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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.

  • 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