S2:E2: Growing Talent and Organizations in High-Growth Startups with Jim Conti

01/24/23 • 46 min

Jim Conti is an experienced talent and people leader, and is currently a Talent Partner for Hyde Park Venture Partners, a Venture Capital Firm based in Chicago, Illinois. In his role as a Talent Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners, Jim partners with emerging startups at the earliest stages to consult on various talent, people and hr strategies so these early stage companies can set the foundation for success and growth as they scale their organization.

During the conversation, Jim spoke about his journey from working in house in talent and people roles to working across numerous companies within a venture firm as well some of the common talent and people related opportunities that early stage startups face. We also had an expansive discussion around current challenges with attracting and retaining talent in today’s economic conditions, the opportunity to think more strategically and expansively around talent retention and mobility, and some of Jim’s thoughts on the future of talent within the current economy.

Jim Conti

Talent Partner

Hyde Park Venture Partners

https://www.linkedin.com/in/contijc/

https://www.hydeparkvp.com/

Jim Conti

Talent Partner

Hyde Park Venture Partners

https://www.linkedin.com/in/contijc/

https://www.hydeparkvp.com/

Previous Episode

S2 E1: Using Data to Improve The Way You Develop Your Employees

Fresia Jackson is a Lead Researcher For Culture Amp, an employee experience software company that helps organizations capture and use data to create impactful employee experiences.

With over 6000 clients, Culture Amp has a significant data set that gives them a unique set of perspectives on the state of the workplace, employee experience, and what is and isn’t working between the relationship of organizations, managers and employees.

During our conversation, Fresia spoke about some of the current trends and insights she and her team at Culture Amp are seeing on what’s going on in the workplace right now, as well as some overall thoughts on company culture. We also spoke in depth about some their latest research based insights including:

The importance of why you should let your high performers rest and recharge
Why career development is so critical to employee engagement and retention
Why the statement “people leave managers not companies” is not entirely true

Links

Fresia Jackson’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fresiajackson/
Culture Amp: https://www.cultureamp.com
Culture First Podcast: https://www.cultureamp.com/podcast/stories-for-a-better-world-of-work

Next Episode

S2:E3: Building a Human-Centered Culture To Unleash The Potential of Your People

Larry McAlister is a Talent Transformation Strategist and the Author of the upcoming book: The Power to Transform: A field guide to build a human-centered, tech enabled work culture. As a former talent leader at organizations including NetApp and Equinox, Larry has a demonstrated track record of helping organizations transform their business through an investment in technology and talent. As the Founder of the Consultancy The Corporate Humanist, Larry spends his time advising People and HR Executives on talent transformation challenges, and how they can use tech and talent to create human-first organizations.

During our conversation, Larry spoke about some of his experiences building successful talent strategies inside organizations, and also shared some of his insights from his latest book.

Links: