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Build Culture That Survives the Acquisition
Culture is a strategy, not soft stuff.
Jamie Petter, founder of Culture Grid HR and a fractional Chief People Officer, joins Pulse by HRBench to break down why so many acquisitions break on the people side, and how to define culture before a deal instead of after it cracks.
In this episode:
Why culture feels "soft" and how to treat it as a strategy that drives results
The Culture Grid: purpose, product, and people, with trust at the center
What buyers should ask before an acquisition, and why deals fall apart when the founder leaves
How a founder's culture starts to break at 20, 50, and 100 employees
Why people strategy fails when it gets handed to HR alone
The first-time manager formula: self-awareness, business acumen, and coaching
How to pick the three to five people metrics that move the needle
For HR and people leaders steering culture through growth, a sale, or an integration, this one gives you the language and the method.
Episode Chapters:
- 00:00 | Meet Jamie Petter: Culture Grid HR and fractional CPO
- 01:39 | A baseball trade that broke a team's culture
- 03:23 | The culture influencers who quietly carry the team
- 04:15 | Acquiring a company: stronger together or merging cultures?
- 06:02 | Why so many PE deals break on the people side
- 07:59 | The Culture Grid: purpose, product, people, and trust
- 09:43 | Pies, parades, and operationalizing culture
- 12:50 | Where a founder's culture starts to crack as it scales
- 16:53 | Why people strategy can't be handed to HR alone
- 19:50 | Trust as the thing customers and employees feel
- 23:28 | Leaders as the number one talent magnet
- 25:12 | Is leadership born or learned, and the first-time manager formula
- 32:37 | The three to five numbers that prove people work
- 33:45 | Closing: the three-legged stool
Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiepetter/
Connect with Culture Grid HR: https://www.linkedin.com/company/culture-grid-hr/about/
🎙️ Pulse by HRBench. Practical people analytics for HR leaders who tie their work to business outcomes. New episodes every week.
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By HRBenchCulture is a strategy, not soft stuff.
Jamie Petter, founder of Culture Grid HR and a fractional Chief People Officer, joins Pulse by HRBench to break down why so many acquisitions break on the people side, and how to define culture before a deal instead of after it cracks.
In this episode:
Why culture feels "soft" and how to treat it as a strategy that drives results
The Culture Grid: purpose, product, and people, with trust at the center
What buyers should ask before an acquisition, and why deals fall apart when the founder leaves
How a founder's culture starts to break at 20, 50, and 100 employees
Why people strategy fails when it gets handed to HR alone
The first-time manager formula: self-awareness, business acumen, and coaching
How to pick the three to five people metrics that move the needle
For HR and people leaders steering culture through growth, a sale, or an integration, this one gives you the language and the method.
Episode Chapters:
- 00:00 | Meet Jamie Petter: Culture Grid HR and fractional CPO
- 01:39 | A baseball trade that broke a team's culture
- 03:23 | The culture influencers who quietly carry the team
- 04:15 | Acquiring a company: stronger together or merging cultures?
- 06:02 | Why so many PE deals break on the people side
- 07:59 | The Culture Grid: purpose, product, people, and trust
- 09:43 | Pies, parades, and operationalizing culture
- 12:50 | Where a founder's culture starts to crack as it scales
- 16:53 | Why people strategy can't be handed to HR alone
- 19:50 | Trust as the thing customers and employees feel
- 23:28 | Leaders as the number one talent magnet
- 25:12 | Is leadership born or learned, and the first-time manager formula
- 32:37 | The three to five numbers that prove people work
- 33:45 | Closing: the three-legged stool
Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiepetter/
Connect with Culture Grid HR: https://www.linkedin.com/company/culture-grid-hr/about/
🎙️ Pulse by HRBench. Practical people analytics for HR leaders who tie their work to business outcomes. New episodes every week.