333 - Vercel's 2-Week Review Cycle & Flight Risk Tool: Olivia Williams (Head of HR, Vercel)

<p>Olivia Williams joined us on The Modern People Leader. </p><p>We talked about how Vercel shortened its performance review cycle from 11 weeks to two weeks and how they built a 15-factor flight risk tool to retain top talent.</p><p>----  </p><p><strong>Sponsor Links:</strong></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://shapes.co/?utm_source=podcast&utm_term=mpl_pod"><u>Request a demo of Shapes</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>(12:25) Why Vercel Rethought Its Performance Review Cycle</p><p>(13:35) Realizing Vercel Was Spending Five Months a Year in Review Mode</p><p>(14:05) Why Most Employees Submitted Reviews on the Last Day Anyway</p><p>(14:40) Cutting the Review Cycle From 11 Weeks to Two Weeks</p><p>(17:35) Faster Feedback and More Relevant Review Conversations</p><p>(18:55) What the Two-Week Review Cycle Looks Like</p><p>(20:50) Treating the Review Cycle Like a Product for the Business</p><p>(22:10) PerfBot and Continuous Monthly Feedback</p><p>(22:35) Why Olivia Wants to “Kill Culture Amp”</p><p>(24:05) Monthly Slack Check-Ins With Three Simple Questions</p><p>(26:00) Hiring an HR Technologist Inside the People Org</p><p>(27:15) Stephen’s Rant: Why Traditional SaaS Tools Are Cooked</p><p>(29:45) The Importance of Play, Curiosity and Building</p><p>(30:20) Why People Teams Need AI Muscle and HR Technologists</p><p>(32:30) Olivia Demos PerfBot in Slack</p><p>(37:40) Vercel’s Employee Health Score and Attrition Risk Tool</p><p>(40:40) Using Claude to Analyze 15 Employee Risk Factors</p><p>(43:20) Thinking of HR as a Product for Employees</p><p>(46:45) Advice for People Teams With Head Trash Around AI</p><p>(49:00) Why Companies Should Bake in Time to Build</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 The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn</strong></a></p><p><strong>😊 </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-huerta-mpl/"><strong>Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn</strong></a></p><p><strong>😊 </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhuerta/"><strong>Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn</strong></a></p><p>---- </p><p>Past guests on MPL include Brené Brown, Annie Dean (VP of Team Anywhere, Atlassian), Josh Bersin, Katie