How to Thrive During Times of Hyper Growth

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest, Jeff Belanger, Chief Human Resources Officer at Entera.

He has a long history of success in designing and implementing holistic people strategies that supported business priorities at fast-growing organizations. Belanger started his career as a strategy consultant at PwC focused on learning and development and organizational effectiveness, then transitioned in-house to lead the building of HR infrastructures that helped accelerate companies including Pandora Media, IPG/Mediabrands and most recently Semrush and Buildium.

We discussed: How to Thrive During Times of Hyper Growth

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Episode highlights

00.00 - Jeff's background and why he views this role as the third attempt at a career

07:44 - His transition to HR and his experience in change management

09:54 - Think of HR as a department with the most reach and influence to drive success

10:58 - How he's benefitted from seeing both sides of the HR stick

13:10 - "If people don't see themselves in your organisation, they're not going to join"

16:02 - How to retain talent during hyper growth

19:49 - The three pillars for thriving during times of hyper-growth

22:43 - Why Jeff see's himself as a builder rather than an optimiser

27:47 - The biggest people challenges to consider when scaling to IPO

30:15 - How instilling a growth mindset in your people can help them overcome change

34:39 - Why Jeff thinks it’s important to gather perspectives from outside of HR

36:56 - What makes Jeff's friends and family think he's a hitman

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