173 - Throwing the career path away & getting back to the basics in HR: AJ Thomas (People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Author)

AJ Thomas, Global People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Children’s Book Author, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  She shared a framework for getting back to the basics in HR, why we need to “throw away the career path”, and the 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams. ---- This episode was brought to you by Pyn. Go check out Pyn’s list of 50 over 50 Women in Tech. ---- (2:08) Good news stories (7:02) AJ’s story (14:00 What pulled AJ into the HR world (18:03) AJ is a “Chaos Pilot” (22:12) Everyone is actually an HR leader  (26:40) A framework for getting back to the basics: Philosophy, Process, & Practice (31:30) “Unrecruiting” at X (37:45) AJ says we need to throw away the career path (44:54) The Four immutable laws of the spirit (50:00) AJ wrote a book for kids about teams (51:08) The 1 lesson every adult would take away from AJ’s children’s book about teams (53:30) 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