Scott: 50% of New Relic's 75 CS managers were promoted internally
Roger Scott · "7 Tips and Tricks to having happy customers at Scale" New Relic EVP, Roger Scott · Jul 30, 2019 · at 14:02
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Roger Scott, EVP and Chief Customer Officer at New Relic, discusses organizational hiring balance and leadership development during New Relic's enterprise scaling phase.
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“The 75 managers in my, people who have a management responsibility in my team today, 50% of them got their first management gig in the company.”
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