The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR 146 - The first 6 months as a Chief People Officer: Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)
Q Hamirani, Chief People Officer at Paper, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
We talked about his first 6 months as a Chief People Officer, why your company should have well-defined focus areas, advice to other first-time CPOs, and tying your HR KPIs to actual business outcomes.
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(1:26) How Q’s first 6 months as Chief People Officer went
(7:45) Good news stories
(13:42) What Q’s journey as a first-time Chief People Officer has looked like so far
(18:45) Setting rigor on backfilling and workforce planning process
(21:30) How he describes the role of Chief People Officer
(23:08) Why people should aspire to be a Chief People Officer
(24:30) Rebuilding trust at Paper
(27:30) Why they moved comms under the People Team
(30:29) Defining the three areas of focus for the business
(39:06) Advice to other first-time CPOs
(42:45) Tying HR KPIs to actual business outcomes
(46:05) Changing his views on AI in HR
(51:47) Why he built the PeopleGPT community
(1:03:42) Rapid Fire Questions
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