The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

Topics discussed in the podcast include having a common management language, the 70:20:10 rule for learning, changing behaviors in companies, and the 'no-drama feedback model'. They also touch on manager effectiveness, the traits of an effective manager, challenges in manager training, building a business case for training, and bringing people together to learn.

Zapier’s Wade Foster (Co-Founder & CEO) and Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer) joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about how they pre-vetted their match in the interview process, why they did a company-wide AI hackathon, and how Zapier’s people team is building with AI. ---- If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, check out Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module: ---- (1:23) Good news stories (7:29) How Zapier found their dream Chief People Officer (12:14) How this CPO pre-vetted the match with his CEO before accepting the offer (15:49) Zapier CEO put all the cards on the table for their Chief People Officer before he took the job (25:04) They swapped their 360 feedback in the interview process (30:33) How they shaped the prioritization of the people team (34:40) Zapier did a company-wide AI hackathon (41:41) What Zapier's People Team is building with AI (44:52) 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

Jennifer Henderson, Founder & CEO at Tilt, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about her disappointing experiences in corporate America that led her to building Tilt, the history of leave, the #1 way to create gender parity in the workforce, and what it looks like to successfully help people navigate these big life moments. ---- Learn more about Tilt at hellotilt.com/mpl. ---- (0:50) Good news stories (6:33) Jen’s disappointing experience in corporate America led her to building Tilt (12:00) What Tilt does (15:14) The history of leave (18:06) Why leave is here to stay (26:09) How AI is impacting the leave management space (32:42) The #1 way to create gender parity in the workforce (34:25) What a successful leave looks like (39:17) How Tilt is drinking their own champagne (41:08) 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

James Hudson, former TA leader at Nike and Levi’s, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about why the job market is more broken than ever before, why you should be more customer-centric in how you’re building talent pipelines, and how to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn. ---- If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, check out Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module. ---- (1:58) Good news stories (8:43) His career journey (32:30) The job market is more broken than ever (39:30) Remote jobs are getting 8x the volume of applications (42:24) Build long term talent pipelines by being more customer centric (46:27) How to make yourself more discoverable to recruiters on LinkedIn (52:03) Building a tech stack for the future in recruiting (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

Kathy Martinez, VP, Global Disability Inclusion at Expedia Group, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about her journey to becoming the VP of Disability Inclusion at Expedia, how everyone is accommodated, and why you should hire more people with disabilities. ---- This episode was brought to you by Pyn. Get access to their Employee Journey Designer here. ---- (2:02) Good news stories (6:10) Kathy’s story (13:37) What Kathy does as the VP, Global Disability Inclusion (19:45) Everyone in the workplace is accommodated (36:25) Why you should hire more people with disabilities (41:56) 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

The Disrupted Workforce’s Nate Thompson and Alex Schwartz joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why the future of work is the future of human identity, how HR can lead the change on the AI front, and why everyone needs to have a “Future of Work mindset”.  ---- If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, check out Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module. ---- (1:57) Good news stories (10:30) The story behind “The Disrupted Workforce” (26:20) The Future of Work is the Future of Human Identity (31:17) What a "future of work mindset" is (39:01) HR can lead the change on the AI front (45:10) HR can shape the new identity of work (48:55) 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

Discussing HR's role in adding value to customers and investors, the concept of 'Return on Intangibles' in HR, determining KPIs of fellow execs, and the four essential questions every HR leader should ask themselves. Featuring a conversation with Dave Ulrich on the importance of people, culture, and leadership in organizations.

The podcast explores 'Huertanomics' and discusses the concept of going fractional in HR to solve burnout. They share good news stories and highlight the top moments of 2024. HR leaders can uplevel their 1x1 meetings with Leapsome's Meeting Module.

Leapsome’s Luck Dookchitra, VP of People, and Jenny von Podewils, Co-founder & Co-CEO, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the evolution of the manager role over the last 5-10 years, “Review Jams” at Leapsome, and how to make manager 1x1s better. ---- If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, use Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module. ---- (1:47) Good news stories (6:55) The story behind what brought Luck to Leapsome (11:58) What Leapsome does (19:23) Defining the Chief People Officer role (26:30) The 3 most important objectives they’re working on together as CEO and VP of People (28:37) How Luck has approached her first 4 months as VP of People (30:00) “Review Jams” at Leapsome and where the idea came from (34:56) Going to slow to accelerate (37:00) The product thinking and constant iteration at Leapsome (43:19) The evolution of the manager role (46:50) Commonalities of the best managers (57:06) HR’s role in manager effectiveness (59:15) Manager enablement days at Leapsome (1:04:28) The 3 components of meaningful 1x1 meetings (1:09:04) How to make 1x1s better  ---- 📬 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

This episode was recorded live at O.C. Tanner's Influence Greatness back in late 2023. Jason Coffey (Director of Employee Experience) and Emily Abner (Program Coordinator, Employee Experience), joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about how they’re overlaying engagement data with patient experience data, their alumni network, and then they showered each other with love. (7:33) The employee experience team at Norton Healthcare (10:00) Finding the moments that matter for their 20k employees (14:07) Overlaying employee engagement data with patient experience data ** (17:05) The alumni network at Norton Healthcare ** (22:08) The “Insights Manager” at Norton (24:30) Jason and Emily shower each other with love ** ---- This episode was brought to you by Leapsome. Learn more at leapsome.com/explore/mpl. ---- If you're interested in going to Transform, here's our partner link which gets you $200 off: https://transform.us/partners/the-modern-people-leader/ 📬 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