The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR 141 - Understanding the EX across 140k employees: Johanna Söderström (EVP, Chief People Officer, Tyson Foods)
Johanna Söderström, EVP & Chief People Officer at Tyson Foods, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
We talked about how she’s gotten a better understanding of the EX across Tyson’s 140k employees, how they've trained up the executive team on digitalization and building a learning organization, and how her non HR experience has shaped her approach as an HR leader.
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(3:33) Good news stories
(9:45) Johanna’s story: Born in Helsinki —> having “Sisu” —> handball champion —> Ericsson —> finance & marketing experience —> pivot to HR —> moving to Germany for Dow Chemical —> using the internet for recruiting —> Today
(22:20) 90k of Tyson Food’s 140k employees are frontline employees
(24:45) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Tyson Foods
(27:31) Understanding the different cohorts of employees that work at Tyson
(31:08) Running Tyson Food’s first ever engagement survey
(35:05) More firsts at Tyson Foods
(38:38) Johanna loves to create, build, & transform
(40:20) The momentum that has built since beginning their transformation
(43:00) HR needs to be hungrier for new skills
(49:17) Her thoughts on what’s to come with AI
(51:13) Tyson brought in an external expert to train the executive team on Digitalization and becoming a Learning Organization
(54:13) How her non HR experience has helped shape her approach as an HR leader
(58:00) Where future people leaders should be investing time to develop themselves
(1:01:37) The level of stress in society
(1:04:24) Rapid Fire Questions
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