Human Resources

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Executive Insight: Q&A with Ed Flowers, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer for World Kitchen

Ed discusses his valuable experience at Monsanto and how he is building and measuring the impact of the HR team at World Kitchen.

Ed Flowers · Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, World Kitchen

Seeing the Organization As An Orchestra

Vice President of HR Marjorie Powell Conducts NPR’s HR Vision To Serve the Public Good

Marjorie Powell · Vice President of Human Resources, NPR

Executive Insight: Q&A with Terri Hoskins, Chief Human Resources Officer at Hooters

Terri discusses how her background in finance has impacted her approach in HR and the importance of talent acquisition and career development at Hooters

Terri Hoskins · Chief Human Resources Officer, Hooters

Executive Insight: Q&A with Randy Patterson, Chief Human Resources Officer for BlueLinx

Randy took his early passion for talent management to build a career in HR. He discusses how he brought that enthusiasm to BlueLinx to help the company attract younger talent and work through change management.

Randy Patterson · Chief Human Resources Officer, BlueLinx

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: Q&A with Kristen Robinson – Chief Human Resources Officer, Pandora Media, Inc.

Only 19% of corporate board of directors seats are filled by women. With our friends at The Board Connection, we asked our executive network why it's important to increase this number and how to do it.

By Gerald Mathews

HR Solutions that Work

Case McGee, Vice President of Human Resources at ADM, crystallizes the gist of HR, and shares some of the solutions that help 33,000 employees work together as a strong team.

Case McGee · Vice President of Human Resources, ADM

The Leap of Faith That Led to One of the Best Learning Experiences

Becky Cantieri, VP of Human Resources, discusses how being in the trenches early in her career helped her develop the skills needed to build the HR department at Surveymonkey.

Becky Cantieri · VP of Human Resources, SurveyMonkey

Growth through Gratefulness: Inspiring, Empowering, and Transforming Your Department

Lesley Elwell, VP of Human Resources for Customer Care at DirecTV, discusses her transition through three career disciplines and how she’s relied on events she witnessed from her upbringing in Venezuela to spur her onward and lead her team.

Lesley Elwell · VP of Human Resources for Customer Care, DirecTV

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.

By Sunny Gonzalez-Cepero

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.

By Charlene Oldham

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.

By Aine Cryts

Asking Questions, Making Mistakes, and Becoming a Thoughtful Risk-Taker

As Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources at Brown-Forman, Kirsten Hawley leads by leaning on 17 years of grounding in and growing with the organization

By Shari Held

Part 5: Transparency Case Study: Kyocera in 2001 During the Telecom Crash

This is part 5 of a 5 part series where John Schierer explores the topic of transparency in the workplace.

By John Schierer

Part 4: The 4 Great Myths about Transparency… and the Reality

This is part 4 of a 5 part series where John Schierer explores the topic of transparency in the workplace.

By John Schierer

Part 2: Why Managers Hate Transparency

This is part 2 of a 5 part series where John Schierer explores the topic of transparency in the workplace. In this part, John explains why managers hate transparency.

By John Schierer