The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR

173 - Throwing the career path away & getting back to the basics in HR: AJ Thomas (People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Author)


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AJ Thomas, Global People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Children’s Book Author, joined us on The Modern People Leader. 

She shared a framework for getting back to the basics in HR, why we need to “throw away the career path”, and the 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams.

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(2:08) Good news stories

(7:02) AJ’s story

(14:00 What pulled AJ into the HR world

(18:03) AJ is a “Chaos Pilot”

(22:12) Everyone is actually an HR leader 

(26:40) A framework for getting back to the basics: Philosophy, Process, & Practice

(31:30) “Unrecruiting” at X

(37:45) AJ says we need to throw away the career path

(44:54) The Four immutable laws of the spirit

(50:00) AJ wrote a book for kids about teams

(51:08) The 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams

(53:30) Rapid fire questions

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