{"id":1733,"date":"2018-06-22T03:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T03:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2019-02-01T19:07:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T19:07:51","slug":"newsletter-issue-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canopy.is\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/newsletter-issue-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every few weeks we send a newsletter to our subscribers with the new content we have written, new episodes of our podcast, and other interesting links we\u2019ve found on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/newsletter\">Subscribe to our Newsletter here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-chat-with-patrick-collison\">From The Heartbeat Podcast:&nbsp;Interview with Aynn Collins, Director of Talent Strategy at MailChimp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/aynncollins\">Aynn Collins<\/a>&nbsp;is the Director of Talent Strategy at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\">MailChimp<\/a>, a now 900+ person company, where she leads efforts to amplify MailChimp\u2019s employer brand and employee experience. In our interview, Aynn shares how she wish she knew how to approach failure earlier, and what companies should be doing to be thinking about their&nbsp;<em>own<\/em>&nbsp;employer brand in the right way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4-0tigOX5A\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/556706070&amp;color=%237000ff&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.knowyourcompany.com\/watch-our-lessons-for-leaders-the-heartbeat-interview-%EF%B8%8F-with-aynn-collins-director-of-talent-d2918c5ad352\">Transcript of the interview is here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"latest-reads\">Latest reads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2018\/07\/the-leaders-calendar\">The Leader\u2019s Calendar<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cWhere and how CEOs are involved determines what gets done. It signals priorities.\u201dWritten by Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/organization\/our-insights\/successfully-transitioning-to-new-leadership-roles\">Successfully transitioning to new leadership roles<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cIf the transition succeeds, the leader\u2019s company will probably be successful; nine out of ten teams whose leader had a successful transition go on to meet their three-year performance goals.\u201dWritten by Scott Keller and Mary Meaney, McKinsey Quarterly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/work.qz.com\/1297375\/what-makes-a-great-leader-explained-in-eight-counterintuitive-charts\/\">What makes a great leader, explained in eight counterintuitive charts<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cAmazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos got it right when he famously said, of his corporate strategy, \u2018We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.\u2019\u201dWritten by Shane Snow, Quartz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/graham-winfrey\/marc-benioff-salesforce-ceo-leadership-lessons-facebook.html\">4 Leadership Strategies Marc Benioff Swears By<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cFirst days are for volunteering. 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