Janeen Speer is the VP of Talent at Shopify. She brings years of leadership experience to the table and has worked in management roles at Starbucks, Lululemon, and WestJet. It is in Shopify's culture to build a human-centric organization that focuses on their biggest asset — the people. Janeen shares how Shopify leaders reinforce this vision everyday to their team and how current leaders can take some of these human-centric principles and apply it into their own businesses today.

Listen in as Janeen shares practical ways that Shopify is building its human centric organization including:

- Innovating how it recruits people through a "life story" exercise- Providing free coaching at every level

- Giving people back time through Meetingless Wednesdays

- Hosting "Ask Me Anythings" where team members "vote up" critical questions on their minds; and leaders answer. Real time.

- Investing in understanding people's personal objectives and considering them as they make work assignment

- Valuing two distinct paths

– a technical and leadership path

– so people can best use their strengths and follow their passions

Stay tuned to the end where Janeen shares her thoughts on how to start your own quest to create a human-centric organization and answers some fun, rapid-fire questions

Key Takeaways:

• What is Shopify's vision?
• Janeen shares some practical ways Shopify puts their people first.
• Free coaching is available to anyone at any level at Shopify.
• What happens on Meetingless Wednesdays and how has that improved mental well being?
• Shopify also has leader AMAs (Ask Me Anything), where people in the organization can ask their leaders some of their most burning questions.
• Shopify has a deep commitment to understanding people's personal objectives as well.
• What kind of leadership qualities does Shopify look for?
• How does Shopify support leaders in their journeys?
• Janeen offers advice on how you can embark on your own journey to create a human-centric organization.
• Stay until the end for some rapid-fire questions with Janeen!

Mentioned in This Episode:

Shopify.com

Janeen on LinkedIn

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