Alice Farrell of Grafana Labs: 5 Ways To Attract & Retain Top Talent

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As part of our HR Strategy Series, I’m talking with top experts in the field to teach prospects what hiring managers are actually looking for, while also supporting business leaders in their hiring and retention strategies. Today I had the pleasure of talking with Alice Farrell.

Alice Farrell is VP of People at Grafana Labs, which provides a monitoring and observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. In 2021, the remote-first company was named to Otta’s Rocket List, Inc. Best Workplaces and the Forbes list of America’s Best Startup Employers.

Thank you for doing this! First, please share with our audience what brought you to this specific career path?

I’m fascinated by how People teams work at the central point between people, business, and compliance. I love finding that balance between how you make an organization successful for a team, as well as balancing the needs of the overall business.

Success involves a careful nurturing of people skills such as intuition, empathy, and…