370: Three Steps to Great Career Conversations, with Russ Laraway

Russ has had a diverse 28 year operational management career. He was a Company Commander in the Marine Corps before starting his first company, Pathfinders. From there, Russ went to the Wharton School, and then onto management roles at Google and Twitter. He then co-founded Candor, Inc., along with best selling author and past guest Kim Scott.

Over the last several years, Russ served as the Chief People Officer at Qualtrics, and is now the Chief People Officer for the fast-growing venture capital firm, Goodwater Capital, where he is helping Goodwater and its portfolio companies to empower their people to do great work and be totally psyched while doing it. He’s the author of the book When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think

The three career conversations:

1. The life story
2. The career vision
3. The career action plan

Questions to help ask when career visioning:

1. What size company
2. What industry
3. What title

Four steps of the career action plan:

1. Develop your role
2. Get news skills through training
3. Develop your network
4. Talk about next step in your career

• When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think by Russ Laraway
• Radical Candor* by Kim Scott
• Radical Candor

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• How Superbosses Master the Flow of Talent (episode 236)
• How to Challenge Directly and Care Personally (episode 302)
• What Great Technical People Leverage From Leadership (episode 312)

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