The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

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120 - Creating talent abundance for 40k employees at Goldman Sachs: David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs) Jul 17, 2023

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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 abundance, and how they're enabling the right conversations between managers and employees.

Timestamps:

(1:20) Good news stories

(7:00) David’s career at Goldman Sachs: from intern to Global Head of Talent Development

(12:15) How David cold called his way into his first internship at Goldman Sachs

(15:20) Why we should be jealous he gets to work at Goldman Sachs

(19:45) The talent development team at Goldman Sachs and what they do: L&D, Performance, & Career Paths

(21:50) State of the union for talent: “we’re in a period of patient observation”

(24:30) This is the year of talent retention

(26:04) How AI can help bring more empathy and humanity to the workplace

(30:30) The retentive power of internal mobility

(38:00) Shifting from a mindset of talent scarcity to talent abundance

(45:00) How much time Goldman requires people to be in a seat before moving roles internally

(49:25) How they’re enabling the right conversations between managers and employees

(52:00) What it means to be a good manager at Goldman Sachs

(54:30) The 3 conversations at Goldman Sachs

(1:02:22) Supporting managers to have more empathetic conversations

(1:06:07) 2 HR tools to check out

(1:09:32) Rapid fire questions

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119 - Operationalizing your values & improving asynchronous communication: Nadia Vatalidis (Head of People & Culture, TestGorilla) Jul 11, 2023

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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, and how to iterate your onboarding experience.

Timestamps:

(2:30) Good news stories

(9:06) Nadia’s career journey:

(14:20) Traits of the best CEOs she’s worked with

(17:48) What TestGorilla does

(20:00) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at TestGorilla

(21:39) Being the first Head of People and having the opportunity to build from scratch

(28:03) Guiding what asynchronous work looks like at TestGorilla

(31:08) 3 tips for improving asynchronous work

(37:07) Document everything, it will pay off big in the long run

(39:20) Operationalizing your values

(43:00) Your culture is going to evolve

(46:34) Onboarding starts when the person accepts the offer

(50:00) Tech stack for documentation

(52:51) Rapid fire questions

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118 - Eliminating high friction experiences for employees & leveling up your consciousness as a leader (M Valentine, Founder, Annem HR Academy) Jul 05, 2023

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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 leaders need to level up their consciousness.

Timestamps:

(1:01) Good news stories

(7:34) Her story: Cashier at Gap, Assistant Manager at Gap, built “Healthy, Happy University” at Gap, HR Nomad at companies like Stitch Fix and Visa, and then started her HR academy

(18:14) Teaching the core competencies of HR in a way that infuses DEIB best practices and a low friction employee experience

(24:14) What it means to be “humans working”

(28:03) How HR teams can focus on the human element

(32:50) Eliminating high friction experiences for employees

(38:59) Leveling up your consciousness

(47:49) Gene Keys

(52:16) If you want to lead, you’re going to need to do the work

(57:09) Rapid fire questions

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117 - Vimeo CPO on being intentional with culture building (Crystal Boysen, Chief People Officer, Vimeo) Jun 26, 2023

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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 like a product team.

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Timestamps:

(3:05) Good news stories

(8:15) Crystal’s journey to becoming Chief People Officer at Vimeo

(12:32) What Vimeo does

(13:55) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Vimeo

(16:48) The foundation of business is people. Without people, you have no business

(20:00) One of the most powerful culture change models

(23:05) State of the Vimeos (SOTVs)

(25:00) Making the most out of all hands meetings: customer stories, employee panels, and mass kudos

(28:01) Bringing the core values to life within the people team

(32:04) Running Vimeo’s people team like a product team

(36:42) The Vimeo People Team’s 3 key priorities for the year

(39:20) Vimeo’s new learning experience platform

(41:40) Sourcing “the right talent” at Vimeo

(45:00) Rapid fire questions

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116 - Rethinking the ROI of learning & creating hyper-personalized learning experiences: Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO, Learnerbly) Jun 19, 2023

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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&D that we need to let go of.

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Timestamps:

(3:05) Good news stories

(7:15) Raj’s career journey and how he became an entrepreneur

(15:35) How Learnerbly is redefining the learning tech category

(18:54) Why we should be jealous he gets to work at Learnerbly

(20:40) Moving from Talent Acquisition to Talent Activation

(22:26) What it means to have a thriving culture of learning

(26:24) Rethinking the ROI of learning

(27:37) Engagement in learning

(31:12) What a world class learning experience looks like: hyper-personalized learning, reaches people in the flow of work, and allows people to connect.

(33:35) Raj’s Learnerbly playlist

(36:04) Commonly held beliefs in L&D that we need to let go of

(38:45) How Learnerbly uses Learnerbly

(42:09) How Raj believes AI could impact learning

(46:58) The most transformative learning journey he’s seen with a client

(49:20) Rapid fire questions

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