The People Factor

Maria is VP People & Culture at Lingoda, the leading online language learning company in Europe. She did an MBA in Leadership People & Organization and is an HR strategist and expert with more than ten years of experience in strategic HR roles in companies of various industries and sizes.Shownotes00:00 - intro & context08:17 How to get approval from the c-level16:57 Benefits that worked and did not18:07 Psychological safety24:27 Mental health challenges28:57 Mental health challenges29:27 - Comparing and rating results of assessmentsMaria - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-kamischke-514112ab/Book recommendation: Surrounded by idiots https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Thomas-Erikson/dp/1250179947Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Sabrina has swiftly advanced her career since September 2023, when she became the Chief People & Organization Officer at Bridgemaker, previously serving as Vice President. Her journey includes a significant tenure at heycar holding, where she rose from Senior to Chief People & Culture Officer over four years, showcasing her leadership and strategic thinking in organizational culture. Before her accomplishments at heycar and Bridgemaker, Sabrina honed her expertise in HR and legal matters at Mister Spex, progressing from a Mid-level position to Lead and then to Expert HR Legal over 7.5 years, and initially started her career with two years as a Consultant at Randstad, laying a solid foundation for her remarkable career trajectory.Shownotes00:00 - Intro & Context07:05 - C-Level seat with the people function10:05 - Use case of AI in HR20:05 - Change management & executivesSabrina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-kosse-b99954187/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Marta Bisisi is VP of People at Superside, a fully remote company that provides creative services for the marketing and advertising world.Starting her career at Bain & Company as a management consultant, Marta eventually shifted gears towards what she loves most: working with people. At Superside, she works to make people strategy a factor of long-term competitive advantage and prove how the fully remote model is the way to go for the future of work.Shownotes00:00 - Intro & Context07:49 - Radical prioritization10:49 - Fully remote talent pool clusters18:23 - Compensation Framework in a fully remote company24:01 - Compensation Framework maintenanceMarta Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martabisisi/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Elliot is leading the EMEA TAlent Acquisition team at Uber Eats, Uber Direct, Grocery and Ads delivering 350+ hires per year. Previously he lead Executive Recruiting at Uber EMEA and did Executive Search at Egon Zehnder. Elliot has a passion for suits and technology, especially AI.Shownotes00:00 - intro & context08:47 - AI in talent acquisition19:00 - Predictive AnalysisLinksElliot - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotsuiter/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Experienced entrepreneur with a successful track-record in building global businesses in the HR SaaS industry. Skilled in business strategy, digitization, start-ups, marketing, and market entry. Business professional with a consulting background and Master’s Degree in business administration, marketing and operations from WHU and HEC Montreal.Shownotes00:00 - Intro, M&A Deal Review11:53 - Valuations & markets23:16 - Start-up Investments28:21 - 29:25 - 2024 Outlook & Personio IPO?LinksJens Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-bender/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Natalie Matalon joined The Stepstone Group in May 2023 as Chief People Officer, drawing on 27 years of business and people transformation experience. Natalie began her career in banking, before switching to human resources over 12 years ago. Since then, she has held a variety of leadership positions in People Strategy, Analytics and Operations for Capital One, Google and Farfetch. Born in Israel, Natalie studied at Cornell University and holds an MBA from London Business School.Shownotes00:00 - Intro and context08:54 - Labour market trends17:54 - Talent Intelligence26:54 -  Leadership attributes for the futureLinksNatalie -https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-matalon-tepekoylu-667233/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Andreas is a dedicated family man, experienced senior leader, and passionate advocate of human-centric leadership. With a background in basketball, he brings a unique perspective to his leadership approach. Andreas and I talked about how to onboard as a CHRO in the first 100 days.Shownotes00:00 - Equal pay03:35 - First 100 days in a role08:35 - Setting expectations13:05 - Strategic planning19:05 - Relationships & Stakeholder relationsLinksAndreas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-schmitz-withpeople-forpeople/Andreas Podcast: https://www.withpeople-forpeople.com/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Dr. Alexander Insam is a seasoned expert in remuneration and labor law and sustainable decision-making, with over 12 years of experience advising banks on compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines for compensation systems. Today we talk about equal pay and the gender pay gap.Shownotes00:00 - Equal pay14:47 - Remuneration systems & legal implications18:35 - Equal career issue25:47 - Negotiations & bonus systemsLinksAlexander Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderinsam/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Leslie is the founder of ThePeopleLab, where he helps start-ups in emerging tech such as AI, Blockchain and SaaS build out their People & Culture teams from scratch or improve what they already have. Over the past 15 years, he held HR leadership roles with Xapo Bank, sennder, Meta, Booking.com and Rocket Internet.Shownotes00:00 - Fraudulent social engineering in recruiting09:48 - Social engineering for recruiting, sourcing and evaluatingLinksLeslie Kivit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslielapwingkivit/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/

Leslie is the founder of ThePeopleLab, where he helps start-ups in emerging tech such as AI, Blockchain and SaaS build out their People & Culture teams from scratch or improve what they already have. Over the past 15 years, he held HR leadership roles with Xapo Bank, sennder, Meta, Booking.com and Rocket Internet.Shownotes00:00 - intro & context10:53 - Starting to freelance13:23 - Facebook, Oculus & talent acquisition19:53 - Freelancing challenges and tipsLinksLeslie Kivit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslielapwingkivit/Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.compplwise: https://pplwise.com/