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PX Espresso☕with Luke O'Mahoney
Luke O'Mahoney is a former start-up Head of People turned creator, entrepreneur, and innovator in the start-up and scale-up People and HR scene.
Luke created SapienX as a platform of content, courses and community for the post-HR generation, with the focus on turning People teams into Product teams and People Leads into Product Leads.
As well as leading in the innovation and adoption of product-led PX (People Experience), Luke is also bootstrapping SapienX to £1Million AR and will share wins, fails, and learns about that journey along the way too.
PX Espresso ☕is for People Leaders who think like Product Leaders. It's also for employees who think like entrepreneurs, those who want to break free from traditional 9-5 employment to build something of their own.
So, if you are People Leader seeking out new ways of thinking and working inspired by product & GTM, you are in the right spot!
Equally, if you are thinking about, just starting-out, or already deep in your own entrepreneurial adventure, you will find plenty of honest reflections and insights on that front too!
Oh, and at the start of every episode you will also get a little insight into the world of speciality coffee☕... combine your passions and work becomes play!
✅Product-led thinking
✅Progressive People Ops
✅Scaling Start-ups
✅Speciality Coffee
We got you covered! Enjoy!
PX Espresso☕with Luke O'Mahoney
031 - Alice Burks - 🎙️ep. 031 - Alice Burks - Scaling PX in a Global + Fully Remote scale-up in Hypergrowth
Boooooom 💥Back once again with the ill behaviour 😎
This week, Luke chats with Alice Burks, Director of People Success at one the fastest growing global People Tech scale-ups, Deel 🚀... in fact, not just in People tech; Deel is one of the the fastest-growing start-ups in history 😱
Meet Alice 🌟Prior to Deel, Alice was Global Head of Learning at DICE and Global Leadership Development Partner at Trustpilot... Safe to say, this conversation is packed with actionable PX insights for People Leaders in high-growth companies!
The challenges of scaling fully remote global teams🚀
Alice shares some of the challenges and benefits of managing a fully remote, globally distributed workforce, particularly within the context of a rapidly scaling company like Deel.
How Deel approach global and remote onboarding💡
Luke and Alice discuss the importance of structured onboarding and how Deel approaches this focusing on both operational and experiential aspect.
The role storytelling plays in People Practices🗣️
From a background in advertising, PR and TV Production, Alice knows all about the power of storytelling and the role of storytelling in HR and people practices, particularly in communicating the value of initiatives and aligning them with company culture, and end user “language fit”.
Deel’s approach to values-based hiring🤝
Hiring is hard at the best if times, but, fully remote and global makes this particularly challenging for companies like Deel. Alice speaks about how Deel place the emphasis on values-based hiring and the importance of cultural (behaviour, motivation, working preferences etc) alignment when recruiting for a rapidly growing, remote-first company.
Enjoy!
Catch you next time! ✌️
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Contact Luke:
Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk
LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn
Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk)
Contact Alice:
LinkedIn: Alice Burks | LinkedIn
Website:
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