The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

By The Modern People Leader

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Listen to interviews with CHROs, Chief People Officers, and other work experts on how they're pioneering the way that we work. They share what's working, what's not, and how they've gotten to where they're at in their careers.

Episode Date
178 - Finding a More Human-Centered Approach: Dom Boon (VP People, Liberty Latin America)
May 15, 2024
177 - Moving to “People Ops as a Product”: Matt Bradburn (Founder, The People Collective)
May 10, 2024
176 - Building an AI roadmap for HR & 6 use cases for AI in HR: Gianna Driver (CHRO, Exabeam)
May 06, 2024
175 - Create mini “blue zones” in your company: Laura Putnam (CEO & Founder, Motion Infusion)
May 01, 2024
174 - How the Spurs are redefining their EVP: Samantha Simmons (SVP, People & Culture at Spurs Sports & Entertainment)
Apr 26, 2024
173 - Throwing the career path away & getting back to the basics in HR: AJ Thomas (People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Author)
Apr 24, 2024
172 - All-things AI in HR with 2 Chief People Officers: David Hanrahan (Chief People Officer, Flare) & Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)
Apr 18, 2024
171 - HR Leaders wanting to work at people-first orgs - ask these questions in your interview: Stacey Nordwall (VP of People Strategy, Pyn)
Apr 11, 2024
170 - The path to profitability & Dena’s value framework for evaluating career moves: Dena Upton (Head of People, Dandy)
Apr 04, 2024
169 - Everything a Spreadsheet WON’T Tell You: Colleen McCreary, 6x CPO (Credit Karma, Zynga, Twilio, & more) turned VC
Mar 29, 2024
168 - It’s hard to move the needle in HR because it’s set up that way: Anessa Fike (Author, 14x Chief People Officer, & Founder of Fike+Co)
Mar 27, 2024
167 - Testing team performance reviews & insights from survey sent to 61 first-time CPOs: David Hanrahan (Chief People Officer, Flare)
Mar 22, 2024
166 - Having a common management language & the “no-drama feedback model”: Lindsey Nehls (Elevate Leadership)
Mar 19, 2024
165 - Zapier's CEO & Chief People Officer: Pre-vetting their match, Zapier’s AI Hackathon, & how the people team is building with AI
Mar 15, 2024
164 - Navigating big life moments at work: Jennifer Henderson (Founder & CEO, Tilt)
Mar 13, 2024
163 - The job market is more broken than ever: James Hudson (former TA leader @ Nike & Levi’s)
Mar 08, 2024
162 - How Expedia's disability inclusion leader is using her superpowers to bring about change to work & travel
Mar 06, 2024
161 - HR will help shape the future of human identity: The Disrupted Workforce
Mar 01, 2024
160 - Dave Ulrich: The ROI of HR is "Return on Intangibles"
Feb 26, 2024
159 - Huertanomics: Does going fractional in HR solve the burnout issue?
Feb 23, 2024
158 - Managers will make or break your company: Luck Dookchitra (VP of People, Leapsome) & Jenny von Podewils (Co-CEO, Leapsome)
Feb 19, 2024
157 - Norton Healthcare’s Alumni Network
Feb 16, 2024
156 - How to identify (and keep) your top talent: Jess Johannson (CHRO, Canada Goose)
Feb 13, 2024
155 - Advice for Burnt Out Leaders: Kenneth Ceaser (Chief People & Culture Officer, Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Feb 09, 2024
154 - Embracing a Culture of Healthy Conflict: Katya Laviolette (Chief People Officer, 1Password)
Feb 06, 2024
153 - Reverse integrating a 10k employee company into a startup: Holly May (Former Chief People Officer at Datavant)
Feb 02, 2024
152 - Southwest Airlines' Culture Team, Onboarding, & Moments that Matter: Whitney Eichinger (SVP & Chief Communications Officer) & Lori Winters (VP Total Rewards)
Jan 31, 2024
151 - Becoming a more Transparent Organization: Adam Horne (Co-Founder, Open Org)
Jan 29, 2024
150 - How Top Companies Build Winning Cultures: Simon Taylor (Head of Organization Effectiveness, Gap)
Jan 26, 2024
149 - 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian (Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian)
Jan 22, 2024
148 - The CHRO & CEO Relationship: Hannah Yardley (Chief People & Culture Officer, Achievers)
Jan 18, 2024
147 - Help employees find their higher purpose: Sunny Grosso (Workplace Wellbeing Igniter & Culture Maven)
Jan 16, 2024
146 - The first 6 months as a Chief People Officer: Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)
Jan 09, 2024
145 - Broken Systems & Shifting from Pay to Performance Convos: Haris Ikram (Co-Founder at CandorIQ)
Dec 18, 2023
144 - An HR Leader’s Journey with Workplace Accommodations: Jodie Cenci (HR Director, Primary.com)
Dec 13, 2023
143 - The Science of High Performing Teams: Josh Siegal (VP People, 7Shifts)
Dec 05, 2023
142 - The Retention Revolution: Erica Keswin (Author, Speaker, & Workplace Strategist)
Nov 28, 2023
141 - Understanding the EX across 140k employees: Johanna Söderström (EVP, Chief People Officer, Tyson Foods)
Nov 20, 2023
140 - Designing the Employee Journey & Going from CPO to HR Tech CEO: Joris Luijke (CEO of Pyn | Former CPO @ Typeform)
Nov 13, 2023
139 - Pat Wadors (Chief People Officer, UKG): Creating a Personal Scorecard, Coining “DIBs”, & The Agile Leader
Nov 06, 2023
138 - Building culture in a remote-first environment: Vanesa Cotlar (VP People & Culture, PolicyMe)
Oct 30, 2023
137 - Handling No’s from your CEO & Reminding fellow execs what HR is optimizing for: Melanie Naranjo (VP People, Ethena)
Oct 23, 2023
136 - Understanding Pain Points & Using Metrics to build credibility as a People Leader: Joanna Kmiec (VP, People & Culture, Elastic Path)
Oct 17, 2023
135 - Rivian CPO on scaling culture from 9 to 15,000 employees & changing the face of factory workers: Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, Rivian)
Oct 09, 2023
134 - How CHROs can align themselves closer to revenue: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People) & Ryan Bonnici (CMO, Gympass)
Oct 06, 2023
133 - The 3 qualities of the smartest teams, letting AI replace routine work & fostering collective intelligence: Dr. Vivienne Ming (Professional Mad Scientist)
Oct 02, 2023
132 - Navigating major life & career changes: Alex Seiler (Former GHJ Chief People Officer, ex WeWork & NBC, and Advisor)
Sep 25, 2023
131 - Key Pillars of Internal Marketing (Kerry-Ann Stimpson, The Internal Marketing Podcast)
Sep 21, 2023
130 - HR 3.0 & how boards are looking at HR (L. David Kingsley, Chief People Officer at Illumio)
Sep 18, 2023
129 - The Year of Productivity: Andrew Bartlow (People Leader Accelerator)
Sep 11, 2023
128 - Now is the time to double down on DEIB: Roshan Kindred (Chief Diversity Officer, PagerDuty)
Sep 05, 2023
127 - How Zillow made massive gains in DEI by embracing the future of work: Roz Francuz-Harris (VP of Talent Acquisition)
Aug 28, 2023
126 - From People Leader to Solopreneur: Reflections at Year 3
Aug 24, 2023
125 - How to be a trusted advisor as a Chief People Officer: Adam Ward (Founding Partner, Growth by Design Talent)
Aug 21, 2023
124 - Finding your next People Leader role: Allison Mairena (Sproul), VP People, NewGlobe
Aug 14, 2023
123 - Adaptive Pay Transparency: Ashley Brounstein (Head of People, OpenComp) 
Aug 08, 2023
122 - The state of AI in the workplace: Siadhal Magos (Co-Founder & CEO, Metaview)
Jul 31, 2023
121 - Memeing for HR: Jamie Jackson from Humorous Resources
Jul 24, 2023
120 - Creating talent abundance for 40k employees at Goldman Sachs: David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs)
Jul 17, 2023
119 - Operationalizing your values & improving asynchronous communication: Nadia Vatalidis (Head of People & Culture, TestGorilla)
Jul 11, 2023
118 - Eliminating high friction experiences for employees & leveling up your consciousness as a leader (M Valentine, Founder, Annem HR Academy)
Jul 05, 2023
117 - Vimeo CPO on being intentional with culture building (Crystal Boysen, Chief People Officer, Vimeo)
Jun 26, 2023
116 - Rethinking the ROI of learning & creating hyper-personalized learning experiences: Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO, Learnerbly)
Jun 19, 2023
115 - People love learning together: Yael Irom (Head of Leadership & Professional Enablement, Tanium)
Jun 13, 2023
114 - Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) on building Airbnb's 'Live & Work Anywhere' program & his new Chief People Officer role
Jun 06, 2023
113 - It’s ok to admit we don’t have all the answers: Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee)
May 31, 2023
112 - Inclusive Processes & “Sneaky DEIB”: GoDaddy’s VP of Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Kristy Lilas
May 22, 2023
111 - Internal mentorship programs are a cheat code: Charter’s Head of Workplace Strategy & Innovation (Massella Dukuly) & Head of Research, SVP (Emily Goligoski)
May 08, 2023
110 - 4 CPOs on the future of work & needing more CPOs in the CEO role
May 04, 2023
109 - VC needs more people from HR: Kat Steinmetz, Principal at Initialized Capital
May 01, 2023
108 - This Chief People Officer talks to her CEO daily (Kate Parente, Pegasystems)
Apr 25, 2023
107 - Angela Crossman (Chief People Officer, Brex) on revamping your employee listening function & getting creative with offsites
Apr 19, 2023
106 - Caitlin Kamm (Head of People Growth, Envoy) on why it's impossible for HR to make everybody happy
Apr 10, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Kelly Minella (Head of Recruiting, Calendly) on the hiring partner experience
Apr 07, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Angela Cheng-Cimini (SVP, Talent & CHRO, Harvard Business Publishing) on pay transparency
Apr 07, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Ian White (Founder & CEO, ChartHop) on compensation planning
Apr 07, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Donald Knight (Chief People Officer, Greenhouse) on DEI progress & pitfalls
Apr 07, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Kevin Lowell (Chief People Officer, UScellular) on the power of the peer
Apr 06, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Maureen Calabrese (Chief People Officer, Modern Health) on being burnt out on burnout
Apr 06, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Mahima Chawla (Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoon) on caring for caregivers
Apr 06, 2023
MPL Live @ Transform - Jolen Anderson (Global Head of Human Resources, BNY Mellon) on making an impact
Apr 06, 2023
105 - Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) on modernizing your people function
Apr 04, 2023
104 - Heidi Hauver (Chief People Officer, TrackTik/Trackforce Valiant) on fueling growth at the director + stage of your career, going beyond data 101, & the paralells between leadership and parenting
Mar 27, 2023
103 - MPL Group Chat: Hiring in HR, the expansion of DEI, & a more transparent future
Mar 23, 2023
102 - Jennifer Christie (Chief People Officer, DocuSign) on the personalization of the HR function
Mar 20, 2023
101 - Bernard Coleman (Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer, Gusto) on going from politics to HR, how Gusto’s Employee Engagement team is structured, & common manager missteps
Mar 13, 2023
100 - SPECIAL EPISODE: The MPL interview
Mar 09, 2023
99 - Tony Buffum (VP, HR Client Strategy, Upwork) on the rise of freelance talent
Mar 06, 2023
98 - Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer, Zapier) on internal mobility
Feb 27, 2023
97 - Employee fulfillment, the disconnect between HR & the people building HR Tech, ERGs, & building a network of teams
Feb 24, 2023
96 - Rich Jacquet (Chief People Officer, Coursera) on always wanting to be in HR, Coursera's leadership academy, dedicated learning days, AI in HR, & more
Feb 20, 2023
95 - Christine Song (Chief People Officer, Knix) on discussing the hard things at your company
Feb 16, 2023
94 - Josh Bersin (HR Analyst) on the 7 secrets of the world's most enduring, employee-focused organizations
Feb 13, 2023
93 - Femily Howe (Gender/Equity Advisor) on taboo diversity questions
Feb 06, 2023
92 - Allison Baum Gates (General Partner, SemperVirens) on funding the future of work
Jan 30, 2023
91 - Mindi Cox (Chief Marketing & People Officer, O.C. Tanner) on moving from employee engagement to employee fulfillment
Jan 23, 2023
90 - MPL's 8 biggest learnings from HR leaders in 2022
Jan 19, 2023
89 - Julia Soffa (Principal Internal Communications Manager, Guru) on how information overload is hurting our bodies & the businesses we work for
Jan 16, 2023
88 - Lars Schmidt (Founder, Amplify) on the 2 things HR pros should prioritize for their careers & ways HR will look different in 2023
Jan 09, 2023
87 - Amy Lavoie (VP People Success, Torch) on how to make DEI work
Jan 03, 2023
86 - Kelly Keegan (VP People, Built In) on building the people function of the future
Dec 19, 2022
85 - Recharge’s Michael McArthur (SVP People) & Ashley Grech (COO) on reducing toil, the 3 pillars of being a great company, & career development
Dec 12, 2022
84 - Sara Gorjão (Chief People Officer, tb.lx by Daimler Trucks) on the Human Energy Crisis
Dec 05, 2022
83 - Amanda Ono (CHRO, Kroll Digital Services) on change leadership & 2023 planning
Nov 28, 2022
82 - 2023 Planning for People teams
Nov 21, 2022
81 - Jim Bartolomea (SVP, Global Head of People & Places, ClickUp) on building the employee experience like a house
Nov 14, 2022
80 - Jessica Zwaan (COO, Whereby) on people ops as a product & recent layoffs in the news
Nov 07, 2022
79 - HR Leaders: You got this
Oct 31, 2022
78 - Kim Rohrer (Head of Employee Experience, Oyster) on creating a unified employee experience across 70 countries
Oct 24, 2022
77 - John Foster (4-time CHRO & Founder of Gamut Labs) on how to build a human-centered organization
Oct 12, 2022
76 - Merary Soto-Saunders (Global Head of DEI, CVC Partners) on impacting DEI for 500k people
Sep 27, 2022
75 - Group Chat: Gen Z’s impact on how we work
Sep 19, 2022
74 - Career advice from MPL guests
Sep 14, 2022
73 - Group Chat: Hybrid work’s impact on DEI
Sep 05, 2022
72 - Quiet Quitting & why being a CHRO is so hard
Aug 29, 2022
71 - Ciara Lakhani (Chief People Officer, Dashlane) on what HR can do during times of uncertainty
Aug 11, 2022
70 - Valerie Jackson (Chief Diversity Officer, Zuora) & Laura Robblee (CHRO, Zuora) on their flourishing CHRO <> CDO relationship
Jul 24, 2022
69 - Melissa Werneck (Global Chief People Officer, Kraft Heinz) on "The Year of the Manager" at Kraft Heinz
Jul 13, 2022
68 - Stephanie Cramer (VP Human Resources, MGAC) on applying solution selling to recruiting
Jul 07, 2022
67 - Beth Steinberg (SVP People & Talent, Chime) on investing in leaders early on
Jun 28, 2022
66 - Jackson Lynch (Founder & President, 90 Consulting) on what a good HR Leader looks like
Jun 21, 2022
65 - Mai Ton (Chief People Officer at Fabric & Author) on being more than your work
Jun 14, 2022
64 - Mindy Honcoop on learning how to "ride the new bicycle" of work
Jun 06, 2022
63 - Interconnectedness of the HR buzzwords in 2022
Apr 22, 2022
62 - The Starr Conspiracy on testing the metaverse at work & why they sent $500k worth of body armor to Ukraine
Apr 13, 2022
61 - Erica Keswin (Author, Speaker, & Workplace Strategist) on the power of rituals in the workplace
Apr 05, 2022
60 - Mita Mallick (Co-Host of Brown Table Talk Podcast / Head of Inclusion, Equity, & Impact at Carta)
Mar 22, 2022
59 - Tracy Hawkins (VP, Work Transformation at Twitter) on reopening Twitter’s offices & giving employees choice
Mar 08, 2022
58 - Cara Brennan Allamano (SVP, People, Udemy) & Rachel Ernst (Sr. Director, People Programs, Udemy) on Udemy’s New Normal
Feb 28, 2022
57 - The four-day work week, working in the metaverse, and a chat about culture
Feb 22, 2022
56 - Liz Fosslien (Co-Author of No Hard Feelings & Big Feelings) on confronting big feelings at work
Feb 14, 2022
55 - Jessica Williams (VP of People, Refine Labs) & Megan Bowen (COO, Refine Labs) on building a culture book & becoming a talent destination
Feb 07, 2022
54 - Katie Burke (Chief People Officer, HubSpot) on removing opinions from future of work decisions
Jan 31, 2022
53 - “Best of Modern People Leader 2021” Part 2
Jan 26, 2022
52 - “Best of Modern People Leader 2021” Part 1
Jan 17, 2022
51 - Jill Larsen (Chief People Officer, PTC) on the evolution of HR and where it’s going
Jan 08, 2022
50 - The HR Metrics to keep an eye on in 2022
Dec 29, 2021
49 - Darren Murph (Head of Remote, GitLab) on culture being built outside of company walls
Dec 17, 2021
48 - Barbie Brewer (Former Chief Culture Officer at GitLab & VP Talent at Netflix) on culture being exposed by the pandemic
Dec 08, 2021
47 - Gen Zers in the Workforce
Nov 30, 2021
46 - Clio Knowles (Chief People Person, Virgin Hotels) on making employees feel seen
Nov 20, 2021
45 - Building a Remote-First Culture (Shelby Wolpa, People Leadership Advisor & Remote Work Expert)
Nov 10, 2021
44 - Parental Leave (Allison Whalen, CEO @ Parentaly)
Oct 29, 2021
43 - Dom Boon (VP Talent & Organizational Development, Liberty Latin America) on the 8 habits of top managers
Oct 21, 2021
42 - Our Top 3 Moments from The Modern People Leader
Oct 15, 2021
41 - Angela Shaw (Chief People Officer, JuiceLand)
Sep 30, 2021
40 - Jess Galica on Women Making Bold Career Pivots
Sep 24, 2021
39 - MPL Group Chat: Bouncing Forward in This Time of Uncertainty
Sep 16, 2021
38 - Steve Cadigan (Former CHRO at LinkedIn & Author)
Sep 08, 2021
37 - Hybrid Work & The 4-Day Workweek
Aug 23, 2021
36 - MPL Group Chat: The Summer of Counteroffers & Choice
Aug 14, 2021
35 - The Importance of Employer Branding (Eric Harris, CEO @ MindHandle)
Aug 04, 2021
34 - Noreen Zobel (Chief People Officer, CrossBoundary)
Jul 28, 2021
33 - David Hanrahan (CHRO, Eventbrite) on the Fading Relics at Work
Jul 19, 2021
32 - CPO Group Chat: Return to Office & The Great Resignation
Jul 13, 2021
31 - Yemi Akisanya (Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Groupon) on why DEI needs to be a leadership competency
Jul 07, 2021
30 - Christopher D. Lee (CHRO, William & Mary)
Jun 30, 2021
29 - The History of Burnout & The Power of Kindness
Jun 17, 2021
28 - Revamping Your Employee Engagement Strategy
Jun 06, 2021
27 - Kristen Barbor (VP, Global HR, Groupon)
May 28, 2021
26 - Leah Pettinari (Director, People Strategy & Engagement, The Boston Beer Company) on How They're Planning to Pilot Different Work Scenarios
May 20, 2021
25 - Libby Fiumara (Talent Program Manager, Expel) on Turning Performance Management Upside Down
May 12, 2021
24 - Hallie Bregman (Global Head of People Analytics, PTC) on People Analytics
May 06, 2021
23 - Michelle Wax (Founder, American Happiness Project) on Happiness
Apr 28, 2021
22 - Rhiana Barr (Chief People Officer, KushCo) on Nailing the People Piece of M&A
Apr 22, 2021
21 - The Ups & Downs of Engagement Scores in 2020/2021
Apr 16, 2021
20 - Adrienne Barnard (SVP, People Operations & Experience, AdmitHub) on Building Great Managers
Apr 09, 2021
19 - Emma Brudner (Head of People, Reggora)
Apr 04, 2021
18 - Jaclyn Jussif (Director of Talent Acquisition, EnterpriseDB) on Hiring & Onboarding
Apr 01, 2021
17 - Gillian Godfrey (Chief People Officer, Storable) on Psychological Safety
Mar 28, 2021
16 - Building Recognition Programs for a 6,000 Person Company
Mar 21, 2021
15 - Dena Upton (Chief People Officer, Drift) on Going Digital First
Mar 14, 2021
14 - Lyndsay Lord (CHRO, Team Car Care, dba Jiffy Lube)
Mar 11, 2021
13 - VP of People + Talent at Privy on Performance Reviews (Jennifer Paxton)
Mar 08, 2021
12 - The Gray Area of "Anonymous" Employee Feedback
Mar 04, 2021
11 - Leveraging LinkedIn to Build Your Employer Brand
Feb 23, 2021
10 - Al Polizzi (Chief People Officer at VetCor)
Feb 19, 2021
9 - Mental Wellness at Work (Gloria Chan Packer)
Feb 13, 2021
8 - Are you doing a lot of "manual HR work"?
Feb 09, 2021
7 - Dilshan Ratnayake (EVP & Chief People Officer at Securonix)
Feb 04, 2021
6 - Hard Truths in HR
Jan 30, 2021
5 - April Galda Joyce (Chief Culture Officer, Global Atlantic Financial Group)
Jan 24, 2021
4 - Debbie Shotwell (Chief People Officer, Stack Overflow)
Jan 17, 2021
3 - 2021 HR & Employee Engagement Trends
Jan 12, 2021
2 - Getting Real BI with Employee Engagement Data
Jan 05, 2021
1 - Taking Action on Employee Feedback
Dec 20, 2020