Motivating a team isn’t one-size-fits-all. What drives one person may not necessarily motivate another, and effective leaders recognise this.

In this episode, I speak with Vadim Sacharow, CTO at GotPhoto. For such an expert in his field, Vadim has a surprisingly wide range of academic interests from literature to economics. Vadim shares with us his journey of how he made it to his CTO position and speaks passionately on GotPhoto’s mission to make photographers more successful.

We dive deep into how GotPhoto has managed to build and lead a motivated team of skilled engineers. We speak about the importance of understanding each individual’s motivations and how to uncover them. 

We also speak about hiring - how to hire the right people that will become representatives of a company’s culture. And more specifically, the challenges with hiring software engineers. We explore the "meet the team" process and the benefits it can have when onboarding new team members. We also speak on structure and freedom for teams, how to strike a balance between the two and the dangers of letting one side take over. 

In this episode, we cover -

• Vadim’s startup story and making it to a CTO position
• The importance of motivating individuals and how GotPhoto goes about it
• The biggest challenges with hiring engineers today
• Hiring people that fit an organisation’s culture
• Striking the right balanance between structure and freedom
• The biggest, most surprising lesson Vadim has learned on his entrepreneurial journey 
• Vadim’s ambitions and goals for GotPhoto

LEARN MORE

GotPhoto - https://www.gotphoto.com/

Mont Ford - https://montfordrecruitment.com/

Mont Ford on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mont-ford-recruitment/

CONNECT

Vadim on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadimsacharow/

Jordan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanluxford/

LISTEN

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