Fixing People Problems with People Solutions - with Hjalmar Gislason

2021-01-20

Hjalmar Gislason is the founder of GRID - the new face of spreadsheets, a software-as-a-service startup that empowers people to turn any spreadsheet into a beautiful web report, dashboard or interactive application. Hjalmar is a serial entrepreneur with GRID being his fifth startup. He has worked in Iceland, then moved to the US, to later come back. I watched an interview Hjalmar did in the Icelandic Startup community and got very intrigued about several of his decisions in and attitudes towards the business. In this...

Hjalmar is a serial entrepreneur with GRID being his fifth startup. He has worked in Iceland, then moved to the US, to later come back. I watched an interview Hjalmar did in the Icelandic Startup community and got very intrigued about several of his decisions in and attitudes towards the business.

In this episode, you will hear about:

- Hjalmar's transition from a product focus to people focus

- Thoughts on how to balance being an equal part of the team and being the decision-maker

- Suggestions for to build a culture where “what is right” is more important than “who is right”

- Hjalmar's way to create and nurture a thriving company culture at GRID

- His prediction about the future office - will it be co-located or virtual?

- A decision to hire a coach, the value GRID gets from having a coach in-house, and how do their investors look at spending the cash on the coach

- Hiring mistakes you as a leader will inevitably make and what can you do when people on your team underperform

- How do you draw a line between being professional with your people and having a personal relationship with them

Enjoy and stay Genius,
Anna

Learn more about GRID here and connect with Hjalmar on LinkedIn.

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