Why Your Startup Needs A Chief People Officer

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest Paul Knight, Former Chief People Officer at Perform. Episode highlights [03:45] - What was your experience moving from a large multinational to start up environment? [05:32] - You joined when the company was relatively small, what attracted you? [07:24] - How the business grew exponentially when DAZN come up with the "Netflix of Sport" [11:30] - What are some of the challenges working at a start up? [14:57] - The challenge of having high attrition [21:09] - How it was refreshing to have buy in from senior leaders [22:27] - Would you take on a role like this again? [23:59] - Advice for others on how to best work with co-founders? [26:39] - How quickly did you scale as a business? [27:35] - Was attracting new talent a challenge? How we're you competing? [30:12] - How COVID-19 has forced companies to act quicker [37:35] - Paul's parting advice for you See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.