You've been building your business. At first it was easy - just you and a couple of amazing first hires. You were all friends, and you just "got it". There was no need for policy, procedure or anything other red-tape to get bogged down in.
When scaling a business, some things can wait and others can’t. During my five years building out People and Culture with Vend and now advising to Naveya & Sloane, these are the lessons I’ve learnt
You hired them and they were full of promise. You could see their potential and looked forward to them starting. It all began well, they were enthusiastic, hard working, successful. But that was then.