AJ Thomas, Global People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Children’s Book Author, joined us on The Modern People Leader.
She shared a framework for getting back to the basics in HR, why we need to “throw away the career path”, and the 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams.
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(2:08) Good news stories
(7:02) AJ’s story
(14:00 What pulled AJ into the HR world
(18:03) AJ is a “Chaos Pilot”
(22:12) Everyone is actually an HR leader
(26:40) A framework for getting back to the basics: Philosophy, Process, & Practice
(31:30) “Unrecruiting” at X
(37:45) AJ says we need to throw away the career path
(44:54) The Four immutable laws of the spirit
(50:00) AJ wrote a book for kids about teams
(51:08) The 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams
(53:30) Rapid fire questions
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