Robyn Rodriguez - Empowering Women Leaders in HR

Send us a text Summary: Robyn Rodriguez is the Founder and CPO of Her HR Help Desk, an HR consulting firm that focuses on supporting women-owned businesses, career women, female founders, and women in c-suite roles.   In this episode, Robyn talks about the challenges that women leaders face and the strategies they can employ to overcome those challenges without burning out.  Chapters: [0:00 - 3:12] Introduction Welcome, Robyn! Today’s Topic: Empowering Women Leaders in HR [3:13 - 10:38] What unique contributions do women bring to HR? The power of leading with soft skills Closing the gap between leading and decision making for women [10:39 - 34:09] The consistent challenges women leaders in HR face On being set up for failure due to unrealistic expectations Why you have to take the time to advocate for yourself  [34:10 - 41:03] Robyn’s advice for women leaders looking to overcome the challenges they face Why you should invest time in developing soft skills Leveraging the younger generations’ push for change in the workplace [41:04 - 42:54] Closing Thanks for listening! Quotes: “I want to see more CHROs stepping up to develop the next leaders and making sure they’re prepared for the job. I think that would help alleviate impostor syndrome.” “I’ve seen a lot of females in HR roles be the scapegoat for failures beyond their capacity of what they can do within an organization.”Resources:Her HR HelpdeskContact:Robyn's LinkedInDavid's LinkedInDwight's LinkedInPodcast Manger: Karissa HarrisEmail us! To schedule a meeting with us: https://salary.com/hrdlconsulting For more HR Data Labs®, enjoy the HR Data Labs Brown Bag Lunch Hours every Friday at 2:00PM-2:30PM EST. Check it out here: https://hrdatalabs.com/brown-bag-lunch/ Produced by Affogato Media