How I Hire

Paloma Medina is a speaker, coach, and entrepreneur specializing in organizational performance improvement. She approaches her work in leadership, equity, and inclusion through the lens of psychology…

Tom Duncan spent 15 years as the CEO of Positec, the innovative, market-leading power tool company, where he now serves on the board. Tom started the American division of Positec in 2005 and oversaw …

Theresa Watts is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at True Religion Brand Jeans, where she has helped to redefine and shape culture in order to design, bui…

Carola Frisch is the Founder of Frisch Search, an executive search firm based in London that works with iconic lifestyle and consumer brands in high growth and transformation. Their clients have incl…

Jan Singer is an influential and incredibly accomplished executive leader with over 25 years of experience in footwear, apparel, and cosmetics. She’s served as CEO at Victoria’s Secret, Spanx, and J.…

Monica Williams is the Senior Vice President of Digital Products and Operations at NBCUniversal Content Distribution. In her 16 years at NBCUniversal, Monica has held a variety of roles and led innov…

Harvey Kanter is the CEO of Destination XL Group, a specialty retailer of men's big and tall apparel. He’s brought his unique and thoughtful approach to CEO, President, and Executive Vice President r…

Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., the healthy lifestyle brand known for award-winning, unsweetened, flavored water. Kara successfully broke into the beverage industry after leaving he…

As CEO and Co-Founder of Swift, a Portland-based, client-founded creative agency, Liz Valentine leads her team in making brilliant digital work for notable brands like Google, Gatorade, PayPal, Venmo…

Originally released June, 2020. Before starting Workplace Change, Serilda was the Chief Human Resources Officer for the City of Portland, and has worked with clients like Wieden + Kennedy, the Portla…

Before joining Nuun, Kevin spent his early career as a Senior Brand Manager at SC Johnson and Miller Brewing Company before serving as Marketing Director at Kashi Company and eventually CEO at Caldre…

Highlights from our conversation include:

• Taking Starbucks from relative obscurity to global ubiquity (2:31)
• Hiring with the customer in mind (5:33)
• Putting a purposeful philosophy into practice (7:47)
• T…

Dr. Charles Handler is an industrial-organizational psychologist and talent assessment specialist.

Fun fact: Charles also has a love of classic cars and was featured on the History Channel’s Big Easy …

• Dr. Stacey Philpot (Executive Development Consulting) discusses the ways companies are shifting how they think about leadership (0:52)
• Lisa Bougie shares how Stitch Fix assessed for people, values, an…

Highlights from our conversation include:

• How Nike’s EKIN program fed the brand’s leadership talent (5:35)
• How leading footwear brands approach hiring (7:18)
• The key difference between a company and a b…

Aimée Lapic is the Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at GoPro. Before joining GoPro, she served as CMO at Pandora. She spent over 14 years with Gap, Inc. in various roles, including CMO of Banana R…

Trip Randall is the former VP of Running at Nike and has held a number of positions with the brand over the last 20 years. In this episode, he shares how he navigated the iconic company’s scale, comp…

Fred Miller and Judith Katz of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group are dedicated to helping companies recruit, support, and retain diverse workforces. For the last 50 years, KJCG has assisted organiz…

Dr. Stacey Philpot is a Managing Partner at Executive Development Consulting. She has spent over 20 years as an organizational consultant and has advised Fortune 500 companies and CEOs on how to use …

Jodi Bricker is the CEO of Quay Australia, a buzzworthy brand aiming to disrupt the monopolized eyewear industry through bold style, affordability, and self-expression. She and her team have cemented…