Episode 158: Leveraging Marketing Expertise To Build a Great Company Culture Around People with Raj Sarkar of 1Password
Raj Sarkar, Chief Marketing Officer at 1Password, shares key leadership insights and marketing expertise. He brings a wealth of perspective coming from very successful startups like 1Password and Atlassian.
Raj believes that the most important thing for the leader of a startup is to set the company’s foundation. This starts with the functional area. A strong foundation will poise people for success as the company grows. As CMO for 1Password, Raj prioritized setting up the organizational structure, the brand strategy, and the data infrastructure, and he spearheaded the formulation of the company’s culture.
As a leader, Raj’s ethos consists of four pillars: 1) Servant leadership: ensuring you treat employees like customers and ensuring they are successful. 2) Radical candor: ensuring team members who care about the success of the organization can deliver candid feedback to improve the company. 3) Work-life harmony: being empathic and considerate of your employees’ lives and well-being. 4) Being equitable: everyone has a seat at the table to help contribute their insight to the company.
Raj believes that even if you have the right strategy and a great product, people are the key. It’s people who will execute and contribute their expertise. Leadership is about paving the way for your team to succeed and bringing out the best in them.
Startup founders embroiled in the whirlwind of getting off the ground will find Raj’s insights inspirational. He helps them to focus and identify a baseline for delivering success.
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajsarkar/
Website - https://1password.com/
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