Modern People Leader Episodes

Sept. 27, 2024

200 - MPL Live Austin: AI in HR & Election Year (Katie Burke, Former CPO at HubSpot & Gianna Driver, CPO at Lattice)

Katie Burke, CPO & Board Member at Paycor, and Gianna Driver, Chief People Officer at Lattice, joined us for our inaugural MPL Live in Austin, Texas. We talked about the current state of HR, generational differences in the wo...
Sept. 17, 2024

199 - OKRs, Pancake Sprints, & The Power of a 30-60-90 Day Plan: Vanessa Monsequeira (VP of People, Gorilla)

Vanessa Monsequeira, VP of People at Gorilla, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed Vanessa’s path to leadership, how to navigate hyper-growth in organizations, and the importance of mindset and unlearning for t...
Sept. 10, 2024

198 - Jeff Schmitz (Chief People Officer, Zebra Technologies) on launching new purpose statement & values

Jeff Schmitz, Chief People Officer at Zebra Technologies, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about Jeff’s transition from marketing to HR, why Zebra is reinventing their purpose statement and values, and their c...
Sept. 3, 2024

197 - Nicole Hughey (Former SVP, DEI at SiriusXM) on the shifting language of DEIB, the SHRM debate, & the heart of inclusion

Nicole Hughey, the former DEIB leader at SiriusXM, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the evolution of DEIB language, the recent SHRM debate on equity, and the critical importance of heart in driving meani...
Aug. 27, 2024

196 - Why DEIB is the Key to Making Octillions: Michael C. Bush, CEO at Great Place To Work®

Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work®, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed what the data reveals about the best leaders, why DEIB is the key to achieving massive success, and why Gen Z will choose jobs ...
Aug. 20, 2024

195 - Qualities of high-performing founders: Polly Barnes (Operating Partner, Talent at EQT Ventures)

Polly Barnes, Operating Partner, Talent at EQT Ventures, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the qualities of high-performing founders, the emerging founder profile, and why HR leaders need to have more foc...
Aug. 13, 2024

194 - Melanie Rosenwasser (Chief People Officer, Dropbox): How Dropbox is setting employees up for success in a virtual first model

Melanie Rosenwasser, Chief People Officer at Dropbox, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed Dropbox’s virtual-first model, how they measure its success, and the three types of in-person gatherings they organize....
Aug. 6, 2024

193 - Brené Brown: Every day is leg day as a leader

Brené Brown, professor, author, and podcast host, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed her experience as a leader, the concept of metacognition, and the leadership skill of creating space between stimulus and r...
July 30, 2024

192 - The Employee Feedback Journal: Tracy Letzerich (VP of People, Wheel)

Tracy Letzerich, Vice President of People at Wheel, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed why feedback is the lifeblood of organizational progress, why Wheel is ditching the annual performance review, and why ev...
July 23, 2024

191 - Exos & Adam Grant's Team Explore the Four-Day Workweek: Greg Hill (Chief People Officer, Exos)

Greg Hill, Chief People Officer at Exos, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed Exos' Readiness Culture Code, how they measured the success of their four-day workweek experiment, and the difference between produc...
July 16, 2024

190 - Melanie Naranjo (VP, People, Ethena) & Vanesa Cotlar (VP, People & Culture, PolicyMe) on Performance Management

Vanesa Cotlar (VP, People & Culture, PolicyMe) and Melanie Naranjo (VP, People, Ethena) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed the three questions every manager should be asking themselves about their direct repo...
July 9, 2024

189 - Tinkering versus true transformation: Larry McAlister, (Head of Digital Transformation, Nutanix)

Larry McAlister, Head of Digital Transformation at Nutanix, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We discussed what transformation looks like, the importance of defining it for your organization, and the difference between m...
July 2, 2024

188 - “Future of HR + Modern People Leader” with JP Elliott, Stephen Huerta, & Daniel Huerta

What happens when you combine two of the best HR podcasts? You are about to find out as the Modern People Leader podcast and the Future of HR podcast have come together for a special episode to share their insights from over ...
June 25, 2024

187 - WFH data & the 4-day workweek: Nick Bloom (Stanford Economist & Co-Founder of wfhresearch.com)

Nick Bloom, Stanford Economist & Co-Founder of wfhresearch.com , joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the state of WFH, managing in a hybrid environment, the four versions of the 4-day workweek, and what’s c...
June 18, 2024

186 - Hebba Youssef (Founder & creator of I Hate it Here & Chief People Officer at Workweek)

Hebba Youssef, Founder & Creator of I Hate it Here & Chief People Officer at Workweek, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the work they're doing to elevate their managers to the next level, why the CEO and...
June 14, 2024

185 - DIBs 2.0—The Key Ingredients: Erin Thomas (VP, Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Upwork)

Erin Thomas, VP, Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Upwork, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how her team is leveraging data in their DEI work, why you need high utility DEI programs, and she sh...
June 11, 2024

184 - From Job Titles to Skills—A Vision for Future HR Leaders: Don Robertson (EVP & CHRO, Northwestern Mutual)

Don Robertson, EVP & CHRO at Northwestern Mutual, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about prioritizing company values over star performers, why the future of work is more about skills and less about job titles,...
June 7, 2024

183 - Soft skills are POWER skills: Erica Spitale

Erica Spitale joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the current HR job market, why soft skills should be called power skills instead, and the work-life smoothie. ---- This episode was brought to you by Tilt. ...
June 3, 2024

182 - Lessons from Chief's CPO on building communities & companies: Trey Boynton (Chief Diversity & People Officer, Chief)

Trey Boynton, Chief Diversity & People Officer at Chief, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why running a community is similar to HR work, where communities and companies tend to stumble, and the metric we...
May 30, 2024

181 - Performance Culture, HR Tech, & more: Sam Baber (SVP, People, Kalkomey Enterprises)

Sam Baber, SVP of People at Kalkomey Enterprises, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the work his company is doing to build a high performance culture, why he’s consolidating their HR tech stack, and why i...
May 24, 2024

180 - What happens when 3 HR leaders start a business together: PeakHR Team

The PeakHR team (Morgan Williams, Catalina Colman, and Kim Rohrer) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what happens when three HR leaders start a business together. ---- This episode was brought to you by T...
May 20, 2024

179 - Rethinking our relationship with technology: Steve Cadigan (Former LinkedIn CHRO, Author & Professor)

Steve Cadigan, former CHRO at LinkedIn, author, and professor, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about rebuilding our relationship with technology, why every company should have an AI ethics advisory board, and...
May 15, 2024

178 - Finding a More Human-Centered Approach: Dom Boon (VP People, Liberty Latin America)

Dom Boon, VP of People at Liberty Latin America, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why you should aspire to be a people leader, how their people team is impacting public policy in the markets they operate...
May 10, 2024

177 - Moving to “People Ops as a Product”: Matt Bradburn (Founder, The People Collective)

Matt Bradburn, Founder of The People Collective, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why the People Ops as a Product movement is picking up steam, how to pilot this approach, and the biggest pitfalls when m...