People Operations Conversations

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Rich Funk about how human capital can differentiate a company in a virtual world.

Rich Funk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-funk-b0940014/) is Founder & CEO of The Better For You Company.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Elaine Pulakos about how GenAI could help enable skills-based hiring.

Elaine Pulakos, Ph.D. is CEO of PDRI by Pearson and an expert in building organizational and team capabilities that translate into business growth. She is well-known for her research on talent and performance management practices, and has extensive global experience helping companies build these capabilities to increase their competitive advantage

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Bessi Graham about aligning your business strategy with your values.

Bessi Graham (www.linkedin.com/in/bessi-graham-48a31323) is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring doing good and making money back together. Bessi works with established business leaders who want to build on their success and align their company with their values but are concerned about the impact of these changes on their bottom line. Showing them that they can do good and make money. In fact, doing good is the competitive edge their business has been missing. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Brook Borup about building scalable businesses.

When it comes to automation and delegation for small businesses, no one does it better than Brook Borup (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookborup). Driven by the desire to see small business owners spend more time away from their business doing what they love, Brook has developed systems and methodologies to help countless business owners around the world do more of what they love. Whether it’s growing your business by passively attracting leads or creating automation sequences to spend less time on marketing, Brook has a back-end tool to get your business moving in the right direction. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jenny Esposito about successful people and culture operations in the homebuilding industry.

Jenny Esposito (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-esposito-93a04523/) is the Director of People and Culture at Trumark Homes. In her role, she leads the company’s human resources and corporate culture efforts including talent acquisition, performance management, compensation, compliance, and benefits as well as team building and staff development. She has more than a decade a diverse experience in leading and managing all functions of human resources across several industries. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Oleg Konovalov about his book, The Fisherman's Path to Leadership. 

Dr. Oleg Konovalov (linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov) is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Konovalov has been named one of the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of our time, Konovalov is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. For more information visit www.olegkonovalov.com. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jesan Sorrells about the role of leadership development in a world of artificial intelligence.

Jesan Sorrells (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesansorrells/) is the CEO and Founder of HSCT Publishing, LLC. HSCT is remote-first, video-based, software publishing platform company located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. HSCT seeks to help organizations manage and reduce the impact of workplace conflict, encourage organizational innovation, and increase optimal outcomes around leadership development, conflict management, and change management. HSCT leverages content platforms, training, and education via their Leadership Toolbox and LeadingKeys products. Jesan’s latest book 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership (2022) advances the idea that all problems in all organizations can be solved through the intentional application of effective leadership practices and principles. Leaders who have heard Jesan’s message have changed cultures changed organizations and changed their work lives by changing their mindsets, their teams, and their organizations. Jesan hosts and produces the Leadership Lessons from the Great Books podcast, and previously published Marketing for Peace Builders: How to Market Your Value to a World in Conflict, in 2016 and My Boss Doesn’t Care: 100 Essays on Disrupting Your Workplace by Disrupting Your Boss, in April 2019. 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Tim Ringel about improving employee experience.

A company builder at heart, Tim is a serial entrepreneur and start-up investor with a portfolio of over 50 companies mainly in the digital technology space in Europe, the US and Asia. His pre-IPO investment track record counts well know names like AirBnB (IPO), Animoca Brands, BlockDaemon, Cobi (sold), Contentful, Klarna, Knip (sold), Kreditech (sold), Mambu, Meet The People, Palantir (IPO), Pamono (sold), Slang Worldwide (IPO), SoFi (IPO), Spotify (IPO), SpaceX, Tonibox (IPO) and many more. Tim is a frequent speaker at industry events around the Globe and is an active supporter of entrepreneurial associations.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Andres Lares about negotiation and influencing for success!

Andres Lares is the Managing Partner of Shapiro Negotiations Institute. As such, he is responsible for the day to day operations of SNI. He also continues to serve as a negotiation trainer and coach with an emphasis on sports and develop new initiatives such as interactive online training and virtual reality based negotiation simulations.

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Pam Cohen, PhD about AI and measuring workforce sentiment from external sources and data sets, to find patterns that impact business and reputation.

Pam Cohen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelacohenzionts/), PhD is Chief Research and Product Officer, Aniline. Pam is a behavioral scientist with interests and expertise in creating opportunities for social impact in corporations. She has a proven track record of driving transformative insights across diverse sectors using predictive analytics that link back to bottom line performance for organizations. With extensive experience spanning think tanks, leading consultancies, and corporate environments, her expertise is in qualitative research, survey methodologies, analytics, and predictive modeling. Particular areas of focus have been people analytics; understanding how organizations can better care for their employees, with a particular emphasis on women, moms, families and creating better environments and cultures for work-life integration. Here work empowers organizations with actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making and foster meaningful impact.

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