HR Superstars

We’re about to launch our new season of HR Superstars in September, so we wanted to give you a sneak peek at which amazing guests you can expect to hear from. First, we kick off with brain science. Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, shares how Herrmann’s HBDI Brain Dominance Instrument assessment differs from personality assessments, using a proprietary Whole Brain Thinking approach to make it easy to build alignment, engagement, and agility across your organization. Next, Kathleen Ragelis, Head of People at Komodo Health, shares her experience with the power of vulnerable conversations and storytelling and how they translate to business results. And we’re really excited to share the interview with advisor and Chief People Officer, Julie Rogers. People leaders have a lot on their plate, and Julie and Shane talk about how unfortunate it is that despite all they do, people leaders are often set up for failure. Shane also catches up with Jon Greenawalt, who leads Transform, 15Five’s coaching and manager training solution. And finally, we wrap the season by talking to Christine Maxwell, Chief People Officer at Rippling, one of the most innovative HRIS companies around. You won’t want to miss this season of HR Superstars. For the entire episode, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

A people-first approach to work sounds great, but is it really a winning strategy? Diane Adams, Chief Culture and Talent Officer at Sprinklr, is here to say it is, and she has the numbers to prove it. In just over a year, her team reduced attrition by 44%, even in the midst of a hot labor market. She joins the show to share her perspective on work-life integration, the power of believing in people, and balancing authenticity with performance. Join us as we discuss: [02:00] The value of work-life flexibility [07:45] Why people-first work is a winning strategy [12:00] The power of believing in your people [17:30] Showing up authentically through loss [26:15] Balancing authenticity with achieving results[30:15] Managing performance and employee delight [40:30] Supporting your people’s dreams and strengths For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. The HR leaders who join our show share deep insights about keeping employees engaged and fostering high performance. 15Five’s Perform product gives people leaders the tools they need to help run strategic end-to-end performance management. It allows for unbiased performance measurement so you can make fair and accurate compensation decisions and ensure every employee is growing in their roles, their careers, and their lives. Head over to 15five.com/perform and try 15Five free for a couple of weeks or request a demo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

If you want to be a strategic HR leader, you need to master compensation. And then remaster it again and again. Andrea Morales, VP of People Rewards, Data, and Operations at Affirm, shares insights from her experience, as well as principles for creating a compensation strategy that accomplishes business goals and retains high performers. Buckle up for a great conversation that’s part therapy and part strategy. Join us as we discuss: [02:00] How collaboration with total rewards helps achieve business goals [04:00] Current employee expectations of compensation [09:00] Handling the emotional labor of HR [12:30] Collaborating with your executive team [17:30] How to design an effective compensation philosophy [21:00] Educating employees and creating transparency [30:00] The importance of understanding business context in total rewards For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website, 15Five.com/podcast. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. The HR leaders who join our show share deep insights about keeping employees engaged and fostering high performance. 15Five’s Perform product gives people leaders the tools they need to help run strategic end-to-end performance management. It allows for unbiased performance measurement so you can make fair and accurate compensation decisions and ensure every employee is growing in their roles, their careers, and their lives. Head over to 15five.com/perform and try 15Five free for a couple of weeks or request a demo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

Becoming a teammate with the rest of the leadership team is critical to building a successful HR function. Kate McKinnon, Head of HR at Playfly Sports, knows this firsthand and has developed strategies that allow her to serve her form a partnership with the C-Suite from day one at an organization. In this episode, Kate and Shane discuss what it looks like to partner with your people, find creativity in HR, and unify around a shared mission. Join us as we discuss: [02:00] Forming a partnership with your C-Suite [03:50] Making room for gray areas and creativity in HR [07:15] Balancing boundaries with servant leadership [12:30] Finding your dream job [20:00] Rallying around a shared mission [25:00] Uncovering organizational needs [29:00] The importance of C-level buy-in [31:30] Bringing connectivity to HR [34:00] The future of work culture For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. The HR leaders who join our show share deep insights about keeping employees engaged and fostering high performance. 15Five’s Perform product gives people leaders the tools they need to help run strategic end-to-end performance management. It allows for unbiased performance measurement so you can make fair and accurate compensation decisions and ensure every employee is growing in their roles, their careers, and their lives. Head over to 15five.com/perform and try 15Five free for a couple of weeks or request a demo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

In the midst of the Great Resignation, Great Reshuffling, or whatever you call the turnover trend, any organization would jump at the chance to reduce their attrition by 100% and serve their community at the same time. Amber Selking, VP of Leadership and Culture Development at Lippert Components, joins the show to share how her team’s attrition fell drastically over 10 years as their organization began to prioritize purpose and community service. In this episode, she and Shane discuss how to help employees pursue their dreams, find purposeful work, and serve those around them. Listen in to find out how you can do the same. Join us as we discuss: [03:00] Grounding yourself in your identity, purpose, and environment [07:00] Using accessible assessments as awareness tools [09:45] Combatting the drawbacks of personality assessments [14:00] Using business as a force for good [20:00] Helping people reclaim power over their lives [25:00] The power of community to achieve dreams [29:00] The business case for community involvement [31:30] Empowering employees to improve day-to-day operations [32:00] Applying culture and leadership principles to all workforces [34:00] Sketching your vision for the future Resources mentioned in this episode: The Brain-Based Enneagram StrengthsFinder Assessment VIA Character Strengths Survey Lippert Leadership Academy PurposePoint's 2023 Purpose Summit For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars onSpotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. The HR leaders who join our show, share deep insights about keeping employees engaged and fostering high performance. 15Five’s Perform product gives people leaders the tools they need to help run strategic end-to-end performance management. It allows for unbiased performance measurement so you can make fair and accurate compensation decisions and ensure every employee is growing in their roles, their careers, and their lives. Head over to 15five.com/perform and try 15Five free for a couple of weeks or request a demo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

Developing an intentional culture is a challenge for any team, but it’s especially daunting in the midst of intense growth. Casey Bailey, Head of People at Deel, jumped in to build HR infrastructure soon after the company had grown from 50 to 550 employees in a single year. In this episode, she shares how you can avoid some of the challenges she’s been facing, how she takes a high-trust approach to performance management, and how to build a strong global remote culture. Join us as we discuss: [07:00] Building culture through hypergrowth [09:45] Developing compensation infrastructure for a globally distributed organization [11:30] Navigating work arrangements post-pandemic [15:00] Creating cohesion and bringing people together as a remote team [18:00] The relational ROI of in-person events [22:30] Performance management in a high-growth, global remote organization [25:00] Giving feedback effectively across cultures and communication styles [26:45] Casey’s top tips for building a healthy remote culture For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. This episode is brought to you by 15Five's Manager Accelerator™ Program, where certified in-house coaches teach skills like how to have more regular, effective conversations, how to leverage employee strengths, and how to motivate and inspire teams. Looking to reduce turnover, improve succession planning, and grow your top talent? Choose from online, live, and hybrid training options athttps://www.15five.com/products/manager-training. Interested in learning more about The Meaningful Manager? You can find the link to purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Manager-Manage-What-Matters/dp/1544529465 Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

LaToya Lyn, Chief People Officer at Help Scout, is more than a people leader. She’s a business and product leader. In this episode, LaToya shares what this dichotomy looks like for her, how HR drives business growth, and the importance of finding both mental and emotional renewal. She also explains how to find a seat at the table for strategic business conversations while prioritizing both personal and organizational sustainability. Listen in for LaToya’s advice on how to grow the HR “products” you provide to your organization. Join us as we discuss: [04:00] The importance of an abundance mindset [08:30] Identifying as a business leader and HR leader [12:30] KPIs for HR [20:00] The future of the talent market [25:30] Sustainability and B Corps [30:00] Focusing your energy and action [40:00] The psychological contract between employees and employers [47:45] Advice for up-and-coming people leaders For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, orStitcher. Or tune in at 15Five.com/podcast. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. This episode is brought to you by 15Five's Manager Accelerator Program™, where certified in-house coaches teach skills like how to have more regular, effective conversations, how to leverage employee strengths, and how to motivate and inspire teams. Looking to reduce turnover, improve succession planning, and grow your top talent? Choose from online, live, and hybrid training options at https://www.15five.com/products/manager-training. Interested in learning more about The Meaningful Manager? You can find the link to purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Manager-Manage-What-Matters/dp/1544529465 Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community at community.15five.com! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

Are you still looking for your “new normal”? It’s not coming anytime soon, explains Brian Elliott, Executive Leader of Future Forum, SVP at Slack, and author of How the Future Works. The good news? We’re going to keep getting better – constantly evolving, rather than settling into the status quo. In this episode, Brian shares research-backed insights from how to most effectively change company practices to build relationships in a digital-first environment. He leaves you with ideas to ponder and practices to try with your own teams. Join us as we discuss: [03:00] Leading flexible teams and building in-person connections [11:30] Managing change collaboratively [17:30] Effective ways to build trust [23:30] Innovations that improve the way we work [28:00] Taking an apolitical stance as a company [33:00] Driving initiatives as a team [36:30] Best practices for leading distributed teams [45:30] Tactics for creating margins for your team For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in at 15Five.com/podcast. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. This episode is brought to you by 15Five's Manager Accelerator Program™, where certified in-house coaches teach skills like how to have more regular, effective conversations, how to leverage employee strengths, and how to motivate and inspire teams. Looking to reduce turnover, improve succession planning, and grow your top talent? Choose from online, live, and hybrid training options at https://www.15five.com/products/manager-training. Unlock the power of flexible work with Brian's practical “how-to” guide: How The Future Works.  Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community at community.15five.com! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

If you build on a house of cards, it will eventually crumble. Kiana Davari, Head of People at Sorare, learned first-hand earlier in her career that how you think about organizational design, and your hiring process early on is critical at a fast-growing company. She’s starting at square one again at Sorare and is bringing lots of wisdom with her this time around. She joins the show to share her biggest learnings about scaling people teams at high-growth organizations. We discuss all things people, from unique new incentive programs to leading teams cross-culturally. Join us as we discuss:[04:00] The exciting opportunity to reinvent your people function [11:00] Balancing rapid growth with employee wellness [15:00] How to scale a people function thoughtfully [19:00] Managing employee performance [25:00] Making technology approachable [28:30] Defining your non-negotiables [34:30] Reinventing performance management For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in at 15Five.com/podcast. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. This episode is brought to you by 15Five's Manager Accelerator Program™, where certified in-house coaches teach skills like how to have more regular, effective conversations, how to leverage employee strengths, and how to motivate and inspire teams. Looking to reduce turnover, improve succession planning, and grow your top talent? Choose from online, live, and hybrid training options at https://www.15five.com/products/manager-training. Interested in learning more about The Meaningful Manager? You can find the link to purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Manager-Manage-What-Matters/dp/1544529465 Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community at community.15five.com! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

What does it mean to bring your whole self to work? And is that actually what we want from our people? Jen Fox, Director of People Experience and Culture at Justworks, joins the show to share how her team meets the needs of employees and stays authentic in messy conversations—all while setting healthy boundaries. We discuss the importance of curiosity, intentionality, and calling others in rather than calling them out. Listen in for Jen’s advice on balancing the tension we encounter in healthy work environments, bringing your authentic self to work, and how to navigate controversial conversations with your teammates. Join us as we discuss: [06:00] What it means to bring your whole self to work [10:00] How to be authentic in the midst of controversial issues [14:30] Aligning individual and organizational values [19:45] Meeting the needs of employees [26:00] Surfacing and learning from your shadow side [32:00] Setting boundaries as an HR practitioner [38:00] Clarifying and narrowing in on your mission For the entire interview, follow HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in at 15Five.com/podcast. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. HR Superstars is presented by 15Five, holistic performance and engagement solutions for today's HR leaders. To win a pair of Sony noise-canceling headphones in June 2022 and access an extended 4-week trial of 15Five, visit 15five.com/trial-podcast. Signups for a trial must be completed by June 30th, and existing customers or those already in a buying cycle are not eligible. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community at community.15five.com! Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*