Jesse Genet, Founder Of Lumi, On Hiring The Right Person At The Right Time In Your Business, Her Take On Employee Turnover And How To Determine The Role You Need To Hire For

Jesse Genet is the founder and CEO of Lumi, the end-to-end platform for packaging supply chains, which was recently acquired by Narvar. Jesse and I actually worked together previously where I helped build out her teams at Lumi in its earlier days. Jesse is such a savvy entrepreneur and has had a knack for it since she was in high school. She emphasizes how crucial it was for her to place a large focus on the people-side of her business in order for it to flourish on a larger scale fast. 

In this episode, Jesse and I get into the importance of hiring the right person at the time, specifically the difference between hiring early on in your business versus during a more mature stage in your business. We also discuss how to build out a successful, tried and true hiring process, and why it’s so important for founders to take a step back when hiring and spend quality time assessing the type of role they need to fill before speaking to candidates.

IN THIS EPISODE, I TALK ABOUT:

• Jesse’s background and how she started out as an entrepreneur in high school
• The evolution of the hiring process
• The important of hiring at the right time in your business
• Defining the core value you want a new hire to embody
• Jesse’s experience with turnover
• How to realize a hire is no longer a fit for the role they’re in
• Fighting the urge to fill a role for the sake of an urgent need

CONNECT WITH JESSE

Follow Jesse: @jessegenet

Follow Lumi: @lumi

Learn more: lumi.com

Watch Lumi: youtube.com/lumi

CONNECT WITH JACKIE

Follow People Principles: @peopleprinciples

Let’s TikTok: @peopleprinciples

Learn more: peopleprinciples.co