Brian Halligan advises leaders to hire around weaknesses and maximize 10x strengths
Brian Halligan · Brian Halligan: Leadership Lessons Scaling Hubspot to $28BN | E1103 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jan 15, 2024 · at 26:52
HubSpot co-founder Brian Halligan explains his management philosophy on personal development and team building.
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“I try to hire around them and I try to advise my folks to hire around them and I lean into my strengths. So if I have a strength, that's like a 10 X strength, how do I make that a hundred X strength? Or I've got a weakness that it's a -10 X strength. Just leave it at minus test. Cause I'm never going to get it to plus 10 X.”
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