Lauren Ipsen

Lessons from one of the world’s top executive recruiters | Lauren Ipsen (Daversa Partners, General Catalyst)

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Opening
Lauren Ipsen (00:00:00): Regardless of whether or not you're hiring, you should always be keeping a pulse on the market. That is the most important thing. And I think that should be the case for both candidates and folks that are hiring. Like, you never want to put yourself in a position where you have no idea what good looks like, whether that's from a company standpoint or from a candidate standpoint....

The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.

Low-ego framing
Lauren Ipsen (00:00:35): Oftentimes, I encoura...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly
Lauren Ipsen (01:06:37): Thank you. Thanks so much. Trying to be. Lenny (01:06:41): Final question. Who else in the industry would you say that you...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Low-ego framing
Lenny (00:35:38): I don't know how much more confidence you could instill in a candidate joining a company than the recruiter also then joining the...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly
Yes, absolutely. And also, thank you. This has been so much fun. They can reach out to me on LinkedIn. I happen to be on that one quite a bit, so...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.