Scaling at the Speed of Trust: How to Grow Without Losing What Makes You Great
Online
1.20 Credits
Member Price $39.00
Non-Member Price $59.00
Overview
Session Overview:
If you’re leading a small or mid-size company preparing for rapid growth — or you’ve just hit that thrilling, chaotic stretch where success creates new challenges — this session is for you.
Everyone wants growth. Few are ready for what it really takes. In Scaling at the Speed of Trust, Steve Cadigan — LinkedIn’s first CHRO and architect of its legendary hyper-growth culture — shares the inside story of how the company scaled from 400 to 4,000 employees in just four years, and the lessons every growing business can apply today.
Steve speaks to his experience scaling one of the most successful scaling ventures in business in the past two decades: LinkedIn. Cadigan was at the table building what many consider to be the gold standard of a high performing culture while going through rapid growth - through stories and real world examples, Cadigan provides an invaluable a unique insight into this critical phase of an organizations growth.
This isn’t a talk about hiring faster — it’s about scaling smarter. Steve reveals how trust, transparency, and culture became LinkedIn’s greatest competitive advantage — and how small and mid-size firms can use the same principles to grow without losing what makes them great.
Who This Session Is For:
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Founders and CEOs navigating early-stage or mid-stage scale
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HR and People leaders building culture through rapid change
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Executives and managers preparing their teams for the next growth phase
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Anyone facing the tension between speed and sustainability
Objectives
- Build scalable systems and leadership capacity
- Recognize and manage the costs of rapid growth
- Lead with trust to drive sustainable performance
- Empower adaptable, learning-focused teams
- Transform mistakes into cultural and performance gains
Highlights
- Talent Strategy
- Culture
- Employer Branding
- Leadership
- Growth
Designed For
All Professionals
Prerequisites
None
Preparation
None
Notice
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Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steve Cadigan, Cadigan Talent Ventures LLC
Steve Cadigan Founder Cadigan Talent Ventures
Steve Cadigan has spent 30 years at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture. As LinkedIn’s first Chief Human Resources Officer, he led the talent push from 400 to 4,000 people in 3.5 years and architected the company culture that, even today, other organizations study and try to replicate.
He pioneered the Tour of Duty employment model replacing hollow promises of permanent employment with honest growth partnerships, and used it to compete for talent against Google, Apple, and Facebook. He predicted the Great Resignation in his book Workquake before it happened, recognizing a foundational truth: people leave companies that see them as costs rather than potential.
Today, Steve is the originator of the Human Advantage framework, a strategic approach for unlocking human potential as organizations deploy AI. He works directly with CEOs and CHROs at scaling organizations facing two pressures at once: boards demanding faster AI deployment, and employees terrified of being replaced. His thesis is contrarian: the architecture of work was built for a slow pace of change and is no longer fit for purpose. Employee engagement is not worth measuring the way it has been. Long tenure should not be rewarded for its own sake. Job security comes from movement and learning, not loyalty to an employer.
The throughline across every engagement: the organizations that treat their people as potential to maximize rather than costs to minimize build advantages that compound. Steve has worked across five industries and three countries, led dozens of acquisition integrations, and serves on the boards of three corporations. He has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune as one of the top 200 global thought leaders in talent management.
Non-Member Price $59.00
Member Price $39.00