The Journey Of A Lifelong Builder with Regina Gerbeaux - Executive Coach

01/16/23 • 81 min

Regina Gerbeaux is the tactical, operations-driven coach for top-tier CEOs, operators, and investors. She is also a founder in interested in food tech, and an operator obsessed with putting structure to chaos. Previously, she was the COO at Mochary Method, Head of Operations at On Deck, and founder of a profitably-bootstrapped startup (sold in 2019).

Regina is passionate about helping people of the highest integrity build successful companies and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Her interests are in startups, sustainable company culture, stoicism, and using tech for positive social impact.

Regina open-sources all of her write-ups and templates online at https://www.coachingfounder.com/. Her tactical templates and operational write-ups have been referenced and used by fast-scaling companies including dYdX, BioRender, StageGlass, and many more.

For more reading, please visit https://www.coachingfounder.com/ and follow Regina on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Shownotes:
(0:32) - Intro

(3:25) - Icebreakers

(7:50) - Finding Strength In Difficult Times

(13:10) - From Music To Teaching

(14:53) - Building A Business

(16:50) - Discovering Tech

(17:37) - Understanding Scaling

(18:51) - Starting A Company To Get Into School

(22:23) - Learning To Code

(23:54) - Life At OnDeck

(30:54) - OnDeck Fellowship

(41:53) - Success Contributors

(45:50) - What's Next

(48:30) - Misunderstanding People Ops

(55:08) - Fixing Culture

(57:25) - From A CEO's Perspective

(1:00:00) - Tightening Up Ops

(1:07:00) - RIFs With Compassion

(1:11:00) - Finding Good Leaders

(1:13:43) - Closing Remarks

Wavy is a culture management platform for flexible teams
The Leadership Agency is one of North America and the UK's best boutique startup recruitment agencies
SpringLaw is Canada's first (and best) virtual employment law firm

Shownotes:
(0:32) - Intro

(3:25) - Icebreakers

(7:50) - Finding Strength In Difficult Times

(13:10) - From Music To Teaching

(14:53) - Building A Business

(16:50) - Discovering Tech

(17:37) - Understanding Scaling

(18:51) - Starting A Company To Get Into School

(22:23) - Learning To Code

(23:54) - Life At OnDeck

(30:54) - OnDeck Fellowship

(41:53) - Success Contributors

(45:50) - What's Next

(48:30) - Misunderstanding People Ops

(55:08) - Fixing Culture

(57:25) - From A CEO's Perspective

(1:00:00) - Tightening Up Ops

(1:07:00) - RIFs With Compassion

(1:11:00) - Finding Good Leaders

(1:13:43) - Closing Remarks

Previous Episode

Power Of Mentorship, Growth Marketing, Opportunity Costs And AI In Recruitment with Julian D'Angelo - Founder of Talin

Julian D'Angelo, the founder of Talin joins me on the podcast and we dive into his scrappy beginnings as an entrepreneur, the impact of mentorship, how recruitment is missing the boat on growth marketing and then go down the AI rabbit hole and it's impacts into recruitment.
From A People Perspective and The People People Group is made possible by our sponsors, if you're not a member, check out Canada's most engaged HR/Recruitment/Operations community.

Wavy is a culture management platform for flexible teams
The Leadership Agency is one of North America and the UK's best boutique startup recruitment agencies
SpringLaw is Canada's first (and best) virtual employment law firm

Shownotes:

(1:39) – Icebreakers
(5:38) – Teenage Side Hustles

(10:32) – Julian then and now

(16:37) – “ I do not believe in the concept of being self made...”

(18:27) – Mentorship received from Brent Stirling & the significance of mentorship

(24:28) – Founding Julian’s company, Talon

(31:17) – Growth marketing tools & the importance of personalization

(40:20) – Opportunity costs for Recruiters

(42:47) – AI, Chat GPT, benefits of AI use for Recruiters

(53:45) – Consequences of pessimistic outlook towards AI

(57:09) – Julian’s closing remarks

Next Episode

Applying Design Principles To Your Candidate & Employee Experiences with Elsawy Yehia - Product & Design Leader

Elsawy Yehia is a curious soul and seasoned product and design leader in tech. With career adventures spanning over 20 years, 6 countries, 7 industries, 13 brands, and over a dozen public speaking engagements. He is most fulfilled when helping people grow to become better thinkers and makers.

We covers how Elsawy came into the world of product, design, leadership and how to apply design principles to your candidate and employee experiences.

From A People Perspective and The People People Group is made possible by our sponsors, if you're not a member, check out Canada's most engaged HR/Recruitment/Operations community.

The Leadership Agency is one of North America and the UK's best boutique startup recruitment agencies
Wavy is the culture management platform for flexible teams
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SpringLaw is Canada's first (and best) virtual employment law firm

Shownotes:

00:00 – Introduction

(3:20) – How many companies are doing a good job of designing the employee/candidate experience?

(5:30) – Icebreaker question

(9:10) – Reflection on past work, leading to where he is today

(13:25) – Refining your character, learning more about yourself

(14:50) – How Elsawy got to where he is today

(20:35) – “You have to have been a player to become a coach”

(24:40) - “Building people who love building great products”

(33:20)– Elsawy’s Manifesto

(37:25) – Origin of why Manifesto was created, how can People Ops folks apply this practise for themselves?

(45:10) – Coming to interviews with a framework on leadership