144 - An HR Leader’s Journey with Workplace Accommodations: Jodie Cenci (HR Director, Primary.com)

Jodie Cenci, HR Director at Primary.com, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  She shared her journey navigating workplace accommodations since her fibromyalgia diagnosis, the surprising number of people in the U.S. with disabilities, and creative ways companies can be more inclusive of employees with disabilities. ---- (3:10) Good news stories (8:35) Jodie’s story: from selling Cutco knives to HR (14:48) What Primary does (16:02) Supporting employees with disabilities (17:59) Flexibility is a huge win for people with disabilities (21:02) The distrust of employees is problematic  (23:35) More than 25% of employees have some form of disability (27:00) Disability is an inclusion issue (29:10) Accommodation policies need to be more visible (35:17) How fibromyalgia has impacted Jodie’s ability to work (39:23) What Jodie learned from going through the accommodation process herself (42:33) Making it easier for employees to disclose their disabilities (46:33) Fibromyalgia is still widely misunderstood (48:40) DISCLO (50:11) Operating as an HR team of one (55:25) What she has lined up for 2024 (58:30) Rapid Fire Questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn