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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