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Human Performance: Working With the Anatomy of Fear

Human Performance: Working With the Anatomy of Fear

Irrational fears in the workplace inhibit productivity, creativity, and effective communication. When human beings experience excessive fear, stress, anxiety, and overwhelm — they inhibit their prefrontal cortex function. So, in this post, we will show you how to develop your team's ability to help one another manage responses to fear and move into more resourceful states. 

Navigating the Waters of Fintech: Logan Allin of Fin VC

Navigating the Waters of Fintech: Logan Allin of Fin VC

Today’s guest is Logan Allin, Founder and Managing Partner at Fin Venture Capital (Fin VC). Before becoming a full-time investor, he patiently dedicated his career as an operator in financial services, and, advising numerous fintech companies such as SoFi and Addepar, to name a few. He understands the enterprise landscape of the fintech industry, opportunities, and just as importantly, how to align and move key stakeholders.

Culture Design 101: Behavioral Specificity > Wordsmithing Values

Culture Design 101: Behavioral Specificity > Wordsmithing Values

Open any company website and read what they value— it could be in their ‘About Us’ page or on their ‘Job Descriptions’ pages. Likely, you will find single words or catchy phrases that describe their culture, who they are, and how they operate. However, if it is not clear what specific behaviors your company values and expects, then people are left to their interpretations and personal biases of what behaviors are expected of them.

Building a High-Performing Distributed Team By Choice (Not Necessity): Robert Fenton of Qualio

Building a High-Performing Distributed Team By Choice (Not Necessity): Robert Fenton of Qualio

Today’s guest is Robert Fenton, Founder and CEO @Qualio, a company that is providing the tech-driven quality operating system for modern life sciences companies— no small undertaking! In this interview, Robert shares his journey as an immigrant founder and some of his stories just simply couldn’t have been scripted better! 

Talent Fitting: 6 Questions to Determine if Someone is Right for The Role

Talent Fitting: 6 Questions to Determine if Someone is Right for The Role

In this post, we share six questions you can use, in-person, to determine talent fit for the role. Using these questions, you will be able to infer important aspects of their behavior without having worked with them or observed them working before. Instead of a long-winded questionnaire— you can do this within 15 mins!