Natalie Ledbetter is the Managing Partner of Ledbetter Global Advisory, where she helps Series A to Series B founders scale by tightening the connection between people, performance, and revenue. She’s spent her career inside high-growth environments helping leaders move beyond the old administrative model of HR and step fully into the role of operators who understand the business end to end.
What sets her apart is her clarity: if people teams want a real seat at the table, they need to think like owners, understand how the company actually makes money, and build systems that scale as the business reinvents itself every six to eighteen months.
Her focus is simple:
1. Know the business
2. See around corners
3. Build the talent DNA that can grow with the company
We sat down to talk about:
Why people leaders are reframing their role from support function to core business function inside fast-moving startups
How understanding the business “inside and out” becomes the unlock for influence, partnership, and decision-making
Why rapid scale cycles force companies to become new versions of themselves every six to eighteen months, and what that means for hiring and leadership
How to identify the talent DNA that actually has staying power as companies grow and evolve
Why connecting people, performance, and revenue is becoming the defining skill set for modern HR and TA leaders
If you’re in recruiting, RevOps, HR, or talent leadership facing scale, org change, or new expectations from the business this convo with Natalie is really about what it takes to lead today. Speaking the language of the business and building teams that can actually grow with the company.
Episode 013 drops soon.
Follow Natalie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalieledbetter
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