pMost startups and VCs focus on headcount growth. Success is often measured in how many times your headcount has multiplied. Scaling your people and talent deliberately requires balancing four factors: culture, structure, talent acquisition, and management systems. Hear how Beth has tackled this at Chime, one of the fastest growing fintech companies on earth. /ppbr/ppstrongKey Takeaways:/strong/pp[2:34] The focus usually is on the number of hires; is this the right direction?/pp[4:35] Blake and Beth explain why faster is good, but it’s not the only thing./pp[5:27] What is a model for scale for the people in talent function and why do you need one?/pp[6:00] Beth shares the example of Nike and their use of a model to scale./pp[7:17] Beth talks about a model with four pillars: culture, structure, talent, and management systems and process. She starts explaining what culture looks like in this model./pp[8:02] Beth dives deep into the concept of structure./pp[9:00] Beth shares about talent./pp[10:03] What are management systems and processes about?/pp[11:34] Beth explains why there has been a big misunderstanding of what culture is./pp[15:08] Beth expands on why the ideal structure doesn’t matter if you have everything else in place./pp[16:50] Structure goes hand-in-hand with culture; it is about clarity, communication, and collaboration./pp[18:14] Beth shares her philosophies and strategies on talent./pp[20:42] Beth talks about retention and the great resignation./pp[22:50] Beth tells more about management systems and processes./pp[25:20] Beth shares what Survey Champions are about./pp[26:11] Beth shares her perspective on where to begin building a model to scale./ppbr/ppstrongMentioned in this episode:/strong/ppa href=https://openviewpartners.com/newsletter/#.YfRAM-rMIuU rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankSign up for OpenViews weekly newsletter/a/ppa href=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethsteinberg/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankBeth Steinberg, SVP of People and Talent at Chime/a/ppa href=https://www.chime.com/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankChime/a/ppFollow a href=https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakebartlett rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankBlake Bartlett on Linkedin/a.nbsp;/ppPodcast produced by a href=https://openviewpartners.com/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankOpenView/a./ppView our a href=https://openviewpartners.com/blog rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankblog /afor more context/inspiration./ppa href=https://www.linkedin.com/company/openview-/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankOpenView on Linkedin/a/ppa href=https://twitter.com/openviewventure rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankOpenView on Twitter/a/ppa href=https://www.instagram.com/openviewventure/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankOpenView on Instagram/a/ppa href=https://www.facebook.com/OpenViewVenture/ rel=noopener noreferrer target=_blankOpenView on Facebook/a/p