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Talent All-Stars — 74 episodes

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Why Bally's VP of Talent Says "Rigid Flexibility" Is the Best Way to Scale

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How Bimbo Bakeries USA Sells a Great Culture Before Candidates Are Even in the Door

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Why Anaplan's Chief People Officer Banned the Word "Backfill"

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How Autism Learning Partners Fills Hard-to-Staff Roles Without Sacrificing Quality

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SAP's Talent DISCOVERY System: Skills, AI, and the True Cost of a Bad Hire

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Encore: From the White House to Docusign: What Government and Corporate Leadership Have in Common

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Coaching, Culture, and Ecosystem Thinking at Verisk

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The Power of ONE: Hiring Hospitality Heroes at Omni Hotels & Resorts

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Opening Doors and Building Leaders: Inside Crunch Fitness's People Strategy

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How Cummins Builds an Intentional Culture One Behavior at a Time

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The TOP 5 Lessons in Talent Acquisition from 2025

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How Octapharma Uses Chess Strategy to Build Plasma Teams

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How First Student Hires and Retains America’s Safest Bus Drivers

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How Premise Health Fills Roles in Under 14 Days

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The Sustainable Leader: A High Energy, Low-Maintenance Approach at JLL

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Inside UniFirst: The Uniform Company Reinventing Workplace Culture

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Inside Trane Technologies’ 4-Year Apprenticeship Revolution

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How Leidos Blends HR and Recruiting Into “One Big Happy Family”

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Caliber’s Talent Strategy for ‘Restoring the Rhythm of Life’ in the Auto Repair Industry

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The Talent Strategy That Helped WVU Medicine Grow From 6 Hospitals to 25

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How Providence Health Predicts Retention and Rehires 3,000 Staff Each Year

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How 84 Lumber's "Ladder of Opportunity" Turns Entry-Level Jobs Into Leadership Careers

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From the White House to Docusign: What Government and Corporate Leadership Have in Common

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Why Talent Leaders Should Value Personal Journeys As Much As Credentials

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How Salesforce Balances AI, People, and Values to Shape the Future of Work

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How Concentrix Builds Talent Teams That Think Like Ops Leaders

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How Selling the Role Helps Marsden Services Improve Retention in a Labor-Heavy Industry

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How Legacy Health Uses Data to Drive Smarter, Faster Hiring Decisions

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Future-Proof Talent: The Johnson Controls Approach to Hiring for Emerging Roles

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The Ace Way of Hiring: Inside Ace Hardware’s Human-Centered Approach to Talent Acquisition

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Inside Verizon’s “Culture OS”: The HR Strategy Powering a Global Brand

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From TD Garden to Yosemite: How Delaware North Hires Across 200+ Iconic Locations with Amy Duncan-Menendez and Laura Murray

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How Cushman & Wakefield Hires Globally—While Staying Fast, Flexible, and Locally Relevant | Danielle Kensinger, VP of Global Talent Acquisition

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How Leaf Home Built a 15,000-Hire/Year Recruiting Machine from Scratch with Joe Leno, Senior Director of Recruiting

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Heartland Dental’s Groundbreaking Approach to Staffing 1700 Practices with Tyler Micenheimer, SVP of Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

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How Lockheed Martin Recruits: Speed, Quality, and a "Candidate at the Center" Mentality with John Heyliger, VP of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Transformation

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How IKEA Maintains a Shockingly Low Turnover Rate with US Chief People Officer Neena Potenza

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Inside Southwest Airlines' "High-Tech, High-Touch" 200-Person Recruiting Machine with Greg Muccio, Managing Director of Talent Acquisition

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The 2 Skills That Make or Break HR Careers in 2025 with Ciara Harrington, CPO of Skillsoft

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How this HR Team Supports 100,000 Employees Across 20,000 Sites by “Walking in Their Shoes” | ABM Industries CHRO Raúl Valentín

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Marcus Lemonis: HR Absolutely Deserves a Seat at the Table—But Only If They Do This

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The #1 Mistake HR Leaders Make with “Best Practices” | Beverly Propst, Graybar’s SVP - Human Resources

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Is Values-Based Hiring THE Most Effective Culture-Building Tool? Brian Riley, Riot Games

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How AI Is Redefining “Quality of Hire” with ServiceNow SVP Sarah Tilley

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Google’s Chief Talent & Learning Officer: Why We Develop for Agility, Not Just Ability

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Taking Control of Your Talent Pipeline to Unleash Business Growth with Jason Pistulka (HCA Healthcare AVP Turned Consultant)

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AI Won’t Take Your HR Job, But THIS Will! Claire MacIntyre, Chief People Officer at Sam’s Club

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Empowering HR and TA to Think Strategically with a “Founder’s Mindset” | Claire Berkley, Poshmark

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The HR Playbook Behind Amdocs’ 45% Internal Mobility | Victoria Myers

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Listening, Learning, and Leading through Change in a 150-Year-Old Org with Toshiba’s Jason Desentz

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Why the Best Recruiters Think Like SALESPEOPLE (And How to Coach Them) | Tiffany Haley, Vanguard

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Intel’s "Letter Writing" Framework for Building its Future Workforce with Talent VP Cindi Harper

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The “Decoder Ring” Method for Building High-Performing, Autonomous Teams with Steve O’Brien of Syneos Health

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The #1 Hiring Mistake Companies Are Making Right Now | Jay Olson, Medtronic

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From Janitor to CHRO of the #1 Cruise Operator in the World! Bettina Deynes (Carnival Corporation)

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How NOT to Lose Top Talent to Your Competition | Melanie Steinbach, MasterClass

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Talent Retention Strategies That Work: Lessons from Mercy’s Scott Sell

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How a Simple Automation Saved 10,000 Hours for Recruiters at Baylor Scott & White Health | Yvette Hansen

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What It Takes to Lead 80,000 Team Members Through Change with Hartford HealthCare’s Rose Sheehan

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Healthcare Talent Acquisition Before, During, and Post-Pandemic with Jacquie Liddell of Mass General Brigham

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Hiring for Volume AND Retention with Cracker Barrel VP of Talent Acquisition Marci Sigmund

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Recruiting with Heart: How AccentCare’s Lashonda Bighaus Aligns Talent Strategy with Patient Care

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2024 Talent Insights: 4 Key Lessons from World-Class HR and TA Leaders

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The Key Hire Every Fast-Growing Company Needs to Scale with Bain Capital’s Katie Czerepak

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Paula Radloff (Starbucks, Nike) on Executive Search, TA as Branding, and “Owning Your Career”

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HubSpot’s Approach to Recruitment and Retention with VP of Talent Acquisition Becky McCullough

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How FedEx is Attracting the Next Generation of Talent with Chief Customer Officer Brie Carere

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“Get in the Boat!” Aligning Recruiters, HR, and Execs to Tackle a Common Goal with Northwestern Mutual’s Kelly Culler

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Why Zapier Execs Serve as “Heads of Talent” for Their Teams | Chief People Officer Brandon Sammut

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Attracting A-Players by Building a Fun and High-Performing Culture with Blake Irving (Former GoDaddy CEO)

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How Speed and Customization Can Turn Your Organization into a Talent Recruiting MAGNET | Marriott International SVP Kris Dunn

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How to Build a Talent Strategy That Drives Business Growth with eBay VP of Global Talent Danielle Clark

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3 Proven Strategies to Secure Resources (and Respect!) for Your Talent Team with Suzan Vulaj of NBCUniversal

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