Redefining Work Podcast

In today’s episode of Redefining HR, Box Chief Talent & Inclusion Officer and Global Head of Communities Tiffany Stevenson discusses her role leading inclusion efforts across Box. We dig into some of the following topics.

How her work leading inclusion and communities intersect

The importance of self-care for DEI leaders

Moments vs. movements in the struggle for social justice

How HR leaders can navigate these political times

Supporting culture in distributed teams

In this episode I sit down with Virta Health VP People & Places to discuss her career and some of the topics below:

How her experience in academia shaped her views as an operator

What her job as Chief of Staff at Yahoo! entailed, and how it prepared her to run the function

Her experience returning from maternity leave four months into a global pandemic

How they’re finding ways to connect with employees and build culture

Blending virtual and IRL employee experiences

In this episode, I sit down with Coda Cofounder & CEO Shishir Mehrotra to discuss his career journey that led him to launch Coda and his thoughts on a range of topics including:

Why he cofounded Coda

Eigenquestions

The “Big pond, small pond” approach to career development

What he looks for in his people executives

Remote/distributed work

Rethinking performance and growth measures

In today’s episode, I sit down with Rippleworks Chief People Person Sung Hae Kim to discuss her career in HR, joining a new role leading the people function at the beginning of a pandemic, and how to have constructive feedback discussions with remote employees. In this episode, you’ll learn:

What it was like starting a new role as a global pandemic blew up

How she gauged how to make organizational decisions as a brand new leader

Practices for supporting culture and connection in distributed teams

The risks of radical candor when so many of our employees are distributed

How can feedback build or break psychological safety

How she coaches leaders to provide feedback in a way that builds up their employees

In this episode, I sit down with Bayer SVP HR Innovations Melissa Harper to learn more about how they approach agile HR and people practices at scale. In this episode, you’ll learn:

What drew Melissa to HR

The size and structure of Bayer’s HR team

Why the SVP HR Innovations role was created, and what her scope is

How she prioritizes innovation projects to pursue

Where her project ideas come from 

Her favorite projects she’s launched

Future projects she’s exploring

How she stays on top of trends and developments in the space

How Covid-19 is a catalyst for redesigning work at Bayer

In this episode, I sit down with Shopify Chief Talent Officer Brittany Forsyth to discuss her experience scaling Shopify from employee #22 to 5,000+. In this episode, you’ll learn:

Traits that allowed Brittany to grow from an office manager right out of University to running the people function for a 5,000+ public company

How her personal experience with growth mindset is infused into how Shopify hires

An inside look at how their new “digital by default” model came together

The HR and people team implications of shifting from colocation to distributed

How it will impact the design of her people team

Advice for people and business leaders who are shifting to remote

In this episode, I sit down with JUST EAST Chief People Officer Mira Magecha to discuss her career, including what it’s like to move into the Chief People Officer role from within. In this episode, you’ll learn:

What drew Mira to HR

How management consulting at Cap Gemini shaped her views on the field

How moving into the CPO role from within helped and hurt her ability to drive change

How she manages to avoid burnout

How shifting to remote impacts culture

Why she’s excited about a new platform she’s advising, Unibeez, and what this means for the students

In this episode, I’m joined by Onboard Health Founder & CEO Andre Blackman for a discussion at the intersection of public health, racial equity, and talent. Some of the topics we discuss include:

What drew Andre to healthcare

Racial equity and disparity in healthcare

Thoughts on how the pandemic will continue to unfold over the next year

Dismantling the “lack of pipeline” diversity excuses

What gives Andre hope right now

In this special two-part episode, I sit down with Coinbase Chief People Officer L.J. Brock to discuss their recent announcement to be “mission-focused” and move away from corporate and employee activism (part one) and their shift to remote-first (part two). We initially recorded the remote discussion before the mission-focused announcement, so part-two to discuss how the people team would manage their new apolitical approach.

In this episode, I sit down with SmartRecruiters Founder & CEO Jerome Ternynck to discuss their plans to become an antiracist force in the recruiting industry. We dig into some of the following topics.

How has the pandemic has impacted SmartRecruiters

Why they shifted to remote-first

How that impacts their compensation plans

How the increased consciousness and conversation around racism and systemic inequity have impacted Jerome personally

SmartRecruiters roadmap to becoming an anti-racist force in the recruiting market

Why it was important for SmartRecruiters to take a leadership role on antiracism within the industry

How they’re auditing their internal systems and programs to identify bias and inequity

Jerome’s advice for other CEO’s who want to become antiracist companies

You can check out their plans to become an antiracist force in the recruiting market here: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/news/our-plan-to-become-an-anti-racist-force-in-the-recruiting-market/