A VP executed her 100-day plan immediately after securing interview buy-in
Jeff Stump · a16z Podcast | Finding and Hiring for (Expectations) Fit on Both Sides · Jan 2, 2019 · at 16:23
Jeff Stump, head of Executive Talent at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), discusses how candidates who prepare a 100-day plan before being hired can immediately hit the ground running upon joining a company.
0:00 / 0:21exact quote · 21.9s
▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube → 720p mp4 · rendered on demand · StarZero watermark
“It was about six months ago, a VP of HR that was hired under one of these, who had not done these before, walked into my office, and she's like, I literally laid my hundred-day game plan on my desk on the first day of the job, and just started at it. She's like, it was great. Like, I knew what I was doing. Like, no one had to tell me anything. Like, I already had buy-in from the management team as to what they wanted me to do.”
quote is from the automated transcript, cleaned for reading: filler sounds and stutters are removed, nothing is rephrased. names can be misheard (the analysis reads context, assessments check outside sources). how →
More from Jeff Stump
An executive left a $6M-$7M compensation package for an a16z startup
“We have an executive joining one of our companies, and she's leaving a six to seven million dollar annual package on the table to go do this thing, and, like, what better example do you need, like, and it wasn't a difficult decision for her, like, she just bel…”
Executive hire performance typically becomes clear in months three and four
“There's a honeymoon period, as we call it, and then, you know, the rubber, rubber usually meets the road, I would say, in month three, month four where, like, is, is this person usually, and usually, are they doing a good job?”
Startup executives are completely exposed with nowhere to hide
“The unique thing about a startup, there is nowhere to hide, right? I mean, there's nowhere to hide. You know, you can't crawl under a desk, like, you're completely exposed as an executive in a young company, because everything's your fault.”
Company traditions reveal true culture better than stated values
“I think traditions of companies are kind of more demonstrate what the company's about than what they perceive their cultural values to be.”