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When They Win, You Win
Podcast

When They Win, You Win

Russ Laraway unpacks his new guide for the modern manager



Editorial Rating

8

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  • Applicable
  • Engaging
  • Insider's Take

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Russ Laraway is the Chief People Officer for Qualtrics, a consultancy in management practices. His book When They Win, You Win provides tools to assess managers and help them succeed. In this interview by the First Round Review, Laraway talks about why good management matters and how companies often mistake worthy individual contributors for standout managers. He addresses attrition rates, what employees look for in a manager and how companies can better support those working in managerial roles. Laraway cuts through the jargon, offering quantitative assessment tools companies can use in the real world, in real time.

Take-Aways

  • The best performers are not automatically the best future managers.
  • Executives can use the metric of employee engagement to assess a manager’s competence.
  • Knowing their manager cares about them – and praises them – factors into employee retention rates.

About the Podcast

Consultant Russ Laraway is the author of When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager is Simpler Than You Think. First Round Review is a publication of First Round Capital, a venture capital company that provides seed-stage funding to technology companies.