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Join a small team, make a big impact
The document shares insights on creating value within a team and emphasizes the importance of culture, values, and effective onboarding processes. It highlights the transformation within Akkroo's onboarding approach, resulting in a 100% retention rate of new members over the last year. The author encourages engaging others and being deliberate in actions to achieve greater outcomes.
Join a small team, make a big impact
- 1. Join a smallteam Make a big impact
- 2. Andy Higgs Co-founder +COO Akkroo Designer + Developer @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
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- 4. Don’t be ajet, be a rocket @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 5. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Some Things I’veLearnt in Life
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- 7. Don’t run withscissors@aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
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- 9. For best results,colour inside the lines@aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
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- 14. You’ll end upeating what you make so make sure it tastes good. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 15. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk How To ApplyThis Lesson
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- 17. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk $0 $1m $10m$100m Find Product/ Market Fit Growth Hypergrowth
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- 19. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Role Buddy Culture Buddy LeaderBuddy New Team Member
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- 21. 3 STEPS TOADDING IMMENSE VALUE @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 22. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
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- 27. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
- 28. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Culture is thesoft stuff that fills the gaps between the hard work done by everyone in your team.
- 29. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Values are agreat way of helping to distill a culture into something expressable, which allows you to communicate it quickly and easily.
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- 31. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Use values asacceptance criteria.
- 32. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk “Every company hasa culture. The only question is whether or not you decide what it is.” Jason Cohen - WP Engine
- 33. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
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- 36. EXAMPLE@aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk What does newteam member onboarding at Akkroo look like now?
- 37. EXAMPLE What does newteam member onboarding at Akkroo look like now? @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Sandro
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- 39. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
- 40. • Quickly getnew team mates up to speed • Enable them to become effective quickly • Setup good, tight feedback loops • Demonstrate & share our values • Make it enjoyable! @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk What does on-boarding success look like?
- 41. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
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- 48. Culture & Valueschat Team introductions @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk EMBRACE THE JOURNEY
- 49. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
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- 52. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Envision the bestcase result Apply your team values Involve others
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- 54. In the previous12 months half our team changed 20% never made it through the first 6 months 50% @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk 😥
- 55. Since we implementedthis 12 months ago, zero people who started on-boarding have not made it to the end 100% @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 56. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Onboarding was superuseful. I would say “friendly challenging”, because there were lots of thing to do and setup, but it was detailed like a friendly tutorial. Everyone seemed eager to help too, which was nice. “
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- 58. Lots of opportunitiesto apply this! How you do customer development calls How you market new product features How you roll out new software across the team How you develop an team engineering manual How the meetings in your week are structured @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 59. Become insanely valuable. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Addimmense value.
- 60. Choose your ingredientswisely. Create richer results by engaging others. Know & apply your cultural values for greater outcomes. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
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- 62. I am notsaying this is the only way. Just one way. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk
- 63. @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk In a startupyou have to eat what you make.
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- 65. Apple Crumble -http://www.freeimages.co.uk/galleries/food/dessert/slides/apple_crumble.htm Ruined Jesus - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/europe/botched-restoration-of-ecce-homo-fresco-shocks-spain.html Headless Figure - https://www.flickr.com/photos/75752531@N00/66883761 - CC 2.0 Badly coloured cat - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mononukleoza/4500199835/ - CC 2.0 Baby face - https://faceriot.wordpress.com/category/sour-face/ Sunil - buffer.com NASA @aajhiggs andyhiggs.uk Credits & Image Licences