The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

Our guest today was Chris Walker, CEO of Refine Labs. Chris has grown his business from 1 person to 20 in the past 16-18 months, and he plans on being at 100 by the end of 2022. 100% of their growth (on both the customer and people side) has come from the employer brand that they've been able to build on LinkedIn. He gives a full breakdown of how they do it. We then talk about how he vets 900+ candidates for roles (16:10), how they've built an army of employee advocates on social media (23:38), why they are a 100% remote-based company (40:17), and more.  If you have any feedback for the MPL podcast, don't hesitate to reach out on LinkedIn: Daniel Huerta and Stephen Huerta

Our guest today was Al Polizzi, Chief People Officer at VetCor. We talk about her love for dogs (0:48), how she transitioned from an English professor to HR (3:27), how VetCor is finding ways for employees to connect (16:42), their virtual onboarding “buddy system” (20:51), how they implemented their first-ever virtual career fair (25:36), why companies should stop selling an inauthentic version of themselves to candidates (26:56), her definition of employee engagement (30:02), how they’re connecting employees to teach one another (36:05), the “Tech Life” Facebook group for Vet Techs at VetCor (39:33), creating change champions for mental wellness programs (42:40), and finding “reverse mentors” across your front-line workers. If you have any feedback or suggestions on future topics/speakers, please reach out to us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhuerta/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-huerta-74661390/

For our first expert session, we spoke with Gloria Chan Packer, the Principal Advisor at Recalibrate. She shares her personal mental wellness journey (2:26), her thoughts on being in the midst of a mental health crisis (12:33), the obligation from organizations to support mental wellness in the workplace (18:25), what a modern mental wellness program looks like (35:23), why giant corporate subscriptions to Headspace might not be the answer (40:33), and how to measure the effectiveness of your wellness programs (42:37). If you have any follow up questions for Gloria, here's a link to her LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriachanpacker/ And if you have any feedback or suggestions on future topics/speakers, please reach out to us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhuerta/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-huerta-74661390/

Today we discuss what a "quarterly pulse engagement survey" is and how much time in HR is being spent on manual work. For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, we talk with Dilshan Ratnayake, EVP & Chief People Officer at Securonix. This was a fun one. The topics covered range from: How his daughter thinks of his job as “superhero” like, Seeking his mom’s counsel when making career changes, Meeting your organization where they’re at as a new CPO & not coming in and making immediate changes, Discipline & execution beat bells and whistles any day in HR, Why every HR practitioner should try a role in operations, and His strong belief in Leadership Accelerator Programs For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Today we discuss 3 hard truths in HR: 1) HR as a whole needs to collaborate better, 2) The underutilization of HR Tech, and 3) HR's inability to take advantage of the data that they have.  For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, we talk with April Galda Joyce, Chief Culture Officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group. We cover a lot: the role of the Chief Culture Officer, her non-traditional path into HR, career advice for women, how to create new opportunities for employees within your org, a complete breakdown of how she looks at diversity & inclusion, and more. For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

In this episode, we talk with Debbie Shotwell, Chief People Officer at Stack Overflow, about her career and her new role at Stack. We dive into what her agenda will look like in her first 90 days, prioritizing mental health and wellbeing during these difficult times, the importance of employer branding, the secret sauce for engaging employees, and much more. For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

In today’s episode, we discuss the biggest HR trends from 2020. Then, we jump into what we see coming in 2021. For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Today, we talked about what having true BI capabilities with your employee engagement data looks like: What does it even mean to have true business intelligence How to create a common data model across your feedback channels How to pick a set of critical numbers or KPIs The promise of AI/ML in HR Tech Real BI vs. sexy static reporting For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.