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Part of Execution
Team management and hiring
A people-and-execution course for founders moving from individual effort to coordinated delivery. It covers role design, hiring evidence, onboarding, performance conversations and culture without turning a small venture into a bureaucracy.
12 hHybridAdvanced
Objectives
- Design roles around outcomes rather than vague titles.
- Decide when to hire, contract, partner or automate.
- Run structured interviews and practical work samples.
- Create lightweight onboarding, goals and feedback rhythms.
- Handle performance issues fairly and document key decisions.
Recommended tools
What professionals use for this course, with a free or open-source option wherever there is one.
- SlackFree plan
Team chat by topic.
- Microsoft TeamsFree plan
Video meetings and team chat.
- MattermostOpen source
Free team chat you can host.
Alternative to Slack
- LinkedInFree plan
Posting jobs and finding candidates.
- OrangeHRMOpen source
Staff records, leave and recruitment.
Lessons
- Course OverviewReading
- From founder bottleneck to role designReading · 25 min
- Hire, contract, partner or automateReading · 25 min
- Evidence-based selectionReading · 25 min
- Writing a job postingAssignment · 40 min
- Onboarding and performance rhythmReading · 25 min
- Difficult conversations, fairness and cultureReading · 25 min
- Validation quizQuiz · 15 min
- What next? Tools and your pathwayReading · 5 min