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Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson — WisdomDeck honest review
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Scaling People

by Claire Hughes Johnson

Stripe's former COO's operating manual: founding documents, operating cadence, hiring, performance, team development, with templates. Six hundred pages of exactly what to do.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Write the founding documents.
  2. Cadence is culture.
  3. Hire for the stage you are entering.

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Read the chapter on operating cadence and write yours.

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The scaling manual.

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