Modern People Leader Episodes

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 f...
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 a...
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 Gr...
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) Distinguishi...
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 (6...
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 peopl...
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 parenti...
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, embeddin...
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 miss...
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 look...
March 6, 2023

99 - Tony Buffum (VP, HR Client Strategy, Upwork) on the rise of freelance talent

Tony Buffum (VP, HR Client Strategy, Upwork) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the biggest misconceptions that employers have about freelance talent, why the rise of freelance talent isn’t a trend, and ho...
Feb. 27, 2023

98 - Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer, Zapier) on internal mobility

Brandon Sammut, Chief People Officer at Zapier, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about Zapier’s secondment program, how they build awareness of different talent pathways, and how to build bridges with your CEO...
Feb. 24, 2023

97 - Employee fulfillment, the disconnect between HR & the people building HR Tech, ERGs, & building a network of teams

Today we shared our biggest learnings from MPL guests in January and February. Timestamps: (6:57) Mindi Cox on moving from employee engagement to employee fulfillment (14:00) Having boomerangs is a sign of a healthy culture (...
Feb. 20, 2023

96 - Rich Jacquet (Chief People Officer, Coursera) on always wanting to be in HR, Coursera's leadership academy, dedicated learning days, AI in HR, & more

Rich Jacquet, Chief People Officer at Coursera, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how he always wanted to be in HR, dedicated learning days at Coursera, their internal leadership academy, AI in HR, and mo...
Feb. 16, 2023

95 - Christine Song (Chief People Officer, Knix) on discussing the hard things at your company

Christine Song, Chief People Officer at Knix, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about her experience in HR across eight different industries, her first three months as Knix’s new Chief People Officer, and the i...
Feb. 13, 2023

94 - Josh Bersin (HR Analyst) on the 7 secrets of the world's most enduring, employee-focused organizations

Josh Bersin, HR Analyst at The Josh Bersin Company, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the most impactful events he’s seen in HR over the decades, the network of teams operating model, the highest predicto...
Feb. 6, 2023

93 - Femily Howe (Gender/Equity Advisor) on taboo diversity questions

Femily Howe, Gender/Equity Advisor at Femily On The Go, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about her work advancing women in the workplace, leaning into the awkward conversations about diversity, and using ERGs ...
Jan. 30, 2023

92 - Allison Baum Gates (General Partner, SemperVirens) on funding the future of work

Allison Baum Gates, General Partner at SemperVirens, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked what led her to the intersection of VC and work tech, why the future of work is the single most important problem to solve,...
Jan. 23, 2023

91 - Mindi Cox (Chief Marketing & People Officer, O.C. Tanner) on moving from employee engagement to employee fulfillment

Mindi Cox, Chief Marketing & People Officer at O.C. Tanner, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about moving from employee engagement to employee fulfillment and the work required to change culture. Timestamps: (...
Jan. 19, 2023

90 - MPL's 8 biggest learnings from HR leaders in 2022

Today we shared MPL updates for 2023 and our 8 biggest learnings from 2022. Timestamps: (2:55) MPL updates for 2023 (5:40) MPL origin story (17:08) #1 Flexibility (plus trust) is the name of the game (24:06) #2 DEI & the futu...
Jan. 16, 2023

89 - Julia Soffa (Principal Internal Communications Manager, Guru) on how information overload is hurting our bodies & the businesses we work for

Julia Soffa, Principal Internal Communications Manager at Guru, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about information overload, the golden rule of communication, how to build an attention audit survey, and why we...