"Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals. Empowerment means to help people to see what they can do without your help and releasing them to do it."

<aside> 📌 This guide is intended to be a central resource of how our managers at Whereby should lead their teams The Whereby Way.

This document is structured into these sections that should drive your behavior: - Our values, internally referred to as our ETHOS.

• Manager effectiveness statements
• Dedicated pages to help manage people (below)

This is by no means an exhaustive guide on how to manage people, as there is no playbook for human beings, everyone is unique, with various experiences and perspectives. This guide should be used a resource to learn how to handle the various situations that may arise as a manager at Whereby.

For more information, please contact, your People Partner.

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Living our values: How these values drive your behaviour as a people leader

🌏 Ethically Ambitious

People, planet, profit. As a remote company, our policies are global and we are flexible in our ways of working.

Our teams are expected to work asynchronously and work together to set expectations Flexible Working and Agnostic Hours

Our public compensation methodology allows us to hire the best talent fairly and competitively on a global scale:Compensation Philosophy

• My manager encourages and prompts difficult conversations when required.
• My manager makes tough decisions effectively.

🤝 Trust Trust

Trust is a two way street, it is built over time, both between a manager and direct report, but within the team. Managing a great team starts with hiring a great team.

Our hiring process is public: The Whereby Interview Process

Candidates have a transparent and thoughtful experience, and in the backend there are a lot of processes involved in order to make it work.

The full how to for hiring is here: ‣

These statements should drive your behaviour:

🧡 Human First

Empathy and authenticity at work helps us work better together and achieve more. We think of our teammates as people, beyond one goal, one moment, or their time working with us.

A popular value at Whereby, we try our best to think of various perspectives first and do what is in the best interests of the company with our employees in mind.

As long as workload are communicated between you and your direct report, we have unlimited PTO and a generous parental leave. More information: Vacation, Holiday, Time Off, & Babies, Newborn, and Adoption Leave

These statements should drive your behaviour: