Modern People Leader Episodes

June 13, 2023

115 - People love learning together: Yael Irom (Head of Leadership & Professional Enablement, Tanium)

Yael Irom (Head of Leadership & Professional Enablement at Tanium) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about Tanium’s co-hort based leadership programs and the reception they’ve received thus far. ---- This epis…
June 6, 2023

114 - Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) on building Airbnb's 'Live & Work Anywhere' program & his new Chief People Officer role

Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the Live and Work Anywhere Program from his time at Airbnb, how he navigates moments of uncertainty, and how he’s approaching hi…
May 31, 2023

113 - It’s ok to admit we don’t have all the answers: Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee)

Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about scaling the ecobee people team from 1 to 25, how her role has evolved, and why more companies should admit when they don’t ha…
May 22, 2023

112 - Inclusive Processes & “Sneaky DEIB”: GoDaddy’s VP of Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Kristy Lilas

Kristy Lilas (Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how to identify the processes at your company that aren’t inclusive or equitable and sneaky ways you…
May 8, 2023

111 - Internal mentorship programs are a cheat code: Charter’s Head of Workplace Strategy & Innovation (Massella Dukuly) & Head of Research, SVP (Emily Goligoski)

Charter’s Massella Dukuly (Head of Workplace Strategy + Innovation) and Emily Goligoski (Head of Research, SVP) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about making the implicit explicit and why internal mentorship …
May 4, 2023

110 - 4 CPOs on the future of work & needing more CPOs in the CEO role

This week we had four 3-time guests on for an MPL Group Chat: Lyndsay Lord, CHRO at DECA Dental Group Dilshan Ratnayake, Leading HR Executive Rhiana Barr, Chief People Officer at Snap Finance Kristen Barbor, Leading HR Execu…
May 1, 2023

109 - VC needs more people from HR: Kat Steinmetz, Principal at Initialized Capital

Kat Steinmetz (Principal, Initialized Capital) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the HR skills that are useful as a VC and why more people from HR should make the jump into VC. Timestamps: (1:12) Good ne…
April 25, 2023

108 - This Chief People Officer talks to her CEO daily (Kate Parente, Pegasystems)

Kate Parente (Chief People Officer, Pega) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about making the office a magnet, building a strong relationship with your CEO, and the power of storytelling as a people leader. Tim…
April 19, 2023

107 - Angela Crossman (Chief People Officer, Brex) on revamping your employee listening function & getting creative with offsites

Angela Crossman (Chief People Officer, Brex) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about her journey into HR (non profit admin, massage therapist, & consultant), bringing your internal & external listening data to…
April 10, 2023

106 - Caitlin Kamm (Head of People Growth, Envoy) on why it's impossible for HR to make everybody happy

Caitlin Kamm (Head of People Growth, Envoy) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about why it’s impossible for people teams to make everybody happy, Envoy’s focus on inclusion, and why organizations needs to focu…
April 7, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Kelly Minella (Head of Recruiting, Calendly) on the hiring partner experience

Kelly Minella (Head of Recruiting, Calendly) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (0:30) What’s giving her energy at Transform (1:07) Inclusive hiring practices (2:17) Exciting recruiting te…
April 7, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Angela Cheng-Cimini (SVP, Talent & CHRO, Harvard Business Publishing) on pay transparency

Angela Cheng-Cimini (CHRO, Harvard Business Publishing) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (0:23) What’s giving her energy at Transform (2:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away …
April 7, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Ian White (Founder & CEO, ChartHop) on compensation planning

Ian White (Founder & CEO, ChartHop) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (0:20) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:16) The pandemic was forcing function on a lot of the trends we were …
April 7, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Donald Knight (Chief People Officer, Greenhouse) on DEI progress & pitfalls

Donald Knight (Chief People Officer, Greenhouse) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (0:30) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:00) The pitfalls of DEI (3:49) The “full house” ERG at G…
April 6, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Kevin Lowell (Chief People Officer, UScellular) on the power of the peer

Kevin Lowell (Chief People Officer, UScellular) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (1:07) What’s giving him energy at Transform (2:25) AI in HR (7:40) Why the power of the peer is near and…
April 6, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Maureen Calabrese (Chief People Officer, Modern Health) on being burnt out on burnout

Maureen Calabrese (Chief People Officer, Modern Health) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (0:57) What’s giving her energy at Transform (1:40) Being burnt out on burnout (5:06) Distinguish…
April 6, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Mahima Chawla (Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoon) on caring for caregivers

Mahima Chawla (Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoon) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (1:00) What’s giving her energy at Transform (2:00) Her founder story (5:03) Caring for caregivers (6:09) 20% of…
April 6, 2023

MPL Live @ Transform - Jolen Anderson (Global Head of Human Resources, BNY Mellon) on making an impact

Jolen Anderson (Global Head of People, BYN Mellon) joined us on The Modern People Leader live from Transform. Timestamps: (2:00) What’s giving her energy right now (4:25) How impact, people, and purpose are coming together (…
April 4, 2023

105 - Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) on modernizing your people function

Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what it's like working in HR for a traditional company, The Granite Group’s journey to modernizing their peop…
March 27, 2023

104 - Heidi Hauver (Chief People Officer, TrackTik/Trackforce Valiant) on fueling growth at the director + stage of your career, going beyond data 101, & the paralells between leadership and parenting

Heidi Hauver (Chief People Officer, TrackTik) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the process she followed for finding her CPO role, going beyond “Data 101”, and the parallels between leadership and parent…
March 23, 2023

103 - MPL Group Chat: Hiring in HR, the expansion of DEI, & a more transparent future

Merary Soto-Saunders (Global Head of DEI, CVC Partners) and Ciara Lakhani (Chief People Officer, Dashlane) joined us on The Modern People Leader for a group chat. We talked about the skills they look for when hiring, embeddi…
March 20, 2023

102 - Jennifer Christie (Chief People Officer, DocuSign) on the personalization of the HR function

Jennifer Christie (Chief People Officer, DocuSign) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the personalization of the HR function, how they keep their people team of 250 employees moving in the same direction,…
March 13, 2023

101 - Bernard Coleman (Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer, Gusto) on going from politics to HR, how Gusto’s Employee Engagement team is structured, & common manager missteps

Bernard Coleman (Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer, Gusto) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about his journey from politics to HR, how Gusto’s Employee Engagement team is structured, and common manager mis…
March 9, 2023

100 - SPECIAL EPISODE: The MPL interview

Today we shook things up and interviewed each other. We talked about the openness of the HR community, what it has been like interviewing some of the top HR leaders, the biggest challenges of starting a podcast, what MPL loo…