#28: Old School to New School Leadership with Jay Fulcher

SPIN IT: Business & Crisis Management with Stephynie Malik

This week Stephynie is speaking with Jay Fulcher. Jay is the CEO of Zenefits an award-winning people Ops platform. He is one of the first people Stephynie goes to for advice, especially when it comes to running a global business.

Jay has run two other companies Ooyala and Agile software and is the author of the book, People Operations, which explains how leaders can stop spending so much time on HR paperwork and truly focus on "People Work."

Jay and Stephynie dive into great resignation and what he's doing as a leader to prevent burnout and build a resilient company. They also discuss people claiming to be expert online coaches and how not to participate in any of that noise. Jay has so much knowledge to share, and Stephynie hopes you all enjoy this conversation as much as she did.

Timestamps:

- 00:00 - Spin It! Intro

- 00:35 - Jay Fulcher Intro

- 01:30 - Introductory Comments

- 04:03 - Jay wasn’t great at sports and how he ended up in tech

- 08:30 - Traveling is so important for Children

- 09:20 - Jay’s thoughts on the great resignation

- 14:26 - How Zenefits has kept their teams engaged through the pandemic

- 23:02 - Jay’s Book - “People Operations”

- 24:16 - New HR Methods since Covid

- 28:59 - The role burnout plays in Jay’s life

- 34:16 - How to identify burnout

- 38:20 - Companies are not set up right when it comes to health and well being

- 39:45 - Churn and Burn is a thing of the past

- 41:40 - Success takes work

- 48:18 - Build a company that is resilient

- 51:11 - What Jay’s team says about him

- 54:23 - Concluding comments

Social Media & Important Links:

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jayfulcher/

Twitter: @jbfulcher

Zenefits.com

Workest.com