The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

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9 - Mental Wellness at Work (Gloria Chan Packer) Feb 13, 2021

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For our first expert session, we spoke with Gloria Chan Packer, the Principal Advisor at Recalibrate.

She shares her personal mental wellness journey (2:26), her thoughts on being in the midst of a mental health crisis (12:33), the obligation from organizations to support mental wellness in the workplace (18:25), what a modern mental wellness program looks like (35:23), why giant corporate subscriptions to Headspace might not be the answer (40:33), and how to measure the effectiveness of your wellness programs (42:37).

If you have any follow up questions for Gloria, here's a link to her LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriachanpacker/

And if you have any feedback or suggestions on future topics/speakers, please reach out to us on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhuerta/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-huerta-74661390/

8 - Are you doing a lot of "manual HR work"? Feb 09, 2021

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Today we discuss what a "quarterly pulse engagement survey" is and how much time in HR is being spent on manual work.

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7 - Dilshan Ratnayake (EVP & Chief People Officer at Securonix) Feb 04, 2021

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In this episode, we talk with Dilshan Ratnayake, EVP & Chief People Officer at Securonix.

This was a fun one. The topics covered range from:

How his daughter thinks of his job as “superhero” like,
Seeking his mom’s counsel when making career changes,
Meeting your organization where they’re at as a new CPO & not coming in and making immediate changes,
Discipline & execution beat bells and whistles any day in HR,
Why every HR practitioner should try a role in operations, and
His strong belief in Leadership Accelerator Programs

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6 - Hard Truths in HR Jan 30, 2021

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Today we discuss 3 hard truths in HR: 1) HR as a whole needs to collaborate better, 2) The underutilization of HR Tech, and 3) HR's inability to take advantage of the data that they have. For more content, subscribe to The Modern People Leader on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

5 - April Galda Joyce (Chief Culture Officer, Global Atlantic Financial Group) Jan 24, 2021

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In this episode, we talk with April Galda Joyce, Chief Culture Officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group.

We cover a lot: the role of the Chief Culture Officer, her non-traditional path into HR, career advice for women, how to create new opportunities for employees within your org, a complete breakdown of how she looks at diversity & inclusion, and more.

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4 - Debbie Shotwell (Chief People Officer, Stack Overflow) Jan 17, 2021

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In this episode, we talk with Debbie Shotwell, Chief People Officer at Stack Overflow, about her career and her new role at Stack. We dive into what her agenda will look like in her first 90 days, prioritizing mental health and wellbeing during these difficult times, the importance of employer branding, the secret sauce for engaging employees, and much more.

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3 - 2021 HR & Employee Engagement Trends Jan 12, 2021

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In today’s episode, we discuss the biggest HR trends from 2020. Then, we jump into what we see coming in 2021.

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2 - Getting Real BI with Employee Engagement Data Jan 05, 2021

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Today, we talked about what having true BI capabilities with your employee engagement data looks like:

What does it even mean to have true business intelligence
How to create a common data model across your feedback channels
How to pick a set of critical numbers or KPIs
The promise of AI/ML in HR Tech
Real BI vs. sexy static reporting

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1 - Taking Action on Employee Feedback Dec 20, 2020

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Welcome to The Modern People Leader Podcast. Today we're leaning into our "Top of Mind" format, where we discuss topics that are relevant, timely, and probably on the minds of a lot of people out there in HR.

For our inaugural episode, we discussed the following: who should own action planning, what a modern employee feedback approach looks like, how to get to the crux of what your data is telling you, how to craft a narrative around your employee feedback, and how to communicate results out to both the leadership team and company-wide.

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