468 - An Innovative Way of Developing the Next Generation of Talent for Cloud Consultants with Matthew Peng
Episode Overview
Gaining new talent is challenging for you as a Cloud Consulting Business owner.
Matthew has an innovative way of solving this.
Key highlights
- The challenges faced by professional service-based businesses and e-commerce companies, and the software solutions they provide to solve these problems.
- Matthew's innovative talent plan of working with recent graduates and university students to help his clients directly.
- How has the experience been in hiring and upskilling young, eager candidates for his business. He emphasized the importance of investing time in training and delegating tasks, as well as providing soft skills training and involving his team in the hiring process.
- The approach to assessing and developing his team, including using gut feel for fit, encouraging personality tests, providing on-the-job learning and external training, and using chat and team projects for communication. He also recommended sourcing young talent through internships, referrals, and university partnerships.
- Non-traditional ways of sourcing talent for cloud consultants, with Matthew sharing his success in using LinkedIn and peer-to-peer learning to find and train new hires. Matthew also emphasized the importance of prioritizing physical and mental health as a business owner.
- How to innovatively develop the next generation of cloud consultant talent, including how to source and develop them. They also mentioned the Cloud Consultants Collective and Send Spark as valuable resources for cloud consultants.
About Matthew Peng
Matthew Peng founded Business Continuum, providing software and change management advice to companies big and small for almost a decade.
He blends his business and finance background to set up technology solutions to simplify processes, freeing up more time to engage with clients and empower users with a framework to manage their continuous business improvement.
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