Executive Spotlight: Renato Profico Recruiter.com Magazine's Executive Spotlight features top executives, HR professionals, recruiters, and business leaders sharing their insights on hiring, management, and best recruiting practices. This Issue's Spotlight: Renato Profico, CEO, Doodle Renato Profico may have just assumed the CEO mantle at Doodle this past December, but his enthusiasm for the scheduling software company's mission proves he was the right choice take the helm. "Working with young, talented, and diverse groups of people [at Doodle] ... is an honor for me," Profico tells Recruiter.com. Recruiters and HR pros can likely understand Profico's passion — scheduling, after all, is an issue near and dear to our hearts. Who among us hasn't had to deal with the interminable email back-andforth when trying to set up a candidate interview? And we're not the only ones filled with dread at the mere prospect of a meeting: According to Doodle's "2020 Work-Life Balance Survey," 60 percent of employees have found themselves in meetings that accomplished nothing at all. Below, Profico chats with us about how we can fix meetings — plus his secrets for building great teams: What do you love most about your job? I am very excited about the unique opportunity I have in my role at Doodle to work with the company's fantastic team to help shape the entire domain of the scheduling and meeting experience for professionals. Working with young, talented, and diverse groups of people spread over our offices in Zurich, Berlin, Belgrade, New York, and Atlanta is an honor for me, and I am very much looking forward to bringing my long work experience to benefit Doodle and coaching the teams to succeed. What is your proudest professional moment? There are many moments in my professional career I feel proud of, but above everything, I've Recruiter.com Magazine
felt the most proud when we, as a team, achieved a major milestone or goal. For a leader, there is no better feeling than when the team you lead and aim to inspire works hard, creates something new, or overcomes challenging moments on the way to success — and you are able to look back on the final result with pride for what the team members have gone through to achieve that outcome. Describe your ideal team. What kind of people are on it? The ideal team for me consists of diverse people with complementary talents, as well as challenging and respectful mindsets always ready to go the extra mile. The people on it are optimistic, eager to learn, competitive, and 27
