Modern People Leader Episodes

Nov. 6, 2023

139 - Pat Wadors (Chief People Officer, UKG): Creating a Personal Scorecard, Coining “DIBs”, & The Agile Leader

Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer at UKG, joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared the story of coining the term “DIBs”, what’s on her personal scorecard and “Goldilocks Spreadsheet”, and why it’s important to be an …
Oct. 30, 2023

138 - Building culture in a remote-first environment: Vanesa Cotlar (VP People & Culture, PolicyMe)

Vanesa Cotlar, VP of People & Culture at PolicyMe, joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared how to get executive buy-in on people team hires you plan to make, what goes into building culture in a remote-first enviro…
Oct. 23, 2023

137 - Handling No’s from your CEO & Reminding fellow execs what HR is optimizing for: Melanie Naranjo (VP People, Ethena)

Melanie Naranjo, VP of People at Ethena, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how to handle no’s from your CEO, the questions to ask leadership when you’re interviewing for the top HR role, and why you need…
Oct. 17, 2023

136 - Understanding Pain Points & Using Metrics to build credibility as a People Leader: Joanna Kmiec (VP, People & Culture, Elastic Path)

Joanna Kmiec, Vice President of People & Culture at Elastic Path, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about using metrics to drive your people strategy, understanding the pain points of other execs, and creating…
Oct. 9, 2023

135 - Rivian CPO on scaling culture from 9 to 15,000 employees & changing the face of factory workers: Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, Rivian)

Helen Russell, Chief People Officer at Rivian, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about scaling the culture as they’ve grown to 15k employees in the last few years, how Rivian is changing the face of what it lo…
Oct. 6, 2023

134 - How CHROs can align themselves closer to revenue: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People) & Ryan Bonnici (CMO, Gympass)

Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People) and Ryan Bonnici (CMO, Gympass), joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why HR should be considered a revenue generating function, how to align yourself closer to reve…
Oct. 2, 2023

133 - The 3 qualities of the smartest teams, letting AI replace routine work & fostering collective intelligence: Dr. Vivienne Ming (Professional Mad Scientist)

Dr. Vivienne Ming (Professional Mad Scientist), joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about letting AI replace the routine work, the qualities of the smartest teams, and how to foster collective intelligence. ----…
Sept. 25, 2023

132 - Navigating major life & career changes: Alex Seiler (Former GHJ Chief People Officer, ex WeWork & NBC, and Advisor)

Alex Seiler (Former GHJ Chief People Officer, ex WeWork & NBC, and Advisor), joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about navigating major life and career changes, the impact of indecisive leadership on Chief Peopl…
Sept. 21, 2023

131 - Key Pillars of Internal Marketing (Kerry-Ann Stimpson, The Internal Marketing Podcast)

Kerry-Ann Stimpson, host of The Internal Marketing Podcast, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the key pillars of internal marketing, why her company started an internal podcast, and how to use employee s…
Sept. 18, 2023

130 - HR 3.0 & how boards are looking at HR (L. David Kingsley, Chief People Officer at Illumio)

L. David Kingsley, Chief People Leader at Illumio, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how boards are looking at HR, the evolution from HR 1.0 to 3.0 in the last few years, and having the numeracy required…
Sept. 11, 2023

129 - The Year of Productivity: Andrew Bartlow (People Leader Accelerator)

Andrew Bartlow, Co-Founder of the People Leader Accelerator, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why this is the year of productivity, the data you should be looking at when making decisions on remote vs. …
Sept. 5, 2023

128 - Now is the time to double down on DEIB: Roshan Kindred (Chief Diversity Officer, PagerDuty)

Roshan Kindred, Chief Diversity Officer at PagerDuty, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why now is the time to double down on DEI, holding leaders accountable for diverse representation, and why PagerDut…
Aug. 28, 2023

127 - How Zillow made massive gains in DEI by embracing the future of work: Roz Francuz-Harris (VP of Talent Acquisition)

Roz Francuz Harris, VP of Talent Acquisition at Zillow, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about Zillow’s ‘CloudHQ’, the massive impact that CloudHQ has had on DEIB metrics, and why Talent leaders should embrac…
Aug. 24, 2023

126 - From People Leader to Solopreneur: Reflections at Year 3

Four-time people leader, Shelby Wolpa, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about making the jump from people leader to Solopreneur, her lessons learned as a consultant, and the state of remote work. ---- (1:16) …
Aug. 21, 2023

125 - How to be a trusted advisor as a Chief People Officer: Adam Ward (Founding Partner, Growth by Design Talent)

Adam Ward, Founding Partner at Growth by Design Talent joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the shortage of HR leaders out there, how to be a trusted advisor to your CEO as a CPO, and how to run a structure…
Aug. 14, 2023

124 - Finding your next People Leader role: Allison Mairena (Sproul), VP People, NewGlobe

Allison Mairena (Sproul), VP of People at NewGlobe, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about her search for her next people leader role and getting your resume in front of the right people without having to app…
Guest: David Landman
Aug. 8, 2023

123 - Adaptive Pay Transparency: Ashley Brounstein (Head of People, OpenComp)

Ashley Brounstein, Director of People at OpenComp , joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about adaptive pay transparency, why pay transparency is here to stay, and what it looks like in twenty years. Timestamps: …
July 31, 2023

122 - The state of AI in the workplace: Siadhal Magos (Co-Founder & CEO, Metaview)

Siadhal Magos, Co-Founder & CEO at Metaview, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about where we’re at in this AI revolution, how recruiters can augment what they’re doing with AI, and why you’re at a relative ad…
Guest: Siadhal Magos
July 24, 2023

121 - Memeing for HR: Jamie Jackson from Humorous Resources

Jame Jackson, from Humorous Resources, joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared why she started a meme account for HR, why startups should invest in leadership development early, and how she sees managers weaponizin…
July 17, 2023

120 - Creating talent abundance for 40k employees at Goldman Sachs: David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs)

David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the retentive power of internal mobility, how they shifted from a mindset of talent scarcity to talent a…
July 11, 2023

119 - Operationalizing your values & improving asynchronous communication: Nadia Vatalidis (Head of People & Culture, TestGorilla)

Nadia Vatalidis (Head of People & Culture, TestGorilla) joined us on The Modern People Leader. She shared tips for improving asynchronous work, how to operationalize your values, the types of CEOs that she likes to work for,…
July 5, 2023

118 - Eliminating high friction experiences for employees & leveling up your consciousness as a leader (M Valentine, Founder, Annem HR Academy)

M Valentine (Founder of Annem HR Academy) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how HR teams can better focus on the human element, eliminating high friction experiences in the employee experience, and why l…
June 26, 2023

117 - Vimeo CPO on intentional culture building (Crystal Boysen, Chief People Officer, Vimeo)

Crystal Boysen (Chief People Officer, Vimeo) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about intentional culture building, how to bring your core values to life on your people team, and why Vimeos People Team operates…
June 19, 2023

116 - Rethinking the ROI of learning & creating hyper-personalized learning experiences: Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO, Learnerbly)

Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO, Learnerbly) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why we need to rethink the ROI of learning, how to create hyper-personalized learning experiences, and commonly held beliefs in L&…