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Built by People Leaders is a podcast for HR, People, and L&D leaders at scale-ups and fast-growing companies. Host Daria Rudnik — Team Architect, Executive Leadership Coach, and former Chief People Officer — talks with the in-house HR and People leaders building the people side of scale.
Each episode goes inside the real work: designing leadership development that keeps up with growth, earning trust at the executive table, and turning people strategy into measurable business impact. These are practical conversations for anyone leading a People function inside a company that's moving fast.
Daria brings a global perspective from her work with clients across six continents and her years at Deloitte, leading through financial crises, war, and the pandemic. She is the author of CLICKING: A Team Building Strategy for Overloaded Leaders and co-author of The AI Revolution: Thriving Within Civilization's Next Big Disruption.
If you're an HR or People leader scaling a fast-moving company, Built by People Leaders is where the people side of growth gets figured out.
Want to be a guest? Applications go through the podcast page on my website — apply via the guest form or through PodMatch (both links are there). We don't take applications by email or LinkedIn message, so please use one of those two routes.
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#45 How to Have Mental Health Conversations That Don't Break Trust with Ralph Kellogg, CHRO
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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#44 The HRBP-as-Coach Model with Jen Paxton, SVP People & Talent at Roofr
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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#43 Building HR Influence Without Asking for Permission with Johanna Flórez Restrepo, CPO at CryoHoldco Biotech
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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#42 Reducing Decision Errors by 30% Kylee Ingram, CEO of Wizer
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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#41 How Smartcat's VP of People Rebuilt HR Around AI Coworkers with Stacey Richey
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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#40 Cut Turnover 40% in Year One with Clark Ingram, Founder & President of People Profits, ex-CHRO
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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#39 The Post-Crisis Leadership Gap with Savio P. Clemente
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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#38 Automating the Human Out of HR — On Purpose, with David González, Head of People Performance & Growth at Snowflake
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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#37 Why Conflict Isn't a Problem to Fix: Dr. Irvine Nugent on Building Conflict Capacity as Your People Team Scales
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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#36 When to Lead vs. When to Manage (and Why Most Founders Get It Wrong) with Michael K. Cobb, ECI Development
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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#35 The 91st Day: How Nate Hill Stops Post-Onboarding Attrition and Rebuilds Trust in Scaling Organizations
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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#34 Why Training Fails and How to Build L&D That Changes Behavior with Maria Kolesnikoff, Former Head of Talent Management
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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#33 Building HR Credibility with Boards & Executives with Rachel Sutherland at Respondology
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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#32 How to Build Workplace Communities with Katherine Hawkins-Jones, Chief People Officer at Somerset Bridge Group
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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#31 How Workday Saved 600,000 Hours with AI with Greta Stahl, VP of Organizational Learning
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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#30 Scaling HR Operations with a 2-Person Team & AI Automation with Dom Dib, Head of HR at 'Maplewave'
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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#29 Connecting People Decisions to EBITDA at Scaleups with Ted Forbes, Co-Author of Making HR Matter
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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#28 Managing Executive Stress & The Physiology of Pressure with Ed Howard
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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#27 Why AI Transformation Fails Without Human Readiness with Marina Morgan, Fractional Strategy Leader
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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#26 What European Companies Get Right About HR with Anastasia Minko, Senior HR Project Manager at Smart Europe
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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#25 AI Transformation Without Losing Culture with Chris Farr, Operations Executive at Invision Technologies
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May 25, 2026 |
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#24 Hiring Executives in 2026: What Startups Keep Getting Wrong — with John Pezoulas, Co-Founder of Ready Set Exec
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May 18, 2026 |
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#23 Why Most L&D Fails (And How to Fix It) with Jason Aydelott, Fractional Chief Learning Officer
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May 11, 2026 |
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#22 Leading Through Change & Career Growth with Ochuko Dasimaka, Global HR Leader at Rio Tinto
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May 04, 2026 |
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#21 Burnout is Not Caused by Workload, with Katherine Dudtschak, Former Banking CEO & Conscious Leadership Advisor
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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#20 Branding for Growth: Inside HR & Marketing with Daniela Morein Bar
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#19 Why Great Leaders Are Built, Not Born with Jim Carlough, Leadership Identity Architect
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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#18 How HR Can Drive AI Transformation, with Mónica Duque Estévez, Head of People, Influur
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#17 Scaling Isn’t Chaos: How Structure, Curiosity, and AI Help Orgs Grow with Kurt Uhlir, Chief Marketing Officer
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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#16 From HR to Business Architect: How to Make HR Truly Strategic
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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#15 When HR Decisions Become Business Decisions with Martin Beischl VP of People & Culture
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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#14 What Is the Goal? An Honest Conversation About HR, AI, and the Future of Work with Andrew Bolton
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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#13 Scaling with Care: Culture, Curiosity & AI-Ready HR with Traci Austin
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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#12 How HR Leaders Scale Companies Without Losing Humanity with Oksana Lukash, fractional CPO
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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#11 HR as the CEO’s Secret Weapon: Leading People, AI, and Growth with Mary Kelly
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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#10 Human-Centered Leadership: From HR to Operations and Thriving After 40 with Elena Krutova
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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#9 Business First, People Thrive: A Modern Playbook for HR Leaders with Shayna Cooke's
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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#8 Breaking the Cycle of Decision Loops with Roshan Chander
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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#7 The Power of Followership in Leadership with Dr. David Leitner
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#6 From Corporate Executive to Entrepreneur: Pavel Kovsharov's Journey in Building a Family Entertainment Empire
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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#5 Revolutionizing Developer Experience and Productivity with Sebastian Gerhardt, Founder of Flee
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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#4 Navigating Startup Challenges: Practical Insights for First-Time CEOs with Davidson Oturu
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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#3 HR Leadership, Scale-Ups, and the Future of Work with Simon Mulder
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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#2 The Future of Work: Self-Managed Organizations and Team Empowerment with Veiko Valkiainen
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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#1 From Support to Strategy: Claiming the Table as a People Leader With Daria Rudnik
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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#0 Welcome to Build by People Leaders with Daria Rudnik
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Jan 06, 2026 |