¡Desconecta con la aplicación Player FM !
Kevin Rutherford, CEO of Nuun Hydration
Manage episode 312631177 series 3239918
Before joining Nuun, Kevin spent his early career as a Senior Brand Manager at SC Johnson and Miller Brewing Company before serving as Marketing Director at Kashi Company and eventually CEO at Caldrea Company. Kevin shares his people-first approach to hiring and evaluating teams. We also discuss how he leverages purpose and vision to build thriving cultures.
Highlights from our conversation include:
- How optimism became integral to Kevin’s leadership style (1:42)
- Lessons about people, inclusivity, and positivity from his career path (3:04)
- Connection to mission and purpose (9:01)
- Canadians’ unique scrappiness (10:57)
- His approach to building leadership teams (12:22)
- Culture add vs. culture fit (15:56)
- His experience coming into Nuun (20:30)
- Defining leadership competencies (22:35)
- How his team contributes to hiring decisions (24:10)
- The benefit of working with recruiters to make key hires (26:49)
- How the recent health and social crises have affected Kevin’s approach (31:54)
- Nuun’s success hiring virtually (36:26)
- Adapting to 2021’s accelerated pace of change (37:49)
Visit HowIHire.com for transcripts and more on this episode.
Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities.
Subscribe to How I Hire:
59 episodios
Manage episode 312631177 series 3239918
Before joining Nuun, Kevin spent his early career as a Senior Brand Manager at SC Johnson and Miller Brewing Company before serving as Marketing Director at Kashi Company and eventually CEO at Caldrea Company. Kevin shares his people-first approach to hiring and evaluating teams. We also discuss how he leverages purpose and vision to build thriving cultures.
Highlights from our conversation include:
- How optimism became integral to Kevin’s leadership style (1:42)
- Lessons about people, inclusivity, and positivity from his career path (3:04)
- Connection to mission and purpose (9:01)
- Canadians’ unique scrappiness (10:57)
- His approach to building leadership teams (12:22)
- Culture add vs. culture fit (15:56)
- His experience coming into Nuun (20:30)
- Defining leadership competencies (22:35)
- How his team contributes to hiring decisions (24:10)
- The benefit of working with recruiters to make key hires (26:49)
- How the recent health and social crises have affected Kevin’s approach (31:54)
- Nuun’s success hiring virtually (36:26)
- Adapting to 2021’s accelerated pace of change (37:49)
Visit HowIHire.com for transcripts and more on this episode.
Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities.
Subscribe to How I Hire:
59 episodios
כל הפרקים
×Bienvenido a Player FM!
Player FM está escaneando la web en busca de podcasts de alta calidad para que los disfrutes en este momento. Es la mejor aplicación de podcast y funciona en Android, iPhone y la web. Regístrate para sincronizar suscripciones a través de dispositivos.