30 - Christopher D. Lee (CHRO, William & Mary)

Christopher D. Lee, CHRO at William & Mary, joined us on The Modern People Leader. He shared how he went from a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps to being the CHRO of one of the oldest and most prestigious schools in the US. We discussed how a leader's job is to help each employee be their very best, why boosting your employees’ confidence is important, and how to drive performance conversations by asking the right questions. Timestamps: why HR practitioners are miseducated & the 4 elements of HR (19:00), a leaders job is to help every employee be their very best (27:36), discretionary effort = employee engagement (31:20), boosting the confidence of your people (38:27), asking the right questions to drive performance conversations (42:25), and the common objections to scrapping the performance review (57:24). If you have any feedback for the MPL podcast or would like to connect, don't hesitate to reach out on LinkedIn: Daniel Huerta and Stephen Huerta