Getting Comfortable in the Fire

We’re excited to welcome Agatha Agbanobi, founder and principal consultant of ResonantHR to the WYCTW podcast. With more than 15 years in project and program management and six years in HR leadership, she shares what it’s like to lead initiatives in employee relations, conflict resolution, workforce development, and DEIB. Agatha — unlike most of us — is comfortable being close to the fire. She uses her superpowers of values-based leadership, empathy, and people skills to help resolve conflict, build stronger company cultures, and connect HR initiatives directly to business goals. In this conversation, she talks about the evolving role of HR leaders, why proving ROI matters, and what inspired her upcoming Values-Driven Leadership Podcast. Episode Highlights 🔹 Starting in education and international development, but always leading projects 🔹 Finding her way into HR through DEIB work and expanding into HR leadership 🔹 Why she pursued her PMP and how it strengthens her HR practice 🔹 What makes HR and DEIB project work unique 🔹 Tying HR projects to organization-wide initiatives and eliminating silos 🔹 Why today’s CHRO must evolve into a strategic business partner 🔹 Her commitment to DEIB and standing up for what she believes in 🔹 How empathy, people skills, and hope for resolution guide her leadership 🔹 Her “superpower” of being comfortable in high-conflict situations 🔹 A preview of her upcoming podcast on values-based leadership 🔗 Connect with Agatha: / agathaagbanobi 🔗 ResonantHR Website: / resonanthr Subscribe to Wear Your Cape to Work Podcast on: YouTube: / @projectinsightpmsw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WMdTji... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2419669.rss Sponsored by: Project Insight Project & Portfolio Management Software. Helping growing companies automate, execute, and measure project work across teams, systems, and portfolios. www.projectinsight.com #WearYourCapeToWork #HRLeadership #DEIB #AgathaAgbanobi #ProjectManagement #ValuesBasedLeadership #WorkplaceCulture #ConflictResolution #PMP #FutureOfWork