The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

Caitlin Kamm (Head of People Growth, Envoy) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why it’s impossible for people teams to make everybody happy, Envoy’s focus on inclusion, and why organizations needs to focus on their EVP. Timestamps:   (2:08) Good news stories (7:20) Going from law to HR (13:30) What Envoy does (15:05) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Envoy (23:10) It’s impossible for HR teams to make everybody happy (28:22) Envoy’s EVP is around community and collaboration (30:24) Bringing levity back to the workplace (31:00) Figuring out how to leverage both in-person learning experiences and creative practices (33:00) What they’re doing on the survey side of things (36:00) Focusing on inclusion (40:40) Tracking participation of ERGs (42:16) What Hybrid means for Envoy (51:37) The value of eNPS (54:30) Rapid fire questions Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Kelly Minella (Head of Recruiting, Calendly) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (0:30) What’s giving her energy at Transform (1:07) Inclusive hiring practices (2:17) Exciting recruiting tech she discovered at Transform (3:07) Weathering the storm in Talent Acquisition (5:45) Biggest lessons learned in the last year or two (8:50) Future or fad TA edition  (13:10) You need to be intentional and creative (15:36) How Calendly is using Textio (job description bias tool) Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Angela Cheng-Cimini (CHRO, Harvard Business Publishing) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (0:23) What’s giving her energy at Transform (2:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (4:20) People want hyper-personalization in their employee experience (5:40) Why pay transparency is so near and dear to her (7:03) Understanding the implication of AI (8:46) What’s here to stay  (10:19) The traits of a Modern People Leader (12:11) Middle managers are getting crunched Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Ian White (Founder & CEO, ChartHop) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (0:20) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:16) The pandemic was forcing function on a lot of the trends we were already seeing (3:30) The panel he led on compensation (4:20) Data is nothing without context (6:00) Getting a single view of all of your people in your organization (11:20) The next big people problem that could be solved related to data (15:25) How he thinks about building new products (21:33) The most compelling idea he heard at Transform Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Donald Knight (Chief People Officer, Greenhouse) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (0:30) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:00) The pitfalls of DEI (3:49) The “full house” ERG at Greenhouse (6:30) Companies that are choosing to cut their DEI teams and initiatives are telling you exactly who they have always been (9:30) Measuring the quality of impact (13:00) The one thing he wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (17:00) The most compelling idea he heard at Transform (21:00) Shout outs to the Greenhouse team (22:53) The traits of a Modern People Leader Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Kevin Lowell (Chief People Officer, UScellular) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (1:07) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:25) AI in HR (7:40) Why the power of the peer is near and dear to Kevin (11:40) Bringing a CIO mindset and a healthy skepticism to the Chief People Officer role (15:40) What he’s the most excited to learn as a new Chief People Officer (16:40) Personalizing benefit plans for people Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Maureen Calabrese (Chief People Officer, Modern Health) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (0:57) What’s giving her energy at Transform (1:40) Being burnt out on burnout (5:06) Distinguishing burnout from something else (6:20) Her journey from analytics to HR (7:09) Her passion for the topic of mental health (11:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (12:35) The most compelling idea she heard at Transform (13:45) The one key trait that Modern People Leader’s need to have for the future Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Mahima Chawla (Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoon) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (1:00) What’s giving her energy at Transform (2:00) Her founder story (5:03) Caring for caregivers (6:09) 20% of employees are caregiving in some way (7:29) Individuals are twice as likely to stay at a company if they have a strong mentor (12:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (13:55) The one key trait that Modern People Leader’s need to have for the future (14:17) Fad or future (17:00) Clear is kind, unclear is unkind Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Jolen Anderson (Global Head of People, BYN Mellon) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps:   (2:00) What’s giving her energy right now (4:25) How impact, people, and purpose are coming together (6:04) What’s going to stick from all of the change the last few years (8:43) Navigating many competing demands as an HR leader at one time (11:20) Giving people more choices in a way that’s structured (13:46) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (17:43) The most compelling new ideas that she heard at Transform Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what it's like working in HR for a traditional company, The Granite Group’s journey to modernizing their people function, and why the HR community is so important to her. Timestamps:   (1:40) Good news stories (6:11) Why Tracie wanted to be in HR ever since high school (8:35) What The Granite Group does (10:03) Why we should be jealous that she gets to work at The Granite Group (14:50) Working in a traditional industry versus tech (15:10) The biggest difference between the HR team she inherited versus the team she has now (16:20) Shifting their mindset to become a modern people team (19:20) The critical success factors to transforming the people function at The Granite Group (22:57) They’ve built a dozen learning paths (34:40) The steps you can take to build your employer brand as a traditional company (37:00) Why the HR community is so important to her (39:55) The unexpected benefits of being a part of different HR communities (43:00) Finding ways to help people with mental health issues (48:14) Rapid fire questions Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader