85 - Recharge’s Michael McArthur (SVP People) & Ashley Grech (COO) on reducing toil, the 3 pillars of being a great company, & career development

Recharge’s Michael McArthur (SVP People) & Ashley Grech (COO) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why Recharge is focused on reducing toil, the 3 pillars of what it means to work for a great company, and the work they’re doing on the career development front. Timestamps: (5:00) How Ashley and Michael would describe one another (7:30) Why we should be jealous that they get to work at Recharge (9:20) Building the people roadmap from scratch at Recharge (12:13) Recharge’s journey from a self-funded startup to a series B startup (15:33) How a COO and SVP of People look at the employee experience from a slightly different lens (19:48) How Recharge has managed change these last couple of quarters (21:13) The 3 pillars of what it means to work for a great company (24:50) Why reducing toil is something that they’re focused on (28:30) How Recharge is looking at career development (34:18) What manager development looks like for Recharge in 2023 (37:20) How Ashley’s sales career has helped her become a better COO (45:49) How Recharge is being more intentional about culture as they grow (47:28) Michael’s definition of a Modern People Leader (47:55) The career advice Ashley would give to her 22-year-old self Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader