The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR 125 - How to be a trusted advisor as a Chief People Officer: Adam Ward (Founding Partner, Growth by Design Talent)
Adam Ward, Founding Partner at Growth by Design Talent joined us on The Modern People Leader.
We talked about the shortage of HR leaders out there, how to be a trusted advisor to your CEO as a CPO, and how to run a structured job search.
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(3:06) Good news stories
(8:00) Adam’s journey in Talent Acquisition: Facebook, Qualcomm, Pinterest, and founding Growth by Design Talent
(13:00) Growth by Design Talent
(15:40) Why we should be jealous he gets to work at Growth by Design Talent
(17:25) The state of the union for talent
(21:25) Advice to people leaders right now
(25:00) The different styles of influencing
(30:00) Employees want to know what’s expected of them and where they stand with their leader
(33:58) We’re facing a huge shortage of CHROs and Chief People Officers
(36:00) The attributes of a trusted advisor
(42:34) Having a structured job search framework
(49:48) Rapid fire questions
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