The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

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 together, and getting creative with offsites. Timestamps:   (2:00) Good news stories (5:03) Her career journey  (13:17) Why we should be jealous that she gets to work at Brex (16:30) Their fully-flexible work model (20:00) The HR Team’s structure at Brex (23:16) Dog fooding at Brex (25:30) Overcoming myths around what’s “not working” with their globally distributed team (30:12) The skills she gained from her time as a Chief of Staff for multiple executives (33:20) Bringing all of the internal and external listening data together (36:40) The employee listening tech stack (39:35) Advice to HR leaders on improving their people analytics (43:00) Why off-sites are core to Brex & how they’ve gotten creative with different formats (48:06) How she defines a Modern People Leader (49:20) The career advice she’d give her 22-year-old self Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 focus on their EVP. Timestamps:   (2:08) Good news stories (7:20) Going from law to HR (13:30) What Envoy does (15:05) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Envoy (23:10) It’s impossible for HR teams to make everybody happy (28:22) Envoy’s EVP is around community and collaboration (30:24) Bringing levity back to the workplace (31:00) Figuring out how to leverage both in-person learning experiences and creative practices (33:00) What they’re doing on the survey side of things (36:00) Focusing on inclusion (40:40) Tracking participation of ERGs (42:16) What Hybrid means for Envoy (51:37) The value of eNPS (54:30) Rapid fire questions Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 tech she discovered at Transform (3:07) Weathering the storm in Talent Acquisition (5:45) Biggest lessons learned in the last year or two (8:50) Future or fad TA edition  (13:10) You need to be intentional and creative (15:36) How Calendly is using Textio (job description bias tool) Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 from her session at Transform (4:20) People want hyper-personalization in their employee experience (5:40) Why pay transparency is so near and dear to her (7:03) Understanding the implication of AI (8:46) What’s here to stay  (10:19) The traits of a Modern People Leader (12:11) Middle managers are getting crunched Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

Ian White, Founder and CEO of ChartHop, shares his insightful take on compensation planning and people data management. He discusses how the pandemic accelerated HR trends, highlighting the need for a unified view of people in organizations. Ian emphasizes that data is meaningless without context and delves into the next big challenges in leveraging HR data. He also reflects on the most compelling ideas from the Transform event, revealing his passion for building innovative solutions that support people's needs in the workplace.

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 Greenhouse (6:30) Companies that are choosing to cut their DEI teams and initiatives are telling you exactly who they have always been (9:30) Measuring the quality of impact (13:00) The one thing he wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (17:00) The most compelling idea he heard at Transform (21:00) Shout outs to the Greenhouse team (22:53) The traits of a Modern People Leader Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 dear to Kevin (11:40) Bringing a CIO mindset and a healthy skepticism to the Chief People Officer role (15:40) What he’s the most excited to learn as a new Chief People Officer (16:40) Personalizing benefit plans for people Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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) Distinguishing burnout from something else (6:20) Her journey from analytics to HR (7:09) Her passion for the topic of mental health (11:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (12:35) The most compelling idea she heard at Transform (13:45) The one key trait that Modern People Leader’s need to have for the future Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 employees are caregiving in some way (7:29) Individuals are twice as likely to stay at a company if they have a strong mentor (12:00) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (13:55) The one key trait that Modern People Leader’s need to have for the future (14:17) Fad or future (17:00) Clear is kind, unclear is unkind Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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 (6:04) What’s going to stick from all of the change the last few years (8:43) Navigating many competing demands as an HR leader at one time (11:20) Giving people more choices in a way that’s structured (13:46) The one thing she wanted people to take away from her session at Transform (17:43) The most compelling new ideas that she heard at Transform Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader