John Schierer explains the difference between a transactional and tranformative HR professional.
Effective Leadership in a Decentralized Business Framework
Amy Byron-Oilar, Chief People Officer at the Ross School of Business, shares tips on rallying change amongst dispersed staff and the importance of transparency and feedback in leadership.
Building an HR Success Model
United Recovery Systems’ CHRO, Michael Hoehne, discusses how HR can add business value and positively impact company culture to build a successful organization
Stretching Your Way up the Ladder
Chris Himebauch, Chief HR Officer for APR Energy, explains how to grow through stretch goals, build a value-added team, and encourage an engaging company culture.
Directing Your Department to Perform at its Pinnacle
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mary Beth DeNooyer Harmonizes Human Capital with Exceptional Growth Opportunities at Pinnacle Foods
Procuring a Team of Company MVPs
April Watkins, SVP and Chief HR Officer of Worldpay, explains the true function of a leadership role and the keys to building a superior team.
Placing People At the Forefront of A Business
Workday Chief Human Resources Officer Ashley Goldsmith Emphasizes Credibility, Collaboration, and Communication in a Healthy Work Culture
Artful Resourceology
Gavin Pomernelle, Executive Vice President & CHRO at Harte Hanks shows how a perfect mixture of art and science can build a strong HR foundation
How the Employee Experience Drives the Guest Experience
As Chief People Officer Beverly Carmichael works to inspire and motivate Cracker Barrel’s 72,000 employees every day
Using Challenges as Conduits to Create Company Cohesion
Lori Johnston, SVP of HR at Celanese, explains that propagating massive challenges for the department can forge company solidarity.
Why You Need to Walk in the Shoes of Your Frontline
Greg Hill, SVP & CHRO, shares how walking in the shoes of his frontline has been instrumental to building the HR Function of 13,000 employee fitness-club leader Equinox.
How to Rally Your Team Around Your Vision – and into Action
Jane Altobelli, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at market research firm IRI, believes that corporate values and company strategy go hand-in-hand. She shares how coaching – and yoga – help her get IRI’s vision into action.
How to Lead a Global Team
Lenovo’s executive committee has members from 6 different nationalities and the top 100 executives come from 20 different nations. Gina Qiao, Lenovo’s SVP of HR, shares her story of how she learned to lead and communicate with her global team.
Scrappiness, Emotional Intelligence and a Dash of Seasoning is all You Need to Succeed in HR
Unity Technologies Chief People Officer, Elizabeth Brown, shares her story of how trusting her gut has always led her in the right direction.
A Career Plot Twist That Led Straight to the C-Suite
Armed with a creative writing degree and ambitions of writing the next great American novel, Towers Watson CHRO Gail McKee relates how a job she’d expected to be short-term turned into prolific career within HR.