332 - Deciding what to keep & what to kill as your company scales: Conor Sweeney, VP, Head of People & Talent, Form Health

<p>Conor Sweeney joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what it&#39;s looked like to scale culture while doubling in size every year for three years straight.</p><p>----  </p><p><strong>Sponsor Links:</strong></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://go.manifestlaw.com/paid/sponsor-employees?utm_source=modern_people_leader&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=manifest_sponsorship"><u>Schedule a consultation with Manifest</u></a></p><p>🔗 Learn more about Tilt at<a href="https://hellotilt.com/mpl"><u> </u></a><a href="http://hellotilt.com/mpl"><u>hellotilt.com/mpl</u></a></p><p>🔗 Explore the 2026<a href="https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/talent/human-capital-trends.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Modern+People+Leader"><u> ​Deloitte Human Capital Trends Report</u></a></p><p><strong>MPL Links:</strong></p><p>🔗<a href="https://mplbuild.com"><u>Go sign up for MPL Build</u></a>.</p><p>----  </p><p>(12:05) Lessons From Jessica Swank and Tiffany Stevenson</p><p>(12:40) Learning Patience, Empathy and Flexibility as a Leader</p><p>(18:25) What Form Health Does in Plain English</p><p>(21:30) Scaling Culture While Form Health Doubles in Size</p><p>(23:25) The Fork in the Road: What to Keep and What to Let Go</p><p>(25:05) Why Consensus-Driven Decision-Making Stops Scaling</p><p>(28:00) Trust as the Foundation for Faster Decision-Making</p><p>(31:15) How to Scale Trust Day to Day</p><p>(32:35) Why Nailing the Fundamentals Still Matters</p><p>(33:25) Hiring for Both the What and the How</p><p>(35:40) “Don’t Crush the Butterfly” and What Form Health Must Protect</p><p>(36:30) Form Health’s First Butterfly: Clinical Care Quality</p><p>(38:45) Form Health’s Second Butterfly: Partnership</p><p>(43:20) Build With, Not Build For, as a People Leader</p><p>(45:30) Project Compass and Form Health’s Job Architecture Upgrade</p><p>(48:00) Building Consistency Around Levels, Competencies and Compensation</p><p>(49:15) Building Job Architecture for the Next Phase of Growth</p><p>(51:10) Why People Leaders Can’t Only Rely on Old Benchmarking Tools</p><p>(53:00) The Rise of the High-Impact Individual Contributor</p><p>(56:00) The Player-Coach Model of Modern Management</p><p>---- </p><p><strong>📬 </strong><a href="https://www.modernpeopleleader.com/newsletter"><strong>Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get episode recaps</strong></a></p><p><strong>💡 </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader/"><strong>Follow