126 - From People Leader to Solopreneur: Reflections at Year 3

Four-time people leader, Shelby Wolpa, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about making the jump from people leader to Solopreneur, her lessons learned as a consultant, and the state of remote work. ---- (1:16) Good news stories (5:24) Shelby’s 3-year journey as a Solopreneur (12:03) The Solopreneur experience (15:31) Solopreneurs that she looks to for inspiration (21:00) The state of the union for talent (24:10) HR Tech consolidation (28:00) AI in HR: documentation, recruiting, people ops, etc. (34:16) The state of remote work (44:00) You don’t stop learning when you become a Solopreneur (48:30) Lessons learned from consulting (51:00) Shelby’s super powers: running fully distributed teams, strategy, and coaching (55:24) What’s next for Shelby (57:20) Defining Solopreneur (58:03) Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 🛎 Follow Shelby Wolpa on LinkedIn 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn