Scaling People - A Tactical Guide to Company Building
By Claire Hughes Johnson

From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people.Selected for "Best Books of 2023" byand Bloombergand andand The Economist!"Whether you are a new manager or a CEO, there are going to be moments when you feel alone and need help. Odds are, the advice you need is inand Scaling People. You are going to pull this book off your shelf over and over!"and and -Kim Scott,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Radical Candorand andand Just WorkA leader at both Google and Stripe from their early days, Claire Hughes Johnson has worked with founders and company builders to try to replicate their success. The most common questions she's asked are not about business strategy-they're about how to scale the operating structures and people systems of a rapidly growing startup.Scaling Peopleand is a practical and empathetic guide to being an effective leader and manager in a high-growth environment. The tactical information it puts forward-including guidance on crafting foundational documents, strategic and financial planning, hiring and team development, and feedback and performance mechanisms-can be applied to companies of any size, in any industry.and Scaling Peopleand includes dozens of pages of worksheets, templates, exercises, and example documents to help founders, leaders, and company builders create scalable operating systems and lightweight processes that really work.Implementing effective leadership and management practices takes effort and discipline, but the reward is a sustainable, scalable company that's set up for long-term success.and Scaling Peopleand is a detailed roadmap for company builders to put the right operating systems and structures in place to scale the most important resource a company has: its people.