38 min

The CPO Perspective: Silicon Valley Tales of Hyper-Growth High Growth Matters

    • Entrepreneurship

Lorie Boyd began her People Ops journey in college recruiting at Oracle, and went on to hire many of the early Salesforce team after she joined them as employee #90. After managing recruiting at other companies like Deem and Zendesk, she transitioned in people leadership at startups including Kahuna and Turo Inc. — where she’s currently Chief People Officer.

In this conversation, Lorie shares the accessible lessons she’s learned along the way, ranging from how to find the best college graduates and build high-performing teams at hyper-growth companies, to grappling with what a thriving hybrid employee experience looks like… and crying for the first time during her most recent performance review.

Lorie Boyd began her People Ops journey in college recruiting at Oracle, and went on to hire many of the early Salesforce team after she joined them as employee #90. After managing recruiting at other companies like Deem and Zendesk, she transitioned in people leadership at startups including Kahuna and Turo Inc. — where she’s currently Chief People Officer.

In this conversation, Lorie shares the accessible lessons she’s learned along the way, ranging from how to find the best college graduates and build high-performing teams at hyper-growth companies, to grappling with what a thriving hybrid employee experience looks like… and crying for the first time during her most recent performance review.

38 min