Steve Cadigan scaled LinkedIn from 400 to 4000 people in 3.5 years, and is now an author and consultant on global talent strategy. He joins Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church to discuss lessons from working with LinkedIn’s CEO during hyper scale, recruiting talent, going public, and debate the future of work. If you’re looking for HR software that drives performance, check out Lattice https://www.lattice.com/hrheretics

After the interview, Nolan and Kelli discuss recent incidents of employees being fired for hate speech at work.
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KEEP UP WITH STEVE NOLAN, + KELLI ON LINKEDIN
Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cadigan/
Nolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-church/
Kelli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellidragovich/
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LINKS:
Steve’s podcast: The Work Week After Hours hosted by Steve Cadigan and Shane Howard https://open.spotify.com/show/54IQnRsvb4pCPA0InnjV5u

Steve’s book: Workquake https://stevecadigan.com/workquake/

Incident at Apple: https://twitter.com/stopantisemites/status/1720380304073035906?s=46&t=DYK-BZSQG0qJD_0l2IU7fQ

Incident at Wix: https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-769922

Kelli and Nolan’s discussion on Politics at Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oULeqedDFYM&t=2s
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode Preview
(05:24) Week one at LinkedIn
(08:30) LinkedIn’s biggest problem was recruiting: Why would anyone want to work here?
(18:49) Sponsors: Lattice | Continuum
(21:13) Overcoming the resistance against boring HR foundations
(23:27) How to navigate leadership’s expectations for HR
(27:52) Steve’s take on HR leaders
(28:30) How Steve led his team at LinkedIn
(30:21) Stories from working with LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner
(37:42) How to get other stakeholders to own comp
(42:30) When LinkedIn went public
(46:48) Counseling organizations on creating opportunities with a distributed remote nature
(54:13) Blitzcaling at LinkedIn - what didn't go well and finding the right leaders for a billion dollar company
(01:01:35) Would Steve return to the chief people seat?
(01:04:03) Rapid fire: Steve’s favorite hire and interview question
(01:12:20) Kelli & Nolan's segment: Hate speech at work

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