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Liz Weber: Why HR Executives Fail at the C-Suite Table, and What to Do Instead | Ready Set Exec

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Your company values mean nothing if you're not willing to enforce them when it's hard.Liz Weber is a Leadership Advisor to Boards, Owners, and C-suite teams with 33 years in business. She's a strategic and succession planning consultant, keynote speaker, author, and former chair of the IMC USA Ethics Committee. She works with organizations to build cultures that actually reflect what leadership says they believe — not just what's framed on the wall.In this episode, we get into what real business ethics looks like in practice, how to hold people accountable without destroying relationships, why ESG is in limbo and what boards should do about it, and how HR executives can finally earn a seat and a voice at the C-suite table.About Ready Set Exec: Founded by Managing Partners Patrick Shea and John Pezoulas, Ready Set Exec is a premier North American executive leadership recruitment firm specializing in Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, and Operations. We replace hiring chaos with a repeatable process, with an average time-to-hire of 39 days and a 100% placement success rate.Chapter:00:00 Who is Liz Weber? Board advisor, keynote speaker, IMC USA ethics chair01:13 What does "doing the right thing" actually look like in business?04:45 Values as "house rules" - what that means for your company05:52 Ethics when nobody is watching - the real test of character07:22 How to make values more than a plaque on the wall15:22 ESG - from must-do to in limbo: what boards should do now21:27 Religion, politics, and business - where's the line?31:42 HR is burned out - what's the future of the profession?38:48 How HR executives can finally have an impact at the C-suite table45:54 The family business son story - what happens when you test your own valuesConnect with Ready Set Exec:John Pezoulas LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpezoulas/Patrick Shea LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-jm-shea/Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReadySetExecListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6clqPWbF2yFRlsFUOXY0CO?si=UuOAbZeiQMKpgSjV5Od5_gListen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ready-set-exec-the-podcast/id1837951413Connect with Liz Weber:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizwebercmc/

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