The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner

The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner

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The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner episodes

  • Darren Marble Resilience and Rejection: Keys to Entrepreneurial Success

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to Darren Marble and Issuance
    03:02 Darren's Early Entrepreneurial Journey
    05:58 The Importance of Rejection in Sales
    08:53 Building Resilience as a Founder
    11:47 Lessons from a Cold Rejection
    14:57 The Role of the Founder in Capital Raising
    18:06 The Glamour vs. Reality of Being a Founder
    21:01 Sobriety as a Competitive Advantage
    25:03 The Breakthrough of Sobriety
    29:41 Going Public: A New Investment Show
    40:38 The Resilience of Founders
    44:36 Defining Success as an Entrepreneur

    49 min
  • Future-Proofing Talent Acquisition: Elevating the Candidate Experience: LIVE from Transform
    LIVE from Transform 2025!
    Video:
    We are proud to share Adam Posner's panel, Future-Proofing Talent Acquisition: Elevating the Candidate Experience
    Featuring:
    Ariana Moon, VP, Talent Planning & Acquisition, Greenhouse Software
    Cori Faro, VP, Talent Acquisition, Okta
    Panel Description:
    In today’s competitive talent market, a strong candidate experience is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a business imperative. Every interaction, from the first touchpoint on your career site to onboarding and beyond, shapes how candidates perceive your company and influence their decision to join.
    This panel brings together TA leaders to explore how organizations can design an engaging, transparent, and inclusive candidate experience. Attendees will gain insights into strategies for personalizing the hiring process, reducing friction, and ensuring that every candidate—whether hired or not—walks away with a positive impression of the company.
    Key Takeaways:
    Best practices for delivering a seamless, engaging candidate experience.
    How to leverage automation and AI without losing the human touch.
    Strategies to ensure transparency, fairness, and inclusivity in hiring.
    The impact of employer branding on candidate perception and long-term talent attraction.
    The Future of Hiring – Live from Transform 2025
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    35 min
  • Kyle Forrest: The Future of HR Leadership @ Deloitte: LIVE from Transform
    LIVE from Transform 2025!
    Kyle Forrest is the Future of HR Leader at Deloitte Consulting, responsible for identifying emerging trends and developing research-backed insights that shape the evolving HR landscape. He advises organizations on the human-related aspects of major business events, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and business transformations.
    In addition to his client work, Kyle leads Deloitte’s Next Generation CHRO Academy, helping aspiring HR leaders build critical skills and peer networks. He holds an M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a dual B.A. from Rice University.
    We dig into:
    - The current state of TA & HR Tech from his POV
    - How can companies adopt skills-based hiring and workforce development to close the experience-gap and build a stronger talent pipeline
    - Why redefining the manager’s role is key to employee development and business growth
    - How companies can rethink tech investments to enhance the employee experience in the AI era
    - Process for his new role and more!
    Connect with Kyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleforrest/
    To dive deeper into these insights and explore the key trends shaping the future of work, visit Deloitte.com to read Deloitte’s 2025 Human Capital Trends report.
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    19 min
  • John Baldino: The State of HR & TA Tech: LIVE from Transform
    LIVE from Transform 2025!
    John Baldino is the President @ Humareso | Human Resources Strategy, Talent Management, HR Tech and more! He is on a mission is to equip people and empower organizations. We build it all through comprehensive consulting and HR solutions. Our team's dedication to organizational design, talent management, and employee engagement has solidified our reputation as industry leaders.
    Recognized with multiple prestigious HR awards, his approach intertwines strategic business growth with a passion for performance management and leadership development. The collective triumphs are a reflection of our team's relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation in human resources.
    We dig into the current state of TA & HR tech and so much more!
    Learn more about Humareso: https://humareso.com/
    Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbaldinohr/
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    19 min
  • The Future of Work: Insights from Dr. Angela Jackson

    Chapters

     

    00:00 Introduction to the Future of Work

    01:26 The Impact of Family Background on Career

    03:05 Career Journey and Work-Life Integration

    05:48 The Shift in Workplace Culture Post-Pandemic

    10:56 The Importance of Intentional Office Presence

    14:39 Future of Work Grand Challenge and Reskilling

    19:15 AI's Role in the Future of Work

    21:26 Empowering Employees in the Age of AI

    22:00 Investing in Talent: Measuring Success

    23:05 Reimagining Workplace Relationships

    24:45 Creating Open Feedback Loops

    26:23 Equity as a Profit Driver

    29:09 Measuring Equity and Employee Engagement

    30:47 Insights from Writing 'The Win-Win Workplace'

    32:36 The Concept of Shared Value

    34:04 Building Community in the Workplace

    35:26 Who Should Read 'The Win-Win Workplace'?

    36:54 The Future of Work: Avoiding Old Mistakes

    37:54 Defining Success Beyond Career Achievements

     

    43 min
  • Adria Ferrier: Workplace AI for Life's Milestones: LIVE from Transform
    LIVE from Transform 2025!
    Adria Ferrier is the founder of Elayne, an AI copilot for financial and estate management. Elayne's mission is to modernize estate planning and affairs settlements, making it more accessible, efficient, and integrated into daily life. She launched Elayne after experiencing firsthand the disjointed, frustrating challenges families face after loss, along with its impact on careers. After her mom passed away, she spent months navigating banks, insurance companies, lawyers, taxes, and doing countless administrative tasks—like canceling her mom’s subscriptions and deactivating her social media—each with its own complex, manual process. The burden, on top of the impact of losing her mother, took a toll on her performance at work. Ultimately, she resigned, a decision made by nearly 50% of employees within a year of a major loss.
    Adria started her career in corporate M&A before transitioning to private equity at Blackstone in NYC. She later earned her MBA from Wharton and joined Permira's healthcare investing team, deploying billions in capital throughout her career. In her early 20s, she helped launch a patient advocacy group for EGFR-positive lung cancer with her mom, directing hundreds of thousands toward EGFR-related research projects. Adria grew up between Debrecen, Hungary, and Providence, RI. She has lived in nine countries and speaks four languages.
    We dig into:
    - What key flaws in estate management inspired you to launch Elayne, and how does AI solve them?
    - How can companies better support employees navigating loss, so they don’t feel forced to resign?
    - From private equity to entrepreneurship, what’s been the biggest mindset shift in building Elayne?
    - The passion and story behind her company and so much more!
    Visit www.Elayne.com
    https://www.elayne.com/
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    17 min
  • Steve Hunt: The Science of Hiring: LIVE from Transform
    LIVE from Transform 2025 in Las Vegas!
    Steve Hunt is focused on helping companies design and deploy technology-enabled processes to improve workforce adaptability, experience, and productivity. I believe that meaningful and fulfilling work is critical to human happiness. Creating high-quality work environments positively influences the lives of employees, their families, their managers, their customers, and their broader society. Better work environments create better world environments.
    In the 20+ years I've been doing this sort of work, I've had the fortune to play a role in the implementation of systems that have improved productivity and engagement of millions of employees working for hundreds of companies ranging from small start up organizations to the largest employers in the world. My experiences have also led to authoring hundreds of articles and presentations on topics related to strategic HR and workforce productivity as well as two books on HR process design and implementation: “Commonsense talent management: using strategic human resources to increase company performance” (Wiley Press, 2014) and “Hiring success: the art and science of staffing assessment and employee selection” (Wiley Press, 2007).
    We dig into:
    - What’s the biggest mistake companies make when designing technology-enabled HR processes?
    - How can organizations create work environments that truly enhance adaptability and productivity?
    - From your research and experience, what’s the key to hiring success in today’s workforce?
    And the state of the TA Industry in 2025
    Connect with Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventhunt/
    The Future of Hiring – Live from Transform 2025
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    21 min
  • AJ Thomas: Making Good Trouble: LIVE from Transform!
    LIVE from Transform 2025!
    AJ Thomas is Founder and CEO of The Troublemaker Lab, an experience lab for legendary founders and their teams, and Founder and General Partner at Good Trouble Ventures, a VC fund investing in the Future of Entertainment & Creativity and its Digital Transformation. With a non-traditional background spanning startups, venture growth, and Fortune 100 companies, AJ has been a driving force at Google X serving in former roles leading Global Talent Experience and People Products. Now at Troublemaker Lab, she's coaching extraordinary leaders making a lasting impact. As a respected executive, advisor, speaker, and executive coach, AJ challenges leaders to create meaningful change and is often sought after to speak and facilitate future-focused conversations about talent, teams, and the impact of AI in organizational cultures.
    We dig into:
    - The Intersection of Technology & Humanity
    - Investing in the Future of Entertainment & Creativity
    - Working on the Future WITH the future
    - She was signed to a record label at 15
    - She co-wrote a kids' book with her daughter
    https://www.thetroublemakerlab.com - Her Company
    https://www.goodtrouble.vc - her venture firm
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajthomas/ - Her forbes contributor page
    https://akidsco.com/products/a-kids-book-about-teams - Her published Kids Book
    The Future of Hiring – Live from Transform 2025
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    16 min
  • E-commerce Insights from Global Branding Expert Bashak Ilhan

    00:00 Introduction to Branding and Business Development
    02:50 The Influence of Family on Entrepreneurial Spirit
    06:08 Early Experiences in Business and Marketing
    09:02 Understanding E-commerce and Market Trends
    12:12 The Essence of Branding and Customer Connection
    15:01 Navigating Business Transformation Challenges
    18:00 Consulting Dynamics and Client Relationships
    21:04 Global Expansion Strategies for Businesses
    21:59 The Shift to Online and E-commerce
    23:00 AI's Role in Business Transformation
    26:10 Concerns About AI and Privacy
    29:01 Parenting in a Digital Age
    31:48 Challenges of Balancing Business Focus
    33:39 Leadership and Team Building
    34:33 Daily Motivation and Consistency
    36:31 Defining Success in Business
     


     

    40 min
  • Cori Faro: Unpacking the Employee Value Proposition: LIVE from Transform!
    LIVE from Transform 2025 Las Vegas!
    Cori Faro is the VP of Talent Acquisition at Okta, where she leads a global team with over 17 years of experience in the recruiting industry. Under her leadership, Okta has strengthened its commitment to comprehensive hiring practices and innovative talent strategies. Cori is dedicated to enhancing the candidate experience and ensuring a strong employee value proposition in the global market. Her strategic vision has significantly contributed to Okta’s reputation as an employer of choice in the tech sector. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their two daughters while living outside Denver.
    We dug into:
    - Employee Value Proposition
    - Driving high-performance culture and hiring manager enablement- ensuring we know how to evaluate talent through the whole employee lifecycle starting with interviewing and recruiter performance expectations.
    - Challenge as a leader
    - Future trends
    Connect with Cori: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cori-faro-41b1298/
    Learn more about Okta: https://www.okta.com/
    The Future of Hiring – Live from Transform 2025
    Live from Transform 2025, we’re bringing you an exclusive podcast series packed with insights from some of the brightest minds in hiring, talent strategy, and workforce transformation!
    In this series, we’ve got incredible guests from Okta, Tubi, Edelman, Greenhouse, Findem, and more, sharing how top organizations are rethinking hiring, culture, and talent acquisition in today’s fast-changing world.
    Greenhouse combines a structured, data-driven hiring approach with AI-embedded workflows that empower recruiters to focus on strategic, high-impact work. From sourcing top talent to personalizing the candidate experience, Greenhouse streamlines and optimizes the entire hiring process. This ensures that every hire is the right hire—eliminating bias, creating fairness, and helping teams make smarter, faster decisions. Over 7,500 companies, including HubSpot, Duolingo, and J.D. Power, trust Greenhouse to build better teams and turn talent into a strategic advantage.
    Want to learn how today’s top companies are winning the talent game? Tune in now and visit Greenhouse.com to transform the way you hire.
    Thanks for listening. Please follow us on Instagram @NHPTalent and X @AdamJPosner. Visit www.thePOZcast.com for all episodes.
    21 min

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Career & Life Journeys: Hosted by Adam Posner, he interviews top experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders from the world of Entrepreneurship, Talent Acquisition, Personal Growth, and other world-class amazing humans to decode their success via their insights into their own career journeys and personal growth.