Redefining Work Podcast

In this episode I sit down for a conversation with Strava's chief people officer, Michele Bousquet. We discuss the early days of her career in HR, the work that she has done at Strava and the organization’s commitments and pledges to become an anti-racist company.

In this episode, I sit down with The LEGO Group’s chief people officer and head of corporate affairs, Loren I. Shuster. We talk about his shift to the field of HR and people from a business background, as well as how he has prioritized innovation at scale at The LEGO Group.

In this episode of Redefining HR, I’m joined by Guild Education’s Chief People Officer Lorna Hagen. We discuss her career journey across a range of countries and industries and her latest role: leading the people team at Guild Education. We also discuss the importance of co-creation across teams, how Guild Education is setting up this function, and how it helps them to be in service to their team and clients.

In this episode, I sit down with SAP’s Chief People and Operations Officer Sabine Bendiek. We talk about the transition into her HR role and making connections between the CPO and COO positions. We also discuss how SAP approaches innovation at scale with their new “Pledge to Flex” structure.

In this episode, I am joined by SignalFire Managing Director of People and Talent Heather Doshay. We sit down to talk about Heather’s career journey through academia, to startups, HR, and now on the venture capital side. We also discuss strengthening employee connections while being remote and Heather gives us great advice on how to make space for those interpersonal relationships with executives and employees, especially early on while working remotely.

This episode is a replay of my first live event under the new Amplify banner, a joint event with PeopleTech Partners. For those who aren’t familiar, they are an incredible tech incubator and chief people officer networking community. It has members all around the U.S. and the world. I am joined by an expert panel of tech partners, including Ciara Lakhani, Cindy Gordon, David Hanrahan and Jevan Soo Lenox. I’m excited for you to join us for this collaborative chat!

In this episode, I am joined by Adam Nathan, the co-founder and CEO of Almanac. Together, we discuss the hybrid work model, why it just may not work, and the urgency that companies have to adopt a remote-friendly work policy instead.

Listen in to our conversation to hear what organizations may be losing by not adopting remote-friendly work policies today and what HR leaders can do to adapt.

In this episode, Lars Schmidt is joined by the CEO of Remote, Job van der Voort. They discuss overcoming common mistakes when creating a remote work environment, how to build culture remotely, and what can be done to support that culture.

Kindness, ownership, excellence, transparency, and ambition go a long way to building and maintaining a healthy remote work environment.

Listen to this episode to learn about how remote work is not the same as in-person work, and why we can’t treat it like it is.

In this episode, I am joined by a former colleague of mine: Amy Thompson, executive vice president and chief people officer at Mattel. Together, we discuss employee wellness and the multifaceted approach to that wellness. Amy delves into Mattel’s employee-centric model and focuses on five areas of well-being: physical wellness, emotional wellness, financial wellness, career wellness, and social wellness and belonging.

In this episode, I’m really excited to be sitting down with an old friend of mine, Torin Ellis. He’s a diversity strategist, risk mitigator, podcast host and speaker. “I show up differently in the [DEIB] space than anybody else that you are going to encounter,” Torin says. “I'm moving in love and truth in that I'm trying to challenge and agitate individuals to simply do better.”

Torin sat down with me to discuss inclusion and belonging, particularly in how leadership can show that their organizations will remain true to their DEIB efforts and how to build an organization that prioritizes belonging and inclusion.