Modern People Leader Episodes

March 8, 2024

163 - The job market is more broken than ever: James Hudson (former TA leader @ Nike & Levi’s)

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 tal…
March 6, 2024

162 - How Expedia's disability inclusion leader is using her superpowers to bring about change to work & travel

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 wh…
March 1, 2024

161 - HR will help shape the future of human identity: The Disrupted Workforce

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 eve…
Feb. 26, 2024

160 - Dave Ulrich: The ROI of HR is "Return on Intangibles"

Dave Ulrich, Author & Professor, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about HR’s role adding value to customers and investors, why the ROI of HR is the “Return on Intangibles”, and the four questions every HR lea…
Feb. 23, 2024

159 - Huertanomics: Does going fractional in HR solve the burnout issue?

Here’s what we talked about in our first ever edition of “Huertanomics”: (0:17) We explain “Huertanomics” (2:12) Good news stories (22:25) Top MPL highlight from the first 50 days of 2024 (33:50) Does going fractional in HR …
Feb. 19, 2024

158 - Managers will make or break your company: Luck Dookchitra (VP of People, Leapsome) & Jenny von Podewils (Co-CEO, Leapsome)

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 Leaps…
Feb. 16, 2024

157 - Norton Healthcare’s Alumni Network

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…
Feb. 13, 2024

156 - How to identify (and keep) your top talent: Jess Johannson (CHRO, Canada Goose)

Jess Johannson, CHRO at Canada Goose, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what’s wrong with the performance review process, what Organizational Network Analysis is, and how to find and recognize the key co…
Feb. 9, 2024

155 - Advice for Burnt Out Leaders: Kenneth Ceaser (Chief People & Culture Officer, Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

Kenneth Ceaser, Chief People & Culture Officer at Mothers Against Drunk Driving, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the impact of his HR experience in the military, MADD’s people and culture strategy, and…
Feb. 6, 2024

154 - Embracing a Culture of Healthy Conflict: Katya Laviolette (Chief People Officer, 1Password)

Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the art of saying “no” in HR, why healthy conflict leads to better business outcomes, and tips for having tough talk…
Feb. 2, 2024

153 - Reverse integrating a 10k employee company into a startup: Holly May (Former Chief People Officer at Datavant)

Holly May, former Chief People Officer at Datavant, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about Datavant’s reverse integration: how they unified the two people teams, how they used real-life stories to illustrate …
Jan. 31, 2024

152 - Southwest Airlines' Culture Team, Onboarding, & Moments that Matter: Whitney Eichinger (SVP & Chief Communications Officer) & Lori Winters (VP Total Rewards)

Whitney Eichinger (SVP & Chief Communications Officer) and Lori Winters (VP Total Rewards), joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what their Culture & Communications team does, the continuous focus on the 27…
Jan. 29, 2024

151 - Becoming a more Transparent Organization: Adam Horne (Co-Founder, Open Org)

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 mes…
Jan. 26, 2024

150 - How Top Companies Build Winning Cultures: Simon Taylor (Head of Organization Effectiveness, Gap)

Simon Taylor, Head of Organizational Effectiveness at Gap, joined us on The Modern People Leader. He shared the three steps to building a high performance culture, the three things all leaders need to do really well, and the…
Jan. 22, 2024

149 - 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian (Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian)

Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian, joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared Atlassian’s learnings after 1,000 days of distributed work : their calendar redesign experiment, the impact of in-person gatheri…
Jan. 18, 2024

148 - The CHRO<>CEO Relationship: Hannah Yardley (Chief People & Culture Officer, Achievers)

Hannah Yardley, Chief People & Culture Officer at Achievers, joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared how only 1/3 of CHROs feel a strong connection to their exec team, a framework for making big CPO<>CEO decisions,…
Jan. 16, 2024

147 - Help employees find their higher purpose: Sunny Grosso (Workplace Wellbeing Igniter & Culture Maven)

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 …
Jan. 9, 2024

146 - The first 6 months as a Chief People Officer: Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)

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-tim…
Dec. 18, 2023

145 - Broken Systems & Shifting from Pay to Performance Convos: Haris Ikram (Co-Founder at CandoriQ)

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 ma…
Dec. 13, 2023

144 - An HR Leader’s Journey with Workplace Accommodations: Jodie Cenci (HR Director, Primary.com)

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 di…
Dec. 5, 2023

143 - The Science of High Performing Teams: Josh Siegal (VP People, 7Shifts)

Josh Siegal, VP of People at 7Shifts, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about navigating complexity and conflict at work, the biggest misconceptions about high performing teams, and what the science says about…
Nov. 28, 2023

142 - The Retention Revolution: Erica Keswin (Author, Speaker, & Workplace Strategist)

Erica Keswin, author of three WSJ best-sellers, workplace strategist, and podcast host, joined us on The Modern People Leader. This episode was recorded at O.C. Tanner's Influence Greatness. She shared why we should be eleva…
Nov. 20, 2023

141 - Understanding the EX across 140k employees: Johanna Söderström (EVP, Chief People Officer, Tyson Foods)

Johanna Söderström, EVP & Chief People Officer at Tyson Foods, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how she’s gotten a better understanding of the EX across Tyson’s 140k employees, how they've trained up th…
Nov. 13, 2023

140 - Designing the Employee Journey & Going from CPO to HR Tech CEO: Joris Luijke (CEO of Pyn | Former CPO @ Typeform)

Joris Luijke, CEO at Pyn, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why “Employee Experience Design” has been getting more attention this last decade, how hard it is to be a Chief People Officer right now, and t…