Can you help me read between the lines: I am interviewing for a leadership position with a hr tech start up. The founder’s statement to me was: we have the vision and runway. What is imperative for us is execution. The current execution does not match the opportunity size. How do I interpret this if I do join them? What should I actually expect to happen? Mind you this is my first time interviewing for a leadership position. So this is new for me.

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I hear it as 'we need an adult in the room to get us from talking to doing. We have a great idea/strategy and funding but we aren't making it happen fast enough.' That probably means you need a relentless focus on what are we actually getting done/out the door, helping the team break big aspiration into timely chunks of work and holding them to deadlines. Probably a lot of creating and implementing processes/standardization to aid in getting things done in an efficient and effective manner.

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Agree with MK1. Sounds like there are a lot of people with great ideas with little ability to turn that into action and an executable plan on a timeline.

I’ve worked with that type - they can be challenging to manage without tamping down their innovative spirit.

You’ll spend a lot of time putting process/structure in place and herding feral cats.

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Agree with both of the above. Be sure to ask specific questions of the founder… what are his expectations, timelines, what does success look like, etc. and be prepared with your own 30/60/90-day, 6-month, etc. execution plans.

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If possible, try to understand what’s the root cause and think about what can be done to address them and incorporate into your own 30 day etc plan

Sounds like they want you to make the devs work faster

Sounds like they need a people and process to get shit done

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