Worried about retaining your best employees?

Our guest on this episode is helping you do just that.

Lindsay McGregor is the CEO and Co-Founder of Factor.ai and co-author of the bestselling book "Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation."

Lindsay has one of the best track records of working with fast-growing startups like Slack, Grab, and Flexport byhelping them build a high-performance team culture.

Previously, Lindsay led impactful projects at McKinsey, partnering with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, universities, and school systems.

She earned her B.A. from Princeton and her MBA from Harvard Business School.

In Episode 075 of CLIMB by VSC, Lindsay discusses why the 'fun' culture in entrepreneurship isn't working, the importance of measuring your team’s motivation, and why autonomy could be killing your startup.

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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:47 Meet Lindsay McGregor
00:02:01 3 Frameworks Every Founder Needs to Know
00:03:36 Tactical and Adaptive Balance in Startups
00:08:53 The 6 Key Motivators for Your Startup
00:16:00 The 'Fun' Culture in Entrepreneurship isn't Working
00:23:43 Are You Measuring Your Team’s Motivation?
00:31:05 Strategy is Ignoring Great Ideas: Slack Founder
00:31:57 Autonomy is Killing Your Startup
00:36:02 No Velocity? Your Startups is Doomed to Fail
00:39:32 Factor.ai is Simplifying Management
00:42:38 Great founders Aren’t the Most Charismatic
00:48:28 You Needs this Pit Stop Strategy to build a Great Company
00:53:03 Where can people learn more about Factor.ai?