Leadership Human-Style

“We always have to be going back and looking at what are we doing? Is it working? Why or why not?
-Sarah-Jayne Lehtinen

 Do you have an approach for ensuring a continuous feedback loop when it comes to…

"AI should be an enhancer, not a replacement."
-Josh Cavalier

In today's digital age, how is your organization adapting to the artificial intelligence revolution? Are your teams leveraging AI to optimi…

“If you don't share those consistent expectations [with leaders], then you can't expect a consistent employee experience, right?”
-Sara Lockhart

In today's evolving business landscape, how is your orga…

“I want new, fun, exciting learning for my students.”

• Mike Guglielmo

Are you intrigued by the intersection of education, HR and AI? If so, you’re in luck!   In today’s episode, my guest shares insights…

“I think the most important thing is that people just want to know the truth most of the time, even if that truth might sting a little bit at the moment."
-Abby Hamilton

How do you prepare your organiz…

“Sometimes you have to be willing to kind of broaden your horizons a bit and think a bit outside the box in terms of finding someone who may not have the experience that you're looking for but who yo…

 "I think that business strategy is important, but the people strategy is equally important to support the business strategy. So when the business strategy evolves, you have to evolve the people stra…

" ‘Cultivate’ and ‘culture’ come from the same root. So, cultivating coach-like leaders is about nurturing a culture that values coaching.” - Lisa Mitchell

For today’s episode, I’m flying solo!   Shar…

“Our purpose and our value is to be able to diagnose and consult and create something valuable and meaningful. It is not our role, and our value does not come from taking orders and just doing what p…

“[A matrix reporting structure] really requires both sets of managers to…have alignment around an individual’s goals.”
-Allison Mairena

Have you ever been in a matrix reporting relationship?  It can be…

“We’d love to hire someone and have them stay 6-8 years, but when it’s not the reality anymore, then shifting that paradigm and mental model [is important.]
-Jamie Bruno

The job market is constantly in…

“When you aren’t bringing in direct revenue…you need to make that connection between what it is you do do and how you help enable the business to meet goals…and how HR functions link into that.”
-Nanc…

“What do they need a facilitator for vs. something they can learn on their own?”
-Cindy Huggett

Virtual online training has been around for decades now. And yet many organizations firmly resisted it be…

“We trust first.”

-Krista Pell

How has your organization handled the whole RTO question?  Are people on board with the arrangement in place, whether that’s 3 days in office, or only 1 - or something el…

“I thought I was coaching by prescribing solutions.”
-Kacy Wickenhauser

Have you ever felt pulled into the drama weeds with your clients - the stakeholders who rely on you as an HR or Talent profession…

“We tell ourselves the story that strategy is Big!  Complex!  Hard! Time-consuming!”
-Lisa Mitchell

Do you ever just give in to a client’s demands because you don’t want to be seen as “pushing back?”

To…

“More often that not, talent acquisition is tucked into HR as a function that everyone has to tolerate vs. a strategic arm of the organization.”
-Liza Voticky

Without the right people in the right plac…

“Culture is not owned by HR, it’s owned by every single leader.”
-Jessica Bacher

What is your organizational culture like? Who drives it?  Who sees themselves as driving it?  In some companies, people …

“If you continue to always look at it like a start-up, you are always growing to be better.”
-Casey Oware

How entrepreneurial is your organization?  And what do entrepreneurial behaviours actually look…

“Creativity doesn’t exist when you don’t have constraints.”
-Natalia Matusevscaia

Have you ever been frustrated when you were down a team member or were low on other resources or funds?  What was the g…