaugural Virtual Customer Conference Spark 2020
Highspot, the sales enablement platform that makes every customer conversation count, announced the company's inaugural global user conference, Highspot Spark 2020, will take place on October 7–8. The virtual event will bring together sales, marketing, and enablement...
Lessons from Netflix Culture for our Covid times
As work from home becomes the reality for companies across the world —the benefits and the burdens become apparent. Employees have had their peeves and pleasures. For many, just saving on the commute has been well worth the longer work hours they put in. While some...
Consider these 4 steps before you fire an employee
All the signs were there. One of our employees (let’s call her Jessica) had been unusually quiet. Her work quality was slipping; she was often the last to arrive in the morning, and among the first to leave. Jessica was disengaged. Read full article: Consider these 4...
Three Counterintuitive Ways To Build A Better Team
If you want a high-performing team that will get the type of results your boss will rave about, follow these three counterintuitive tips: Read full article: Three Counterintuitive Ways To Build A Better Team
Study: Leaders Need to Build Skills, Adopt New Mindsets In Digital Economy
Leaders often say one of their biggest challenges is keeping an organization on course as everything around it (particularly technology) is constantly changing. But sometimes the problem is compounded when leaders hold on too long to ways of acting and thinking that...
Building a great culture: A case against best practice
There has never been a greater desire for companies to establish a great culture, but how do you mould one that reflects your ideals? Read full article: Building a great culture: A case against best practice
Gong Debuts “Reveal: The Revenue Intelligence Podcast”
Available today on all major podcast platforms, "Reveal" hosts, Devin Reed and Sheena Badani, are joined by Mark Roberge (former CRO of Hubspot), Patty McCord (former chief talent officer of Netflix) and Ed Calnan (president and co-founder of Seismic) for candid...
Hot Stuff: DigiCon 2019 Highlights ‘Bravery’ And Digital Transformation In The Post-Digital World
"The world is a really different place. But it makes me a little crazy that we keep managing people like it's 1971," Patty McCord opened. One of her points for leaders: "It's your job to build amazing teams that get incredible work done, on time, with quality, that...
DigiCon 2019 highlights bravery and digital transformation in the post-digital world
Seats at the PICC Plenary Hall were filled for the much-awaited DigiCon LEAP 2019 keynote of Patty McCord, former chief talent officer for Netflix and author of the book Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility. She shared her unorthodox approach to...
CEO Coaching International Announces Dates for 2020 CEO Summit
CEO Coaching International, the leading firm coaching over 200 of the world's top growth-focused entrepreneurs, today announced the 2020 dates for the CEO Coaching Summit. The 2020 CEO Coaching Summit will be hosted at the 1 Hotel South Beach and take place April...
Netflix’s ex-manpower guru has tips on organizations’ push to digital
Day 1 of the conference lasting til Friday was headlined by Netflix's former top recruiter, Patty McCord, as she opened this year's DigiCon at the Philippine International Convention Center. Read full article: Netflix's ex-manpower guru has tips on organizations' push...
Silicon Valley visionaries headline DigiCon 2019
Netflix legend Patty McCord is leading the roster of speakers in this year’s DigiCon, set on October 16-18, 2019 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). Read full article: Silicon Valley visionaries headline DigiCon 2019
The right (and wrong) way to hire for ‘culture fit’
Some human resources experts believe hiring for "cultural fit" disadvantages companies by employing only like-minded individuals, but others argue that with the right definition in place, the practice doesn't have to undermine diversity. Read full article: The right...
Honesty is the best business policy because it’s the most efficient
How does a company in the midst of a big transformation find the right talent? Figure out what the team needs to do, put people with those skills in place—and be honest with them, says former Netflix personnel chief Patty McCord, pictured above during her B2B Next...
Hiring for “cultural fit” isn’t always a good thing
For most growing firms the search for new talent is both exciting and frustrating. Who do you pick? And how do you accurately and sufficiently measure their potential? Undoubtedly, there are many approaches, one of which is seeking for the right cultural fit. That's...
The Dangers of Hiring for Cultural Fit
“What most people mean by culture fit is hiring people they’d like to have a beer with,” says Patty McCord, a human-resources consultant and former chief talent officer at Netflix. Read full article: The Dangers of Hiring for Cultural Fit
B2B Next 2019 preview: Patti McCord on what fires up top B2B talent
Coming up at B2B Next, Patty McCord, top industry leadership coach and consultant, talks about why—and why not—employees go full-throttle in their work. Read full article: B2B Next 2019 preview: Patti McCord on what fires up top B2B talent
Hiring and Keeping Talented Employees
No company likes losing good employees, but the war on talent-retention is a tough battle. Many organizations offer flashy benefits such as, unlimited PTO or flexible working hours, but are these really the aspects of a job that are making good workers stay, writes...
LIVE WEBINAR: Patty McCord, cocreator of the famous Netflix culture deck, on the 3 mistakes managers most often make
Patty McCord is a living legend in the human resources world. The original chief talent officer at Netflix, she wrote the streaming giant's influential ... Read full article: LIVE WEBINAR: Patty McCord, cocreator of the the famous Netflix culture deck, on the 3...
The ‘frozen middle’ of leadership can be thawed, enabling creativity to flow
“What most people really mean when they say someone is a good fit culturally is that he or she is someone they’d like to have a beer with,” wrote Patty McCord, former Netflix executive, in the Harvard Business Review in 2018. “But people with all sorts of...
WEBINAR: Patty McCord, co-creator of Netflix’s famous culture deck, on avoiding common management traps
If you're aiming to become a top-tier people manager, you'll want to join Business Insider Prime's webinar this month. We'll ask Patty McCord, the first chief talent officer at Netflix, to break down the most dangerous traps that bosses fall into — and how to avoid...
5 Books to Inspire Entrepreneurs on the Road to Success
Ever since co-founding Okta over 10 years ago, I've been interested in learning about other entrepreneurs' journeys and helping other leaders bring their visions to life. We all start with an initial idea and run into roadblocks as we grow, but how does each leader...
Retention issues? Three ways to deliver a message that people actually remember
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix once said, ‘people aren’t too stupid to listen; rather, you made it too complicated to understand’. Read full article: Retention issues? Three ways to deliver a message that people actually remember
The Case for Business Acumen and Our Best Idea for Building It
In our home, my wife runs the finances. She pays the bills, sets the budgets, and saves the money. I am completely removed from this process—that is, until I want to spend some of the money. Too many employees have a similar financial arrangement at work. Someone else...
Best Management Books For Entrepreneurs and Executives
When it comes to picking the best management books, here’s are seven that will change the way you lead: Read full article: Best Management Books For Entrepreneurs and Executives
How Avoiding Speaking Opportunities Could Hurt Your Leadership Career
While technology-driven change is accelerating around the world, the ‘2019 State of the Sector’ – a global survey of the internal communication profession – found that face-to-face remains one of the most effective communication channels for leaders. Read full...
It’s Time To Change How Employees Leave Our Companies
Consider this. You’re in a long-term relationship and your partner suddenly comes to you and tells you they’re moving to a new city. With a new partner. In two weeks. How would you react? Read full article: It’s Time To Change How Employees Leave Our Companies
TBWA Chairman Jean-Marie Dru Profiles The World’s Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs In His Latest Book: Thank You For Disrupting
Dru is a bestselling author of six previous business and marketing strategy books and the architect of TBWA's trademarked Disruption® methodology, popularized in 1992. His new book profiles 25 of the world's leading entrepreneurs as thinkers, focusing not on their...
Digicon 2019 to go with L.E.A.P. theme
Leading the international roster of speakers is corporate culture guru Patty McCord, whose Netflix Culture Deck has disrupted the way modern conglomerates operate internally. Read full article: Digicon 2019 to go with L.E.A.P. theme
Netflix Is a Company With (Almost) No Rules. Its Replacement Is Genius
Rules. Most employees hate them. And I bet right now you could name a bunch of stupid rules you’ve encountered in your workplace. But companies need rules to ensure quality and performance, right? Not according to Netflix. Read full article: Netflix Is a Company With...
How to use real-time data creatively to help take effective decisions as a leader
In her book Powerful, ex-Netflix executive Patty McCord points out that while the decision to develop the blockbuster House of Cards series was in part informed by data about the show’s star being popular with Netflix’s viewers, it was also dependent on ace director...
Five Must Reads for the 2020 Entrepreneur
If there is one characteristic shared by all successful entrepreneurs, it’s this: they are always learning. Learning for entrepreneurs is non-negotiable. Charting your own course in life and business means that we must ever evolve to the next best version of...
The Top TED Talks of 2019 So Far — and What You Can Learn From Them
8 Lessons on Building a Company People Enjoy Working for (Patty McCord) Patty McCord always wanted to be an HR professional, to speak the language of management -- but after her decades-long career in HR, including a 14-year stint as Netflix’s chief talent officer,...
Former Netflix HR exec Patty McCord: Don’t keep an employee who’s not serving your team’s long-term interests
As Netflix's chief talent officer from 1998 to 2012, McCord and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings created the company's culture deck, which has been viewed millions of times. Now she runs her own consulting business. In 2018, she published "Powerful: Building a...
Netflix Avoids Rules Like the Plague. Here’s What It Does Instead
Rules. Most employees hate them. And I bet right now you could name a bunch of stupid rules you've encountered in your workplace. But companies need rules to ensure quality and performance, right? Not according to Netflix. Read full article: Netflix Avoids...
Why Startups Should Stop Hiring For ‘Culture Fit’ and Start Hiring For ‘Culture Add’
When startups hire, it’s often for a job that needed to be filled yesterday. Products needs to be built and sales need to be closed. Common at the early stages is a hiring strategy revolving around the founders’ and early team’s first-degree network. This...
Brook Mayborne
Brook Mayborne is director of human resources at Stowell Associates Inc., a care management and home care provider based in Milwaukee. Leading the company’s HR team, she oversees all areas of strategic HR planning, talent development and workplace culture....
John Mack & Mary Meeker Depart LendingClub Board of Directors
LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has posted a notice that two high-profile board members have submitted notice they will not stand for re-election. Both John J. Mack and Mary Meeker have decided to depart LendingClub’s Board. Read full article: John Mack & Mary...
Want to be a Better Entrepreneur? Here are 9 Business Books that’ll Inspire You
To grow as an entrepreneur, things like good planning, team building, and disciplined habits are considered imperative to go from good to great. The following 9 books are considered timeless as they impart wisdom no matter how recent the publication date....
Is Netflix’s 2001 Culture Deck Still Relevant Today To Shape Company Culture?
I recently listened to the latest Without Fail podcast by Gimlet Media founder Alex Bloomberg where he interviews former Netflix Talent Officer of fourteen years, Patty McCord. In 2001, McCord, along with Netflix CEO Reed Hasting, published the Netflix...
Ex-Googlers, Stanford professors, and startup CEOs share their best advice on making a career change
McCord was the chief talent officer at Netflix, and she now runs her own consulting business. She's also the author of "Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility." McCord presents an algorithm that managers can use to determine whether an...
How to build a people-first culture as the company grows
When starting out, it’s common for founders to handpick every team member and get to know them on a personal level. But there comes a point when it’s no longer possible to do this as hiring needs multiply and employee headcount grows. Eventually, every...
Put principles before processes
Work is changing. Not just because we have new technology to drive efficiency and automation, but also because the nature of business itself is becoming more complex, unpredictable, and dynamic. Read full article:
Forget the robots: It’s still a people business
In the last six months I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of designing and delivering multiunit leadership development workshops for area managers and franchisees at brands like Texas Roadhouse, Chipotle, IHOP, Wendy’s, Panera Bread, Qdoba, BJ’s,...
5 lessons for building a long-lasting company culture
Company culture is hard to define, but it’s woven into everything a company does. It’s the reason employees love or hate their jobs, or customers can feel valued or ignored. Like reputation, it takes years to build a good culture, but only a few missteps...
How to decide when to fire someone
Deciding whether to terminate an employee’s contract is hard. “It’s an emotionally difficult task,” says Jay Conger, a professor at Claremont McKenna College and co-author of The High Potential’s Advantage: Get Noticed, Impress Your Bosses, and Become a...
Time to terminate? 5 ways to help your managers decide
Ask any manager, and they’ll most likely say letting an employee go is the worst part of the job. Terminations are always tricky, no matter how necessary. And even though sometimes it’s glaringly obvious an employee has to go, other times the decision can...
8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for
Most companies operate on a set of policies: mandated vacation days, travel guidelines, standard work hours, annual goals. But what happens when a company looks less to control and more to trust? Patty McCord, the iconic former chief talent officer at...
The Netflix Decision Making Model Is Why They’re So Successful
Netflix recently announced it is planning to issue roughly $2 billion in bonds to fund corporate activities including but not limited to the development of new shows and content acquisitions. According to SEC filings, this would push the company’s total...
Guest Blog: Five ways to mentor event industry talent that you might not have thought of
The desire to continuously improve is ingrained in many people, and in my experience, this is especially the case when it comes to event industry professionals. We’re a driven, motivated group. We’re incredibly passionate about what we do, and we strive to...
When Hiring Teachers, District Leaders Prioritize ‘Cultural Fit.’ That Can Be a Problem
When hiring teachers, district leaders prioritize "cultural fit" above all else, including training and experience. But most are unable to measure what exactly that means. Read full article:
Top tech companies like Netflix and LinkedIn say they have no problem with employees interviewing for other jobs — in fact, they might want to help
Patty McCord, Netflix's former chief talent officer, previously told Business Insider that this openness has a number of potential benefits. For example, McCord said, interviewing can help you clarify your professional goals because you may be more honest...
An entrepreneur who dropped out of Harvard Business School to launch his startup made a key hiring mistake that stalled the company’s progress for years
When he launched Gympass in summer 2012, Cesar Carvalho never imagined that the company would one day scale to include 38,000 fitness facilities across the globe. That was a problem. Gympass is a corporate fitness program similar to ClassPass. Once a...
Netflix’s Unique Culture of Termination… That Employees Seem to Like
We hear a ton of great things about Netflix’s benefits and corporate culture, such as unlimited parental leave and an overall good pay/perks package. The firm fights for net neutrality, and people want to work there more than at other major tech companies....
Commentary: Netflix’s firing culture works for Netflix
Do you know the story of Patty McCord, Netflix’s original human relations chief? It’s legendary, and worth recounting in the wake of Thursday’s Wall Street Journal story on the company’s culture. McCord was one of Netflix’s earliest employees. She was...
Google bans F-word in company documents and URLs, as leaders continue to pacify employee communications
Words matter. And some don't belong in the workplace, according to Google's management. The Register reports that Google has issued an internal ban on the F-word and other references to sex acts. The company prohibits employees from including outlawed...
10 Leadership Books That Should Be on Your Radar Going Into 2019
When an investing student asked billionaire Warren Buffett for his key to success, he didn't point to his thrifty lifestyle, investing strategy or peer network; he pointed to a stack of books. "Read 500 pages like this every day," Buffett told his Columbia...
5 Smart Ways To Get Your Team To Step Up
The next time you’re in a company meeting, look around the room. Chances are, two out of three people there isn’t happy on the job. This sobering thought comes from a recent “State of the American Workplace” survey by Gallup, which reported that only 33...
Gender quotas: California ponders breakthrough bill to boost female executives
As California Gov. Jerry Brown ponders whether to sign a landmark bill that would make the state the first in the nation to require more women in boardrooms, he will weigh reams of evidence that point to the benefits of such inclusion. Brown will also have...
Netflix says the best thing about working there is also the worst
Netflix opened itself up to questions about working at the company in a LinkedIn thread — and people jumped at the opportunity. At the time of publication, there were more than 1,000 comments on the thread, with questions ranging from "Are Netflix...
Best-Selling Authors and Workplace Culture Experts from Twitter and Netflix to Keynote at Aurea Experience 18
Aurea Software, a leading provider of customer and employee experience solutions, including Jive, today announced the keynote speakers for its upcoming Aurea Experience 18 conferences. This year's programs in Europe and North America will feature keynote...
How To Avoid Discrimination When Assessing Culture Fit
Typically, when companies are on the search for talented candidates, one variable that is assessed is the job applicant’s ‘fit’ with the organizational culture. Culture fit can be thought of as how congruent an individual’s values are with the...
Give People Responsibility, Hold Them Accountable To Get Results
Most companies put plenty of rules in place to keep their people in line and doing what the leaders want. Not Netflix (NFLX). It gives its people responsibility and holds them accountable to get the job done. "We assume these are intelligent adults," Patty...
The 33-year-old millionaire founder of $3.75 billion Box thinks everyone needs to read these 2 books
Box CEO Aaron Levie may have made his millions helping companies move their data to the cloud, but the 33-year-old founder still takes the time to sit down and read a book. It's up to Levie, the leader of a 1,960-person workforce at a company that has $500...
PeopleFWD 2018: Where Business Leaders and HR Luminaries Learn How to Help Their Employees Excel and Organizations Achieve
When the COO of Facebook calls your presentation on workplace culture "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley," you're probably onto something. Patty McCord spent 14 years as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix crafting a high-performing...
Netflix founder’s first book to Ebury in major six-figure deal
UK rights in the first book by Netflix c.e.o. and co-founder Reed Hastings have gone to Ebury for a high six-figure advance following a multi-publisher auction. In the US, the book has gone for seven-figures in a deal with Penguin Press. Tipped to be one...
RE/MAX Hosts Broker Owner & Manager Conference in D.C.
The 2018 RE/MAX Broker Owner & Manager Conference, held in Washington, D.C., this week, gathered 1,200 attendees from 10 countries to discuss housing issues and knowledge-share in sessions and training, as well as network with peers. Attendees heard from...
Women of Boingo Host Live ‘Safe For Work’ Podcast with Corporate All-Stars Patty McCord and Dawn Callahan
Safe For Work, a podcast that addresses tough workplace issues, has released its latest episode featuring guests Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, and Dawn Callahan, chief marketing officer at Boingo Wireless. The "Embracing...
Netflix’s Patty McCord on being a great place to be from – Protect the Hustle Ep 1
Company culture means a lot of things to a lot of different people, not because culture has a lot of definitions, but because culture has been co-opted by perks, ping pong tables, and snacks in the kitchen. In reality, culture is behavioral, it’s the...
BoxWorks 2018 to Feature Industry Leaders Focused on the Blueprint for the Future of Work
The future of work will be front and center at BoxWorks 2018 with discussions on how to power digital transformation initiatives, driving rapid innovation in technology, and building a modern technology stack required to embrace best-of-breed productivity....
How one of Netflix’s top execs nailed his job interview and stood out even without a college degree or going to film school (NFLX)
So, when he showed up for a job interview at Netflix headquarters 18-years ago, he was unlike the other applicants, according to Patty McCord, Netflix's first chief talent officer, who spoke to Business Insider recently. That turned out to be a good for...
Former Netflix Exec: How CEOs Miss The Mark On Corporate Culture
Once upon a time, Patty McCord was the chief talent officer at Netflix, helping build the famous corporate culture that shaped the tech giant into the industry leader it is today. When McCord got to Netflix in 1998 (a year after Reed Hastings and Marc...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is writing a book about his company’s famous culture
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings prides himself on making as few decisions as possible at the streaming-video service he founded. “Sometimes I can go a whole quarter without making any decisions,” he said in an April TED Talk. Read full article: Netflix CEO Reed...
How to hire: 5 ways to stop doing it all wrong
The best hires – the people who go on to do amazing things within their companies – don’t always seem like the best fit on paper or first glance. For that reason, they are often skipped over due to traditional hiring practices. Attracting the best talent...
Video Of The Week: Patty McCord on Rethinking How We Manage People
The Gotham Gal and I got to see Patty McCord give a talk a few months ago and I was blown away by her pragmatic, no-nonsense, calling out bullshit approach to managing people. Patty helped Netflix build their culture and left about six years ago to advise...
Intel’s CEO resigned after violating a no-dating rule. More companies are adding them in the #MeToo era
"I think the pendulum has swung to where now, in the last five to ten years, cool tech startups have to be places where everybody comes to have a darn good time," said Patty McCord, a consultant and the former head of human resources at Netflix. "You're...
Former Netflix exec pursues radical shift in how tech firms treat employees
Many companies believe that “culture” is something written down into a document; and once it’s there, in black and white, it’s done. However, if the company and its employees don’t walk the walk and live their culture daily, it’s a useless piece of paper....
Are Tough Conversations the Kindest?
Do you find yourself struggling to have tough conversations at work? Do you find yourself putting them off, biting your tongue, and thinking it would just be kinder to suck it up rather than upset someone? What is it that makes these conversations so...
Learning from Netflix: How to Build a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, talks about her new book, 'Powerful,' and what she has learned about building a strong corporate culture. Listen to full podcast or read the article: Learning from Netflix: How to Build a Culture of...
Here’s Why Switching Jobs Every 3 Years Is Essential For Indian Men
Here is a possible answer to the most important question you have asked yourself a million times regarding you switching jobs. There could be plenty of reasons why you want to make that jump, but you always almost stop from doing so, so as to not make your...
The former head of talent at Netflix explains how to find the right people to solve your business challenges
Patty McCord, former Netflix chief talent officer, thinks that when it comes to business we need to redefine “generations.” McCord says that age doesn’t necessarily equate to the best person for the job. Instead she suggests starting with the problem and...
Why HR pros from Apple and Netflix say the C-suite needs to address #MeToo at work
"[#MeToo] is all of our issue, it's society's issue. But in the workplace it is not HR's issue," says Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix. "Particularly, it's management's issue." Read full article: Why HR pros from Apple and Netflix say...
How do CEOs create an ideal work culture? ‘You live it’
Patty McCord spent years as an executive at Netflix, where she was responsible for reimagining office culture and disrupting best practices. Her latest book is called “Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility.” McCord offers her Brief but...
The Myth That Is Culture Fit
Adam says that hiring on culture fit is a great recipe for groupthink, which favours similarity and weeds out the diversity of thought. When job seekers are looking for employment, they are told to research the company — know what they do, who they work...
Bruce Daisley of Twitter on the power of amazing culture businesses (Part 2)
I chatted with Patty McCord who helped write their Netflix culture document and she said that when they published the document, their job candidates halved overnight, so they were worried about that. Then they noticed that the candidates who were...
3 signs you’re stuck in the wrong career
Netflix former Chief Talent Officer Patty McCord agrees and says that one of the first steps to getting out of a wrong career is to talk to someone who is doing what you think you might like. "If you think the grass is greener somewhere else, go munch some...
Here’s how to score a job at Netflix, says the company’s former HR boss
Patty McCord, former Netflix chief talent officer and author of "Powerful," tells CNBC Make It what it takes to snag a job at the entertainment company. First, she says job candidates must do their research. "You have to have that ability and a natural...
Podcast: A Netflix talent guru weighs in on bank talent management
In her time at Netflix, Patty McCord helped create a much-acclaimed slide deck on talent management that has been seen by millions. In McCord’s podcast, this BAI Beacon keynote speaker and author of the new book "Powerful" talks about why banks should do...
10 Powerful Women on How #MeToo Has Changed the Fight for Equal Pay
The last year has proven to be a transformational one for women in the workplace. Starting last October, women (and men) in industries around the country began coming forward with stories of sexual harassment and and assault in the workplace following a...
Forward planning in the age of disruption – lessons from Patty McCord and John Harvey-Jones
It has always been difficult to focus on the future, but it is no less important today than it has ever been to do the detail on forward planning and business forecasts. “Powerful,” by the former chief talent officer at Netflix, Patty McCord, came second...