Hebba Youssef

Hebba Youssef, Founder of I Hate it Here and Chief People Officer at Workweek, shares her snarky perspective on HR challenges. She discusses the difficult dynamic between CEOs and CPOs, emphasizing the need for CEOs to have coaching and support. Hebba highlights the importance of elevating managers through targeted training and reflects on the growing scope of the CPO role. Her insights blend humor with honest critiques of workplace culture, making complex topics accessible while advocating for a more empathetic leadership style.

Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer at Workweek and founder of the newsletter 'I Hate It Here', joins David Green to discuss the failures and triumphs of HR tech projects. They explore the root causes of failure, the impact of HR tech on professionals, strategies for successful adoption, securing support from management, challenges of data integration, considerations for AI integration, and tips for successful implementations.

Since last fall, we’ve spoken/joked/laughed/cried with hundreds of HR leaders and change makers about the Future of HR and the industry’s evolutionary tipping point. And despite spending time with many inspiring CPOs and CHROs, there’s none quite like Hebba Youssef. Along with being Workweek’s Chief People Officer, she’s also the author of “I Hate It Here”, a no holds barred newsletter unpacking HR’s thorniest problems and putting into words what everyone’s thinking but too afraid to say. Plus, her GIF game? Unparalleled.This week, on episode 6 of our miniseries, Rodney Evans sits down with Hebba to talk about how “I Hate It Here” came to be, how a role often tasked with putting out one fire after another can stay focused on strategy, and why being CPO is the hardest and loneliest job in any organization.Learn more about Hebba Youssef: On LinkedIn Subscribe to the “I Hate It Here” newsletter and listen to her podcast. Join the Safe Space community. --------------Learn more about The Future of HR at our website.Curious where your company sits on our 5-stage maturity model? Take our assessment and find out!Have a burning HR question for Rodney and Sam to answer? Email us at fohr@theready.com.Ready to get started moving your HR department into the future? Email us at fohr@theready.com or hello@theready.com.---------------00:00 Intro + Check-In: What’s something that you love that is kind of embarrassing?04:20 Origins of “I Hate It Here”09:36 What resonates the most in the “I Hate It Here” community?10:32 Sources of burnout in HR15:58 Balancing strategy with the day-to-day as CPO21:23 HR’s martyrdom complex23:48 Isolation and loneliness in HR30:25 The CEO-CPO relationship34:52 HR as the organization’s doctor40:09 Hebba’s top HR mission to solve46:03 Wrap up: Leave us a review!