118 - Eliminating high friction experiences for employees & leveling up your consciousness as a leader (M Valentine, Founder, Annem HR Academy)

M Valentine (Founder of Annem HR Academy) joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about how HR teams can better focus on the human element, eliminating high friction experiences in the employee experience, and why leaders need to level up their consciousness. Timestamps: (1:01) Good news stories (7:34) Her story: Cashier at Gap, Assistant Manager at Gap, built “Healthy, Happy University” at Gap, HR Nomad at companies like Stitch Fix and Visa, and then started her HR academy (18:14) Teaching the core competencies of HR in a way that infuses DEIB best practices and a low friction employee experience (24:14) What it means to be “humans working” (28:03) How HR teams can focus on the human element (32:50) Eliminating high friction experiences for employees (38:59) Leveling up your consciousness (47:49) Gene Keys (52:16) If you want to lead, you’re going to need to do the work (57:09) Rapid fire questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 🛎 Follow M Valentine on LinkedIn 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn