Best Manager Ever: Sruthi Lanka - Hire People That Scare You
Episode description
Sruthi Lanka serves as CFO of Public, an investing platform that allows everyone to invest in stocks, ETFs, crypto, and alternative assets, like fine art and collectibles—all in one place. Prior to Public, she was VP Finance at MoneyLion, a consumer lending platform that listed on NYSE via SPAC in 2021. Her previous career was in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada and technology at Goldman Sachs.
Sruthi's direct reports praise her coaching and context-driven leadership approach, maintaining lean teams while investing heavily in tools and automation, fostering a metrics-driven mindset, and the importance of authenticity and personal connection in leadership.
In this episode, show creator and Fort Light founder Annie Riley sits down with Sruthi, and they cover:
- Recruiting 'scary' talent to push the company's boundaries
- How to build cross-functional expertise
- Maintaining a strong understanding of company metrics
- Promoting a culture where lean teams are empowered
- How to integrate joy into work
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