John Grover is the Co-founder and Chief People Officer at Endsight, a 150-person outsourced IT company for small and medium-sized organizations. As the organization’s CPO, he recruits and retains the best talent in IT. His duties include talent acquisition, workforce development, performance management, career pathing, succession planning, marketing and branding, organizational design, retention strategy, benefits, payroll, and employee engagement. Aside from running Endsight, John is an active member of the San Francisco Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- John Grover shares his background and his journey to California
- How did John venture into computers and the IT field?
- John’s sales approach
- The decision to shut down a successful business to start an innovative concept
- Why did John pivot into the CPO role?
- The shift from acquiring customers to winning over team members
- How did the pandemic affect Endsight?
In this episode…
Can you recall a job interview that made you reconsider whether the opportunity was worth continuing to pursue? Do you remember why your interview left you with reservations instead of anticipation?
Recruiting and hiring are not easy tasks, as business leader John Grover knows firsthand. To attract, hire, and retain the right talent, he believes companies must do away with efficient hiring. Instead, choose effectiveness over efficiency. If companies plan to retain top-tier talent for more than eight to 10 years, they need to spend ample time getting to know their future employees. How can hiring teams achieve such a goal?
Tune into this episode where host John Corcoran of Rise25 welcomes the Co-founder and Chief People Officer of Endsight, John Grover. Together, they discuss Grover’s venture into IT, his passion for effective hiring methods, winning over his team members, and more.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- John Corcoran on LinkedIn
- Rise25
- Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)
- EO San Francisco
- John Grover on LinkedIn
- Endsight
- Brené Brown on LinkedIn
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Sponsor for this episode…
EO San Francisco
This episode is brought to you by EO San Francisco.
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 14,000+ influential business owners with 198 chapters in 61 countries.
If you are the founder, co-founder, owner, or controlling shareholder of a company generating over $1 million a year in revenues, and want to connect with other like-minded successful entrepreneurs, EO is for you.
The EO San Francisco chapter enables leading entrepreneurs in the Bay area to learn, grow, and achieve greater success.
The EOSF chapter was founded in 1991, and today we have over 100 members in industries ranging from marketing to agriculture to tech and professional services.
To learn how it works, or to come do a test drive come join us at www.eonetwork.org/sanfrancisco/.
This episode is also brought to you by my company, Pacific Crest Group.
Pacific Crest Group provides outsourced CFO, Controller, and bookkeeping services. You can learn more about us at https://www.pcg-services.com/
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