Ashley Herd is the CEO and Founder of The Manager Method and a Co-Host of the HR Besties Podcast. A former lawyer turned HR leader, Ashley now runs a training company focused on developing effective managers and creating helpful content through multiple channels that is helpful toward managers in today’s workplace. During our conversation, Ashley spoke about her journey to founding The Manager Method, as well as some of her own management experiences that helped shaped her abilities to do this work. Ashley also shared some of what she observes are the common challenges we face in preparing managers to manage, the most common questions she gets in her DMs and her own thoughts on how we can better develop and grow managers to be effective in today’s workplace

Links

• Manager Method; https://www.managermethod.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyherd/
• Podcast: https://www.hrbesties.com/

Carina Cortez is the Chief People Officer at Cornerstone OnDemand. Throughout her career as a People and HR leader, Carina has been an advocate and supporter of career development and mobility programs throughout her career. 

During our conversation, Carina spoke about what she’s seeing with how career development is changing and why it is a business imperative to invest in career development and talent mobility strategies today. 
Carina also spoke about examples of programs that she has run and she has seen work well inside organizations, the challenges that sometimes get in the way, as well as the importance and critical role that people manager’s play in fostering career development for employees inside organizations.

Links:

• Carina’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinacortez/ 

Andre’ Martin is the author of Wrong Fit Right Fit, Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever. As a former talent and learning Executive at companies like Nike and Google, Andre’ has spent a lot of time thinking about how to help employees unleash their talent and abilities within their roles to do their best work. 

During our conversation, Andre’ spoke about the state of the workplace today, and why he thinks that while companies want to hire great talent and everyone wants a great job, we sometimes miss the mark in matching people to the right roles. Andre’ also spoke about the importance of when searching or evaluating a potential opportunity, the importance of learning on how work gets done, and what companies can do to be more effective and transparent so they can hire the right people for fit for the right jobs.

Links

• Website: https://www.wrongfitrightfit.com/ 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/docmartinpdx/ 

Rob Sadow is the Co-Founder and CEO of Scoop Technologies, a software company that helps organizations use data and insights to build workplace strategies. With a vast array of data and insights, Rob and his team have a keen pulse on the state of the workplace, and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. 

During our conversation, Rob spoke to us about some of the insights and trends they’ve collected at Scoop through their own data and analysis as well as Rob’s own conversations with leaders who are developing workplace policies and strategies. Rob also spoke about topics related to the workplace that don’t always make the headlines, the changing nature of how employees’ view their relationship with work, and the importance of leaders focusing on outcomes.

Links:

• Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-sadow/
• Websites:
  • Scoop: https://www.scoopforwork.com/
  • Flex Index: https://flex.scoopforwork.com
• Newsletter: https://flexindex.substack.com/
• Q1 Report: https://flexindex.substack.com/p/surprising-new-data-on-employee-sentiment

We're Live From Transform in Las Vegas!

This episode features Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer at WorkWeek, Author of the I Hate it Here Newsletter, and Founder of the Safe Space Community. 

During our conversation, Hebba spoke about Gen Z in the Workplace, trends she's observing from HR professionals, and the evolving nature of the employee-employee contract.
- Hebba's Newsletter: https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/i-hate-it-here-newsletter/
- Hebba's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hebba-youssef/
- Transform: https://transform.us/
- The Safe Space Community: https://workweek.com/i-hate-it-here/community/safe-space/

We're Live at the Transform Conference in Las Vegas!

This episode features Becky McCullough, Vice President, Global Recruiting & Talent Development at Hubspot. During our conversation, Becky spoke about how Hubspot, a longtime pioneer in the culture movement, thinks about culture in today's workplace, and what are doing to bring their culture to life inside their organization. 

Links:
- Transform: https://transform.us/
- Becky's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckymccullough/

We're Live at the Transform Conference in Las Vegas!

This episode features Katya Laviolette, Chief People Officer at 1Password.  During our conversation, we spoke to Katya about the topic of mutual mentorship, and how it creates opportunities for learning, growth and development for all employees

Links
- Katya's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katya-laviolette-6907b726/
- Transform: https://transform.us/

Scott Mautz is a keynote speaker, researcher and author of the book Leading From The Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization. Drawing on his research on middle managers and his work as a keynote speaker, Scott makes the case for why middle managers are more important than ever, but are still overlooked and underinvested in, despite their importance and value delivered inside organizations. 

During our conversation, Scott spoke about how middle managers have become even more critical as a result of how the world of work has changed and evolved since the pandemic. Scott also shared how the best middle managers manage the complexity of the role, so that they can lead from the middle in today’s world of work.

Links

• Scott’s Website: https://scottmautz.com/
• Scott’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmautz/

Joel Constable is a Director of Talent Development at Intuit, where he leads a portfolio of talent and leadership development offerings. Throughout his career, Joel has always been curious and interested in the intersection of culture, leadership development and driving lasting behavioral change from leadership programs.

During our conversation, Joel spoke about some of the common challenges with leadership development programs, and how he and his team have taken those into account as they’ve developed leadership programs at Intuit.

Joel also spoke about the culture at Intuit and the culture informs and drives leadership behaviors as Intuit, and finally, Joel also spoke in depth about how he has been able to partner with leaders at Intuit into helping create leadership development programs that behavioral change and business impact.

Links

• Joel’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jconst/
• HBR Article: https://hbr.org/2023/08/dont-let-your-companys-culture-stifle-leadership-development  
• Fast Company Article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90913039/the-one-thing-that-sets-great-leaders-apart

JP Elliott is a People and Talent Leader, and the Host of the Future of HR Podcast. With a career spanning 2 decades of talent and HR leadership roles, JP has both passion and expertise in understanding how talent plays a critical role in business strategy and value creation within an organization. 

During our conversation, JP spoke about his perspectives on the importance and opportunities in using talent in a strategic way in today’s world of work. JP also shared his perspective on key talent foundations and his own experiences around talent philosophies, investing in critical roles, and the importance of investing in high performers and high potential talent. 

JP also shared some of his own lessons and learnings from speaking with dozens of senior HR and people leaders on his own podcast, and his own advice on how HR leaders can lead in shaping the future of work.

Links

• JP’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpelliottphd/
• JP’s Podcast: https://www.futureofhr.com/