How to build your culture like a product — Lessons from Anna Binder, Asana’s Head of People
Anna Binder is the Head of People at Asana, joining the company back in 2016 as its first HR executive. She shares her advice from helping weave the culture at Asana, from getting comfortable with feedback to maintaining a healthy exec team.
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Show Notes
Our guest is Anna Binder, Head of People at Asana.
We go back to the earliest days when Anna first took on the role, starting with how she prioritized the initial things to tackle as a new People exec and combing through a slew of opinions that bubbled up from other folks at the company.
Next, she shares her tactical playbook for creating a culture of feedback for not just low-performers, but high-performers, too. Anna also unpacks her methodology of conscious leadership, and how the best leaders always interrogate how the opposite might be true. She shares her insights from working on Asana’s executive team for nearly 7 years, and how to build habits to make sure this group is a healthy nucleus at the center of the company.
We end with a rapid-fire round, with some quick hits tackling onboarding, all-hands meetings, and mentors.
You can follow Anna on Twitter @annaebinder.
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