Adrienne Barnard is the SVP of People Operations at AdmitHub - an AI powered Chatbot that through powerful nudges is on a mission to help learners take the next steps towards a more fulfilling life. Adrienne has been in HR/People Operations her entire career and has been able to build out People Operations and teams at her last two roles. She's passionate about the impact that a partnership approach to People Ops can have on the organization and its human resources.  Outside of work Adrienne lives in the 'burbs with her entrepreneurial husband (check out podknife.com) and her 9 and 5 year old kids who love basketball, disc golf, barbies and snacks. On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, Sean and Adrienne discuss:

• The HR trend of building the function out sooner
• The value generated for an organization that invests approximately in HR
• When to think about building our your HR function
• Building HR around the needs of your organization
• Hiring an HR professional with leadership qualities to adapt through change
• Making your next HR hire after implementing the function
• HR business partner vs HR generalist vs HR specialist
• Putting the right framework in place to avoid getting stuck and feeling overwhelmed
• How to build trust along the way of developing the HR function

Resources: 

• Resources for Humans Slack Group from Lattice - https://lattice.com/community/rfh?utm_source=slack&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=rfh-community-page&utm_channel=
• LifeLabs - https://lifelabslearning.com/individuals/
• LifeLabs Community - https://share.hsforms.com/12GqKBY1lQ7mosBWOmF-nzQ2pice?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85178701&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--8XDtxzZ5RKR3IKdg8XrSetKVezdwQCFEIgM2SQaUqZ6RGK5RnKa1T2ySF5Rc3ivANGqNEqL7DOvtL8MhXEDdxlZlcYhgU7Di2yBerGqUoBZVSOwo&_hsmi=85178701
• Cy Wakeman Podcast - https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/
• Attends webinars, read white papers, understand what other companies are doing

Connecting with Adrienne: 

• Connect with Adrienne over Email - Adrienne@admithub
• Connect with Adrienne on LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-barnard-a82aab1/