105 - Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) on modernizing your people function

Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about what it's like working in HR for a traditional company, The Granite Group’s journey to modernizing their people function, and why the HR community is so important to her.

Timestamps:  

(1:40) Good news stories

(6:11) Why Tracie wanted to be in HR ever since high school

(8:35) What The Granite Group does

(10:03) Why we should be jealous that she gets to work at The Granite Group

(14:50) Working in a traditional industry versus tech

(15:10) The biggest difference between the HR team she inherited versus the team she has now

(16:20) Shifting their mindset to become a modern people team

(19:20) The critical success factors to transforming the people function at The Granite Group

(22:57) They’ve built a dozen learning paths

(34:40) The steps you can take to build your employer brand as a traditional company

(37:00) Why the HR community is so important to her

(39:55) The unexpected benefits of being a part of different HR communities

(43:00) Finding ways to help people with mental health issues

(48:14) Rapid fire questions

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