Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

The People masterminds podcast is our way of sharing knowledge and experience for free. Want to know more about our other services? Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to receive our regular ‘Brain Bites’? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com/brainbites⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe.

We couldn’t have asked for a better guest than Nadia Vatalidis to close out the year. She brought her sharp insights to discuss a very relevant topic: Learning & Development on a tight budget.

We talked about:

🎯 Aligning L&D with your business strategy

💡 Why personal learning budgets are often underused

🎥 Microlearning: the TikTok effect and why bite-sized content is the future of learning

👥 The undervalued power of shadowing

🚪 How to ensure people actually show up for a training

and much more.

Curious to hear Nadia’s take on all of this? Don’t miss this episode. It’s the perfect end to a year full of bold conversations and actionable advice.

A big thank you to our amazing new podcast sponsor Ashby. Exactly what an ATS should be.

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

The People masterminds podcast is our way of sharing knowledge and experience for free. Want to know more about our other services? Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to receive our regular ‘Brain Bites’? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com/brainbites⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe.

This episode is all about Talent Acquisition. How is automation reshaping the way we hire? In our latest episode, we explore this with Benjamin Encz and Willem Wijnans from Ashby.

Tune in to discover:

🤖 How automation and AI are revolutionizing Talent Acquisition

📊 Aligning hiring with revenue growth, beyond headcount increases

⚖️ Balancing automation and the irreplaceable human touch

🧩 The ideal Talent Acquisition operating model for the future

🤓 What RecOps is and why you need to know this

💩 Why cv's tell you sh#t

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

This podcast episode we discuss a hot topic in many start-ups and scale-ups: job titles. What to do with them and what not to do? JooBee Yeow shares her valuable lessons. “Cash is king, equity is sacred, and job titles are free (or aren’t they…)?”

Tune in to learn:

👕 Why job titles are like buying clothes for kids

⏳ The risk of handing out big titles too early

2️⃣ Two ways to structure job titles in your company

💡The ideal team size before adding another management layer (and title)

🤓 And much more

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Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

This episode, we had a blast chatting with the awesome Lindsay Ross from Bitpanda. We covered everything from building a strong HR foundation for growth to some fun side topics like:

✨ Black outfits and Eveliese’s tan

✨ The first challenges Lindsay had to tackele during Bitpanda’s hypergrowth

✨ Should you set up payroll with a global provider or not?

✨ What’s the ideal People team ratio?

✨ How HR focus shifts from hypergrowth to restructuring to becoming a true business function

✨ Treating HR as a product

➡️ And so much more… You don’t want to miss this one!

Links to specifics we discussed:

Blog Bitpanda's Growth Week

Book Jessica Zwaan - Built for People

Luke O'Mahoney

Podcast Truth Works

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

Moms of young kids are your best hires! 🚀

That’s what Ze’ev Rozov, COO at Hibob, told us in this People masterminds podcast episode, where we unravel executive hiring. With his extensive experience in recruiting top-tier executives, we talked about:

🔍 Why past success won’t make you successful in your next job, especially in GTM roles.

📈 Outsource or handle executive hiring internally?

🤔 Is unanimity essential in the decision to hire an executive?

🧩 How to hire for executive roles outside your area of expertise.

⚠️ Whether hiring corporate executives is a recipe for disaster.

Give it a listen on your favorite podcast app!

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with start-ups and scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

Want to level up your Compensation & Benefits strategy? A salary benchmark won’t do the trick.

If you want to distinguish yourself as an employer, start with a strong reward philosophy.

What do you want to reward in your company and why? 🤔

How would you like to pay compared to the market? 📊

What would you like to offer? 🎁

And yes, a benchmark (Ravio for the win! 🏆) is a pretty helpful tool for that, ánd you need your own vision too.

In the newest People masterminds podcast episode, we talk about this with Jodi Slomp, VP of People at Mollie, and Lucas Sondelski, Director of Reward at Personio.

Tune in to learn more about:

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

The People masterminds podcast is our way of sharing knowledge and experience for free. Want to know more about our other services and products? Visit ⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com⁠⁠⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠. Want to receive our regular ‘Brain Bites’? Go to ⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com/brainbites⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe.

In this episode, we dove into the Employee Value Propositions (EVP) and Employer Branding, covering:

🔹 What makes EVP different from employer branding

🔹 The vital 3 C’s: culture, citizenship, and being a career catalyst

🔹 The ROI: return of involvement

🔹 The importance of honesty

🔹 Handling those tricky bad reviews, and much more!

Give it a listen, you won't regret!

Interesting sources about topics we discussed in this episode:

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

The People masterminds podcast is our way of sharing knowledge and experience for free. Want to know more about our other services and products? Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to receive our regular ‘Brain Bites’? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com/brainbites⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe.

Is presenteeism the new absenteeism among young professionals? And why is building a concentration muscle so essential? This is what we discussed in the latest episode of the People masterminds Podcast, together with Gijs Coppens, CEO and Founder of OpenUp. We delve deep into the topic of young professionals' wellbeing, and talked about:

🧐 Wellbeing differences between generations (or not)

🚀 The difference between good and great performance

🥺 The main wellbeing concerns in 2024

🧘‍♀️ How a genuine mission impacts wellbeing

🍎 Gijs’ his own wellbeing

➡️ and much more…

Don't miss out on this insightful conversation! Tune in now to gain valuable insights and strategies for fostering a healthier, more resilient team and organization.

Growth got you feeling like a hot mess? Scaling up can be a doozy, but don't worry, we've got your back. The People masterminds podcast is here to relieve your scaling stress and bring you People & Culture inspiration that you can actually use.

Get moved and shaken by Kristel and Eveliese who, based on their daily experiences with scale-ups, know exactly the growing pains you have to go through to reach your goals. Forget cookie-cutter advice, we bring you the goods - real insights, killer tips, practical cases, and amazingly interesting guests who will blow your mind. Listen in and get ready to level up with the People masterminds podcast.

The People masterminds podcast is our way of sharing knowledge and experience for free. Want to know more about our other services and products? Visit ⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com⁠⁠⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠. Want to receive our regular ‘Brain Bites’? Go to ⁠⁠⁠www.peoplemasterminds.com/brainbites⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe.

This time we're talking AI. In a world flooded with messages singing praises for AI, let's take a moment to appreciate the nuances 😌. Cynthia Liem, Associate Professor at TU Delft and researcher focusing on trustworthy and responsible Artificial Intelligence, adds a delightful layer to the conversation. 

This podcast episode is a must-listen for those curious about how AI impacts your business, the role HR plays, whether measuring everyone and everything is truly worthwhile, and simply about how you could use AI best in your daily work.

Listen to the full podcast episode (already the 6th season!) to find out!