108 - This Chief People Officer talks to her CEO daily (Kate Parente, Pegasystems)

Kate Parente (Chief People Officer, Pega) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about making the office a magnet, building a strong relationship with your CEO, and the power of storytelling as a people leader. Timestamps:   (1:22) Good news stories (13:00) This is her first Chief People Officer role (17:00) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Pega (20:00) The paradigm shift that’s happening at work (22:00) There’s no one size fits all approach to work (25:00) How the people team is structured at Pega (28:28) Making the office a magnet, not a mandate (31:00) Piloting “Connection Weeks” at Pega (32:46) What makes the Pega people team unique (37:18) The CEO <> CHRO relationship (40:46) Figuring out what people are thinking and feeling at this moment (42:00) Rapid fire questions Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader