The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

Whitney Eichinger (SVP & Chief Communications Officer) and Lori Winters (VP Total Rewards), joined us on The Modern People Leader. This episode was recorded at O.C. Tanner's Influence Greatness. We talked about what their Culture & Communications team does, the continuous focus on the 27 moments that matter in Southwest’s employee journey, and their revamped onboarding process. ---- This episode was brought to you by Tilt. Learn more at hellotilt.com/mpl. ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Adam Horne, Co-Founder at Open Org, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  He shared examples of the most transparent organizations, how to build a business case for more transparency, how to avoid giving employees mixed messages on things like flexible work, and unique ways of becoming more transparent. ---- This episode was brought to you by Leapsome. Explore their intelligent HR platform here. ---- (01:00) Good news stories (08:00) Adam Horne's career journey and entrepreneurship. (16:00) Open Org: Concept and impact. (21:00) Transparency challenges in HR. (34:00) Strategies for HR leaders: Approaching CEOs. (38:00) Diversity and transparency in organizations. (44:00) Decision making and internal transparency. (49:00) Benchmarking companies in transparency. (52:30) Open Org's free resources. (53:00) Reflections from Open Org's cohorts. (55:00) Rapid fire questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Guest Simon Taylor, Head of Organizational Effectiveness at Gap, shares insights on building a high-performance culture, the role of leaders, and commonalities among top companies. Topics include the conflation between values and culture, steps to building a high performance culture, and the three things all leaders need to do well.

Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian, shares their learnings from 1,000 days of distributed work, including a calendar redesign experiment, the impact of in-person gatherings on team connection, and the ROI of real estate at Atlassian.

Hannah Yardley, Chief People & Culture Officer at Achievers, dives into the critical CHRO-CEO dynamic. She reveals that only one-third of CHROs feel closely connected to their executive teams. Hannah shares a unique framework for crucial CPO-CEO decisions and emphasizes the necessity for building strong relationships for effective collaboration. She also discusses the importance of 'recharge days' in HR to combat post-COVID stress, alongside the role of recognition in enhancing corporate culture and employee well-being.

Sunny Grosso, Workplace Wellbeing Igniter & Culture Maven, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about the current state of happiness at work, why wellbeing starts with your leadership team, transcendence and its role in the workplace, and helping employees find their higher purpose. ---- This episode was brought to you by Leapsome. Explore their intelligent HR platform here. ---- (0:55) Good news stories (04:50) Sunny shares her background, experiences, and how she became a happiness consultant (12:31) A deep dive into yoga's impact on Sunny’s personal and professional life (23:22) Sunny discusses her insights into the science of happiness and its relevance in the workplace (30:00) The employer’s role in the personal happiness of their employees (35:58) Strategies for embedding higher purpose in organizations for better culture and employee engagement (41:05) Practical advice for leaders to understand and implement concepts for a happier workplace (54:24) Discussing the concept of transcendence and its role in the workplace  (57:38) Rapid Fire Questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Q Hamirani, Chief People Officer at Paper, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about his first 6 months as a Chief People Officer, why your company should have well-defined focus areas, advice to other first-time CPOs, and tying your HR KPIs to actual business outcomes. ---- This episode was brought to you by Leapsome. Explore Leapsome's intelligent HR platform here. ---- Go check out The PeopleGPT Community. ---- (1:26) How Q’s first 6 months as Chief People Officer went (7:45) Good news stories (13:42) What Q’s journey as a first-time Chief People Officer has looked like so far (18:45) Setting rigor on backfilling and workforce planning process (21:30) How he describes the role of Chief People Officer (23:08) Why people should aspire to be a Chief People Officer (24:30) Rebuilding trust at Paper (27:30) Why they moved comms under the People Team (30:29) Defining the three areas of focus for the business (39:06) Advice to other first-time CPOs (42:45) Tying HR KPIs to actual business outcomes (46:05) Changing his views on AI in HR (51:47) Why he built the PeopleGPT community (1:03:42) Rapid Fire Questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Haris Ikram, Co-Founder at CandorIQ, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  First, he interviewed us about how we got into the HR space and times we’ve noticed “the system” to be broken. Then, he shared how we can empower managers to have pay conversations, the insights they need to turn those talks into performance conversations, and how you can be more proactive about pay increases. ---- Get the Pay Transparency Playbook: https://www.candoriq.com/resources/pay-transparency-playbook ---- (1:45) Good news stories (7:07) Haris interviews us (8:07) How we got into the HR & People space (14:50) Examples of times where we’ve noticed “the system” is broken (23:16) Examples of times when the system has worked (30:00) Stephen’s biggest learnings from interviewing over 100+ people leaders (33:00) How Haris got into the HR Tech world (35:30) The products need to work for the people team versus the other way around (36:20) The most difficult thing about being a founder (37:30) What CandorIQ does and why we should be jealous he gets to work there (41:02) Equipping managers to have conversations about pay (43:22) What makes talking about comp so hard (46:47) The insights you need to turn pay conversations into performance conversations (50:00) Understanding churn risks within your team  (54:05) How to be more proactive with pay increases (56:40) How remote and global work has changed pay over the last 3 or 4 years (59:00) Moving pay data out of spreadsheets (1:01:06) Rapid fire questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Jodie Cenci, HR Director at Primary.com, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  She shared her journey navigating workplace accommodations since her fibromyalgia diagnosis, the surprising number of people in the U.S. with disabilities, and creative ways companies can be more inclusive of employees with disabilities. ---- (3:10) Good news stories (8:35) Jodie’s story: from selling Cutco knives to HR (14:48) What Primary does (16:02) Supporting employees with disabilities (17:59) Flexibility is a huge win for people with disabilities (21:02) The distrust of employees is problematic  (23:35) More than 25% of employees have some form of disability (27:00) Disability is an inclusion issue (29:10) Accommodation policies need to be more visible (35:17) How fibromyalgia has impacted Jodie’s ability to work (39:23) What Jodie learned from going through the accommodation process herself (42:33) Making it easier for employees to disclose their disabilities (46:33) Fibromyalgia is still widely misunderstood (48:40) DISCLO (50:11) Operating as an HR team of one (55:25) What she has lined up for 2024 (58:30) Rapid Fire Questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

Josh Siegal, VP of People at 7Shifts, discusses the science of high performing teams. Topics include navigating complexity and conflict at work, misconceptions about high performing teams, renewal rituals, speedy meetings, and prioritizing focus work.