All Episodes

329 - Why Match is tripling down on Gen Z talent: D.V. Williams (Chief People Officer, Match Group)

328 - Christy Lake (CAO, Twilio) on designing for a future nobody can see

327 - Putting AI agents on the org chart: Becks Port (Chief People Officer, Okta)

326 - Never let an LLM do the math on comp. Do this instead.

325 - The M&A Field Guide for CPOs: Heather Dunn (Chief People Officer, Brex)

324 - The GRIT Performance Framework: Patsy Mangan (Chief People Officer, Scribd)

323 - How ServiceNow's AI heat map answers "what does my job look like in 3 years": Brandon Roberts (SVP Talent Strategy & Workforce Transformation, ServiceNow)

The 3 archetypes of the future people team & Jessica Zwaan's first 4 Months in New Role

321 - Molly Graham (WorkLife Podcast) on Why Everyone Just Became a Manager

320 - How Moxie's COO built an AI strategy for a people business: Kate Connor, COO, Moxie

319 - The Psych Safety Playbook: Davida Lindsay-Bell (Chief People Officer, Hanna Andersson)

318 - The #1 Place To Work in The World: Laura Fuentes (CHRO, Hilton)

What Job Is Your Job Doing (Purpose and Work): Jessica Zwaan

316 - Doing things that don’t scale but actually matter: Daniel Bay, Chief People Officer at Underdog

6 M&As Later: What this CPO has Learned (Nichole Viviani, Chief People, Culture & Change Officer at Global Payments)

314 - Building HR from Scratch: From Team of 3 to 40: Courtney Kolar (Chief People Officer, Neighborly)

313 - The New Power Duo: CHRO + CTO (Sunaina Lobo, Chief People Officer, Omnissa)

312 - How an Army General Mobilized a 30,000-Person Company to Build Talent from Within: Patricia Frost, Chief People & Places Officer, Seagate

311 - How Mejuri Runs: Operating Model, Biz Reviews & Decision Velocity (Kate Railton, Chief People Officer at Mejuri) 

310 - Rethinking the Manager Role & Career Growth (CPOs of Yelp, Zapier, & Time Doctor @ Running Remote)

309 - Why AI Should Give Us Time Back, Not More Work: Ray'n Terry (Chief People Officer, MOO)

308 - Lean Into the White Space: Amy Reichanadter (Chief People Officer, Databricks)

How Does AI Make Employees Feel? (What Medium's Data Says): Cameron Price, Head of People & Talent at Medium

306 - Breaking Down the HR-Finance Gap: Nir Leibovich (Intuit QuickBooks Workforce)

305 - HR Alone Can't Create High Performance: Amy Schwartz, Head of Global HR at Wiz

304 - What Actually Being People-First Looks Like: Laura Tomaino (Chief People Officer, Glooko)

303 - Directed Innovation: How to Point AI at Something That Actually Matters (Jevan Lenox, Chief People Officer, Writer)

302 - Are we ready for AI Coaching?

301 - There's No “Right Answer” Anymore in HR: Jevan Lenox (Chief People Officer, Writer) & Cara Brennan Allamano (Founder, People Tech Partners)

300 - Supporting Parents: AVP of Global Benefits & Well-being at Merck + CEO of Wellthy

299 - AMA with Jessica Zwaan on Org Design & Metrics

298 - How to Stop Managing from Memory: Amin Palizban (Co-founder & CEO, Topicflow)

The Emotional Load of Today’s CPO (MPL Live Toronto): CPOs of Mejuri, 1Password, & TouchBistro

296 - Rethinking How we Pay People: James Seechurn (Author of 'What Pay Costs’ & ‘Nothing Left to Take Away’

295 - Workplace Dread, Gen Z, & Leaving Your "Heart Print": Claude Silver (Chief Heart Officer, VaynerX)

294 - AI Is Turning HR into Builders: Zachary Parris (AI x Talent @ Google)

293 - How Sutter Health Reduced Attrition by 40% Across 60k Employees: Deborah Yount, CHRO at Sutter Health

292 - Why the CIO-CPO Duo Is a Force Multiplier for Companies

291 - HR Practitioner Turned Founder (On Thinking Like a CEO): Amit Rapaport (Co-Founder & CEO, Compete)

290 - Working for a Visionary Founder & The Great Talent Transfer: Beth Ley (Chief People Officer, Kendra Scott)

289 - How to build an HR consulting business (And Scale to $500K Fast)

288 - It’s Not a Benefits Problem. It’s a Behavior Problem

287 - How This CEO–CPO Duo Is Preparing Their Organization for the AI Era: Alex Coonce & Patrick Quigley (Sidecar Health

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Great Leave Experience

3 Frameworks to Build a Winning People Strategy (In Your First 90 Days): Melissa Theiss (Head of People Ops, Kit)

MPL Build AMA: So You’re People Ops as a Product Curious? (Jessica Zwaan)

283 - The Five Frictions Framework for AI Adoption: Diane Sadowski-Joseph (Co-Founder, Clarinet)

282 - The Career Tradeoffs No One Talks About: Liz Bronson (VP People, Skimmer)

Wise’s 5-Step Playbook for Building Culture Across Borders: Isabel Naidoo (Chief People Officer, Wise)

280 - Being Async-First, Building an AI Ops Squad, & the “Embarrassing V1 Method”: Chase Warrington (Doist)

279 - Inside Viva’s Award-Winning AI Transformation: Jani Sanguino (Head of People, Viva)

278 - Why MPL Live Austin Felt Different

277 - Vanguard CHRO on Driving Change in a 20k+ Person Org: Jon Couture (CHRO, Vanguard)

276 - How Vidyard’s CPO Built an AI Career Coach: Sarika Lamont, Chief People Officer at Vidyard

Build: The Employee Base Audit with Jessica Zwaan & Pete Fader (Incompass Labs)

274 - Kirthi Mani (Chief People Officer, CliftonLarsonAllen) on Joy Fueling Performance

273 - Pat Lencioni on Trust, Burnout, and Finding Your Working Genius

272 - 3 HR Leaders Demo What They’ve Built with AI (Zapier, Vercel, Workleap)

271 - How 100-Year-Old Company (Synchrony Financial) Runs Like a Startup: DJ Casto (CHRO)

270 - Escape the HR Busywork Trap: Melanie Naranjo (Chief People Officer, Ethena) & Taylor McLemore (COO, Tilt)

269 - Hybrid Teams = People + Agents: Jessica Swank (Chief People Officer, Box)

268 - The Blueprint for a Modern HR Team: Kit Krugman (SVP, People & Culture, Foursquare)

267 - BNY’s Big Bet on Early Careers — and How They Built 15K Agents & 100 Digital Employees: Shannon Hobbs (Chief People Officer, BNY)

266 - Work is the Product: Luke O'Mahoney (Founder & Creator, Sapienˣ)

265 - The 4 Pillars of a Distributed Operating Model: Darren Murph (Future of Work Consultant)

264 - HR buys healthcare for half of America, but the system’s broken — here’s how to “moneyball” it

263 - This Chief People Officer Redesigned HR Around Workflows: Andrew Golden (Chief People Officer, RetailNext)

262 - LVMH CHRO on Culture & AI: Gena Smith (CHRO, LVMH North America)

261 - AI Confessions: What HR Leaders Really Think (Recorded Live at HR Tech)

260 - What we learned from MPL Live New York City

259 - Omni’s CHRO on Building Culture That Sticks: Joy Rothschild (CHRO, Omni Hotels & Resorts)

Build - How to stress-test your business case with Jessica Zwaan

257 - Decoupling performance from compensation: Kim Minnick (Code Traveller HR)

256 - Leading Through Layoffs & Constant Change (Mita Mallick, Shelby Garrison, & Kelly Lohr)

255 - DEI’s New Reality: Yemi Akisanya (Head of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Axon)

Build - “AI Abstinence” & Why Your HR Team Needs an AI Fair Use Policy

253 - The AI Vendor Checklist Every HR Leader Needs: Pilar Muner (VP of People & Talent, ChartHop)

252 - What HR can do about revenue problems & flipping the HR pyramid: JooBee Yeow (Learngility)

251 - The CHRO’s Toughest Chapter Yet & What HR Brings to the Boardroom: Tiffany Stevenson (Former CPO @ WeightWatchers & Patreon)

250 - In the age of AI, managers are still the glue: Priscila Bala (CEO, LifeLabs Learning)

249 - AI’s First Cuts Are SaaS Tools: Jenny Molyneaux (VP People, Vercel)

248 - How to make in-person time count

Build - The three ELTV formulas every HR leader should know: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built For People & COO, Talentful)

246 - How New York Life Is Using AI to Transform Careers: Joanne Rodgers (CHRO, New York Life)

245 - The Leave Experience Is a Culture Test

244 – Why IT Reports to HR & Learning the Language of AI: Kahina Ouerdane (Chief People Officer, Workleap)

243 - Rethinking Org Design in the AI Era: Alex Buder Shapiro, Chief People Officer at Jasper

242 - Eliza Jackson (Chief People & Administrative Officer, ButcherBox)

Build - The What, Why, & How of Creating an Employee Journey Map: Joris Luijke (CEO, Pyn) & Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People)

240 - Why HR should own the workflows & not just the workforce: Thomas Forstner, VP of People and Talent at Juro

239 - Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, HubSpot): The growing trust gap at work

238 - The Art of Business Partnering: Lenke Taylor (Chief People Officer, Personio)

237 - Performance expectations have shifted: Danny Guillory (Chief People Officer, Glassdoor), Lisa Anne Logan (Chief of Staff, People, Asana), Dashini Jeyathurai (Head of Talent Development at Gusto)

Build - The Metrics That Actually Matter in HR: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built For People)

235 - 3 principles this Head of People swears by to build high-impact teams – Frieda Möcker (Head of People & Culture, Sastrify)

MPL Live SF: HR is the glue holding everything together right now

Build - How to Hire for People Ops as a Product: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People)

232: The Modern Compensation Playbook: Matt McFarlane (Director, FNDN) & Haris Ikram (Co-Founder & CEO, CandorIQ)

231 - Organizational Network Analysis Explained: Abby Brennan, Former Head of People Strategy & Operations at Carta

Build - How to structure a “People Ops as a Product team”

229 - The Founder's Mentality at Nextdoor: Bryan Power (Head of People, Nextdoor)

Build - Nobody gets People Ops as a Product 100% right (and that’s ok): Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People)

227 - How to build AI workflows for HR: Taylor Bradley (VP, Talent Strategy & Success, Turing)

226 - The 3 secrets to teamwork in 2025: Molly Sands (Head of the Teamwork Lab, Atlassian)

225 - Pat Wadors (CHRO, Intuitive) on amplifying the “golden nuggets” of your culture

Build - Jessica Zwaan: Story behind her obsession w/ People Ops as a Product

223 - Shane Koller (Chief People Officer, Ancestry): Running your People Team like a Product Team

222 - Michele Bousquet (Chief People Officer, Strava): Stop overcomplicating HR

221 - Caregivers are stretched thin. It’s time we paid attention: Michael Walsh (CEO, Cariloop)

MPL Live Boston: Engagement scores don’t tell the full story (CPOs of DraftKings, Klaviyo, and Smartcat)

219 - 4x Chief People Officer on leadership & making AI a priority: Shlomit Gruman-Navot

218 - Why AI makes learning “scaled to one”: Brandon Carson (Chief Learning Officer, Docebo)

217 - Tackling "People Debt": Crystal Boysen (Chief People Officer, Sprout Social)

216 - Your CEO pushing for RTO? Ask these 5 Q’s: Brian Elliott (CEO, Work Forward)

215 - Lucia Guillory, Chief People Officer at Virta Health

214 - The anti-DEI push, RTO mandates, and is HR tech losing its way?

213 - David Scott (Chief People & Administration Officer at ADT) on ADT's transformation to a tech company

212 - 2025 Predictions from LPGA's Chief People & Internal Operations Officer

211 - The 2024 MPL Awards

Best of MPL (Aug '24): Brené Brown

210 - Hope Isn’t a Strategy: How a Chief People Officer Transformed Their Life

209 - Little L Leaders: The Unsung Heroes (Robert H. Johnson Jr., Author & Speaker)

Best of MPL (Jan '24): 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian (Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian)

208 - Michelle Kay, VP of Learning & Development at Albertsons Companies

207 - The Election & Microdosing on Hope: Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer, Zapier) & Gianna Driver (Chief People Officer, Lattice)

206 - More Generosity & Less Chest-Pumping in HR: Frank Congui (EVP, Human Capital Strategy & Executive Partnerships at Randstad Enterprise)

205 - Why CHROs are rethinking their roles: Jenna Eichberg (Chief People Officer at AlertMedia)

204 - Tracy Avin (Founder, TroopHR)

203 - The inverted org chart, CEO Alignment & the art & science of compensation: Ray Martinelli (Chief People Officer, Contentful)

202 - VC on helping founders with talent strategy, exec searches, & people challenges (Sandra Schwarzer, Index Ventures)

201 - Live: Rethinking Performance & Compensation (David Hanrahan, Chief People Officer at Flare & Jessica Zwaan, Author of Built for People)

200 - MPL Live Austin: AI in HR & Election Year (Katie Burke, Former CPO at HubSpot & Gianna Driver, CPO at Lattice)

199 - OKRs, Pancake Sprints, & The Power of a 30-60-90 Day Plan: Vanessa Monsequeira (VP of People, Gorilla)

198 - Jeff Schmitz (Chief People Officer, Zebra Technologies) on launching new purpose statement & values

197 - Nicole Hughey (Former SVP, DEI at SiriusXM) on the shifting language of DEIB, the SHRM debate, & the heart of inclusion

196 - Michael C. Bush, CEO at Great Place To Work®

195 - Qualities of high-performing founders: Polly Barnes (Operating Partner, Talent at EQT Ventures)

194 - Melanie Rosenwasser (Chief People Officer, Dropbox): How Dropbox is setting employees up for success in a virtual first model

193 - Brené Brown: Every day is leg day as a leader

192 - The Employee Feedback Journal: Tracy Letzerich (VP of People, Wheel)

191 - Exos & Adam Grant's Team Explore the Four-Day Workweek: Greg Hill (Chief People Officer, Exos)

190 - Melanie Naranjo (VP, People, Ethena) & Vanesa Cotlar (VP, People & Culture, PolicyMe) on Performance Management

189 - Tinkering versus true transformation: Larry McAlister, (Head of Digital Transformation, Nutanix)

188 - “Future of HR + Modern People Leader” with JP Elliott, Stephen Huerta, & Daniel Huerta

187 - WFH data & the 4-day workweek: Nick Bloom (Stanford Economist & Co-Founder of wfhresearch.com)

186 - Hebba Youssef (Founder & creator of I Hate it Here & Chief People Officer at Workweek)

185 - DIBs 2.0—The Key Ingredients: Erin Thomas (VP, Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Upwork)

184 - From Job Titles to Skills—A Vision for Future HR Leaders: Don Robertson (EVP & CHRO, Northwestern Mutual)

183 - Soft skills are POWER skills: Erica Spitale

182 - Lessons from Chief's CPO on building communities & companies: Trey Boynton (Chief Diversity & People Officer, Chief)

181 - Performance Culture, HR Tech, & more: Sam Baber (SVP, People, Kalkomey Enterprises)

180 - What happens when 3 HR leaders start a business together: PeakHR Team

179 - Rethinking our relationship with technology: Steve Cadigan (Former LinkedIn CHRO, Author & Professor)

178 - Finding a More Human-Centered Approach: Dom Boon (VP People, Liberty Latin America)

177 - Moving to “People Ops as a Product”: Matt Bradburn (Founder, The People Collective)

176 - Building an AI roadmap for HR & 6 use cases for AI in HR: Gianna Driver (CHRO, Exabeam)

175 - Create mini “blue zones” in your company: Laura Putnam (CEO & Founder, Motion Infusion)

174 - How the Spurs are redefining their EVP: Samantha Simmons (SVP, People & Culture at Spurs Sports & Entertainment)

173 - Throwing the career path away & getting back to the basics in HR: AJ Thomas (People Leader, Board Member, & Award-Winning Author)

172 - All-things AI in HR with 2 Chief People Officers: David Hanrahan (Chief People Officer, Flare) & Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)

171 - HR Leaders wanting to work at people-first orgs - ask these questions in your interview: Stacey Nordwall (VP of People Strategy, Pyn)

170 - The path to profitability & Dena’s value framework for evaluating career moves: Dena Upton (Head of People, Dandy)

169 - Everything a Spreadsheet WON’T Tell You: Colleen McCreary, 6x CPO (Credit Karma, Zynga, Twilio, & more) turned VC

168 - It’s hard to move the needle in HR because it’s set up that way: Anessa Fike (Author, 14x Chief People Officer, & Founder of Fike+Co)

167 - Testing team performance reviews & insights from survey sent to 61 first-time CPOs: David Hanrahan (Chief People Officer, Flare)

166 - Having a common management language & the “no-drama feedback model”: Lindsey Nehls (Elevate Leadership)

165 - Zapier's CEO & Chief People Officer: Pre-vetting their match, Zapier’s AI Hackathon, & how the people team is building with AI

164 - Navigating big life moments at work: Jennifer Henderson (Founder & CEO, Tilt)

163 - The job market is more broken than ever: James Hudson (former TA leader @ Nike & Levi’s)

162 - How Expedia's disability inclusion leader is using her superpowers to bring about change to work & travel

161 - HR will help shape the future of human identity: The Disrupted Workforce

160 - Dave Ulrich: The ROI of HR is "Return on Intangibles"

159 - Huertanomics: Does going fractional in HR solve the burnout issue?

158 - Managers will make or break your company: Luck Dookchitra (VP of People, Leapsome) & Jenny von Podewils (Co-CEO, Leapsome)

157 - Norton Healthcare’s Alumni Network

156 - How to identify (and keep) your top talent: Jess Johannson (CHRO, Canada Goose)

155 - Advice for Burnt Out Leaders: Kenneth Ceaser (Chief People & Culture Officer, Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

154 - Embracing a Culture of Healthy Conflict: Katya Laviolette (Chief People Officer, 1Password)

153 - Reverse integrating a 10k employee company into a startup: Holly May (Former Chief People Officer at Datavant)

152 - Southwest Airlines' Culture Team, Onboarding, & Moments that Matter: Whitney Eichinger (SVP & Chief Communications Officer) & Lori Winters (VP Total Rewards)

151 - Becoming a more Transparent Organization: Adam Horne (Co-Founder, Open Org)

150 - How Top Companies Build Winning Cultures: Simon Taylor (Head of Organization Effectiveness, Gap)

149 - 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian (Annie Dean, VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian)

148 - The CHRO & CEO Relationship: Hannah Yardley (Chief People & Culture Officer, Achievers)

147 - Help employees find their higher purpose: Sunny Grosso (Workplace Wellbeing Igniter & Culture Maven)

146 - The first 6 months as a Chief People Officer: Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper)

145 - Broken Systems & Shifting from Pay to Performance Convos: Haris Ikram (Co-Founder at CandorIQ)

144 - An HR Leader’s Journey with Workplace Accommodations: Jodie Cenci (HR Director, Primary.com)

143 - The Science of High Performing Teams: Josh Siegal (VP People, 7Shifts)

142 - The Retention Revolution: Erica Keswin (Author, Speaker, & Workplace Strategist)

141 - Understanding the EX across 140k employees: Johanna Söderström (EVP, Chief People Officer, Tyson Foods)

140 - Designing the Employee Journey & Going from CPO to HR Tech CEO: Joris Luijke (CEO of Pyn | Former CPO @ Typeform)

139 - Pat Wadors (Chief People Officer, UKG): Creating a Personal Scorecard, Coining “DIBs”, & The Agile Leader

138 - Building culture in a remote-first environment: Vanesa Cotlar (VP People & Culture, PolicyMe)

137 - Handling No’s from your CEO & Reminding fellow execs what HR is optimizing for: Melanie Naranjo (VP People, Ethena)

136 - Understanding Pain Points & Using Metrics to build credibility as a People Leader: Joanna Kmiec (VP, People & Culture, Elastic Path)

135 - Rivian CPO on scaling culture from 9 to 15,000 employees & changing the face of factory workers: Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, Rivian)

134 - How CHROs can align themselves closer to revenue: Jessica Zwaan (Author, Built for People) & Ryan Bonnici (CMO, Gympass)

133 - The 3 qualities of the smartest teams, letting AI replace routine work & fostering collective intelligence: Dr. Vivienne Ming (Professional Mad Scientist)

132 - Navigating major life & career changes: Alex Seiler (Former GHJ Chief People Officer, ex WeWork & NBC, and Advisor)

131 - Key Pillars of Internal Marketing (Kerry-Ann Stimpson, The Internal Marketing Podcast)

130 - HR 3.0 & how boards are looking at HR (L. David Kingsley, Chief People Officer at Illumio)

129 - The Year of Productivity: Andrew Bartlow (People Leader Accelerator)

128 - Now is the time to double down on DEIB: Roshan Kindred (Chief Diversity Officer, PagerDuty)

127 - How Zillow made massive gains in DEI by embracing the future of work: Roz Francuz-Harris (VP of Talent Acquisition)

126 - From People Leader to Solopreneur: Reflections at Year 3

125 - How to be a trusted advisor as a Chief People Officer: Adam Ward (Founding Partner, Growth by Design Talent)

124 - Finding your next People Leader role: Allison Mairena (Sproul), VP People, NewGlobe

123 - Adaptive Pay Transparency: Ashley Brounstein (Head of People, OpenComp) 

122 - The state of AI in the workplace: Siadhal Magos (Co-Founder & CEO, Metaview)

121 - Memeing for HR: Jamie Jackson from Humorous Resources

120 - Creating talent abundance for 40k employees at Goldman Sachs: David Landman (Global Head of Talent Development, Goldman Sachs)

119 - Operationalizing your values & improving asynchronous communication: Nadia Vatalidis (Head of People & Culture, TestGorilla)

118 - Eliminating high friction experiences for employees & leveling up your consciousness as a leader (M Valentine, Founder, Annem HR Academy)

117 - Vimeo CPO on being intentional with culture building (Crystal Boysen, Chief People Officer, Vimeo)

116 - Rethinking the ROI of learning & creating hyper-personalized learning experiences: Rajeeb Dey (Founder & CEO, Learnerbly)

115 - People love learning together: Yael Irom (Head of Leadership & Professional Enablement, Tanium)

114 - Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) on building Airbnb's 'Live & Work Anywhere' program & his new Chief People Officer role

113 - It’s ok to admit we don’t have all the answers: Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee)

112 - Inclusive Processes & “Sneaky DEIB”: GoDaddy’s VP of Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Kristy Lilas

111 - Internal mentorship programs are a cheat code: Charter’s Head of Workplace Strategy & Innovation (Massella Dukuly) & Head of Research, SVP (Emily Goligoski)

110 - 4 CPOs on the future of work & needing more CPOs in the CEO role

109 - VC needs more people from HR: Kat Steinmetz, Principal at Initialized Capital

108 - This Chief People Officer talks to her CEO daily (Kate Parente, Pegasystems)

107 - Angela Crossman (Chief People Officer, Brex) on revamping your employee listening function & getting creative with offsites

106 - Caitlin Kamm (Head of People Growth, Envoy) on why it's impossible for HR to make everybody happy

MPL Live @ Transform - Kelly Minella (Head of Recruiting, Calendly) on the hiring partner experience

MPL Live @ Transform - Angela Cheng-Cimini (SVP, Talent & CHRO, Harvard Business Publishing) on pay transparency

MPL Live @ Transform - Ian White (Founder & CEO, ChartHop) on compensation planning

MPL Live @ Transform - Donald Knight (Chief People Officer, Greenhouse) on DEI progress & pitfalls

MPL Live @ Transform - Kevin Lowell (Chief People Officer, UScellular) on the power of the peer

MPL Live @ Transform - Maureen Calabrese (Chief People Officer, Modern Health) on being burnt out on burnout

MPL Live @ Transform - Mahima Chawla (Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoon) on caring for caregivers

MPL Live @ Transform - Jolen Anderson (Global Head of Human Resources, BNY Mellon) on making an impact

105 - Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) on modernizing your people function

104 - Heidi Hauver (Chief People Officer, TrackTik/Trackforce Valiant) on fueling growth at the director + stage of your career, going beyond data 101, & the paralells between leadership and parenting

103 - MPL Group Chat: Hiring in HR, the expansion of DEI, & a more transparent future

102 - Jennifer Christie (Chief People Officer, DocuSign) on the personalization of the HR function

101 - Bernard Coleman (Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer, Gusto) on going from politics to HR, how Gusto’s Employee Engagement team is structured, & common manager missteps

100 - SPECIAL EPISODE: The MPL interview

99 - Tony Buffum (VP, HR Client Strategy, Upwork) on the rise of freelance talent

98 - Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer, Zapier) on internal mobility

97 - Employee fulfillment, the disconnect between HR & the people building HR Tech, ERGs, & building a network of teams

96 - Rich Jacquet (Chief People Officer, Coursera) on always wanting to be in HR, Coursera's leadership academy, dedicated learning days, AI in HR, & more

95 - Christine Song (Chief People Officer, Knix) on discussing the hard things at your company

94 - Josh Bersin (HR Analyst) on the 7 secrets of the world's most enduring, employee-focused organizations

93 - Femily Howe (Gender/Equity Advisor) on taboo diversity questions

92 - Allison Baum Gates (General Partner, SemperVirens) on funding the future of work

91 - Mindi Cox (Chief Marketing & People Officer, O.C. Tanner) on moving from employee engagement to employee fulfillment

90 - MPL's 8 biggest learnings from HR leaders in 2022

89 - Julia Soffa (Principal Internal Communications Manager, Guru) on how information overload is hurting our bodies & the businesses we work for

88 - Lars Schmidt (Founder, Amplify) on the 2 things HR pros should prioritize for their careers & ways HR will look different in 2023

87 - Amy Lavoie (VP People Success, Torch) on how to make DEI work

86 - Kelly Keegan (VP People, Built In) on building the people function of the future

85 - Recharge’s Michael McArthur (SVP People) & Ashley Grech (COO) on reducing toil, the 3 pillars of being a great company, & career development

84 - Sara Gorjão (Chief People Officer, tb.lx by Daimler Trucks) on the Human Energy Crisis

83 - Amanda Ono (CHRO, Kroll Digital Services) on change leadership & 2023 planning

82 - 2023 Planning for People teams

81 - Jim Bartolomea (SVP, Global Head of People & Places, ClickUp) on building the employee experience like a house

80 - Jessica Zwaan (COO, Whereby) on people ops as a product & recent layoffs in the news

79 - HR Leaders: You got this

78 - Kim Rohrer (Head of Employee Experience, Oyster) on creating a unified employee experience across 70 countries

77 - John Foster (4-time CHRO & Founder of Gamut Labs) on how to build a human-centered organization

76 - Merary Soto-Saunders (Global Head of DEI, CVC Partners) on impacting DEI for 500k people

75 - Group Chat: Gen Z’s impact on how we work

74 - Career advice from MPL guests

73 - Group Chat: Hybrid work’s impact on DEI

72 - Quiet Quitting & why being a CHRO is so hard

71 - Ciara Lakhani (Chief People Officer, Dashlane) on what HR can do during times of uncertainty

70 - Valerie Jackson (Chief Diversity Officer, Zuora) & Laura Robblee (CHRO, Zuora) on their flourishing CHRO <> CDO relationship

69 - Melissa Werneck (Global Chief People Officer, Kraft Heinz) on "The Year of the Manager" at Kraft Heinz

68 - Stephanie Cramer (VP Human Resources, MGAC) on applying solution selling to recruiting

67 - Beth Steinberg (SVP People & Talent, Chime) on investing in leaders early on

66 - Jackson Lynch (Founder & President, 90 Consulting) on what a good HR Leader looks like

65 - Mai Ton (Chief People Officer at Fabric & Author) on being more than your work

64 - Mindy Honcoop on learning how to "ride the new bicycle" of work

63 - Interconnectedness of the HR buzzwords in 2022

62 - The Starr Conspiracy on testing the metaverse at work & why they sent $500k worth of body armor to Ukraine

61 - Erica Keswin (Author, Speaker, & Workplace Strategist) on the power of rituals in the workplace

60 - Mita Mallick (Co-Host of Brown Table Talk Podcast / Head of Inclusion, Equity, & Impact at Carta)

59 - Tracy Hawkins (VP, Work Transformation at Twitter) on reopening Twitter’s offices & giving employees choice

58 - Cara Brennan Allamano (SVP, People, Udemy) & Rachel Ernst (Sr. Director, People Programs, Udemy) on Udemy’s New Normal

57 - The four-day work week, working in the metaverse, and a chat about culture

56 - Liz Fosslien (Co-Author of No Hard Feelings & Big Feelings) on confronting big feelings at work

55 - Jessica Williams (VP of People, Refine Labs) & Megan Bowen (COO, Refine Labs) on building a culture book & becoming a talent destination

54 - Katie Burke (Chief People Officer, HubSpot) on removing opinions from future of work decisions

53 - “Best of Modern People Leader 2021” Part 2

52 - “Best of Modern People Leader 2021” Part 1

51 - Jill Larsen (Chief People Officer, PTC) on the evolution of HR and where it’s going

50 - The HR Metrics to keep an eye on in 2022

49 - Darren Murph (Head of Remote, GitLab) on culture being built outside of company walls

48 - Barbie Brewer (Former Chief Culture Officer at GitLab & VP Talent at Netflix) on culture being exposed by the pandemic

47 - Gen Zers in the Workforce

46 - Clio Knowles (Chief People Person, Virgin Hotels) on making employees feel seen

45 - Building a Remote-First Culture (Shelby Wolpa, People Leadership Advisor & Remote Work Expert)

44 - Parental Leave (Allison Whalen, CEO @ Parentaly)

43 - Dom Boon (VP Talent & Organizational Development, Liberty Latin America) on the 8 habits of top managers

42 - Our Top 3 Moments from The Modern People Leader

41 - Angela Shaw (Chief People Officer, JuiceLand)

40 - Jess Galica on Women Making Bold Career Pivots

39 - MPL Group Chat: Bouncing Forward in This Time of Uncertainty

38 - Steve Cadigan (Former CHRO at LinkedIn & Author)

37 - Hybrid Work & The 4-Day Workweek

36 - MPL Group Chat: The Summer of Counteroffers & Choice

35 - The Importance of Employer Branding (Eric Harris, CEO @ MindHandle)

34 - Noreen Zobel (Chief People Officer, CrossBoundary)

33 - David Hanrahan (CHRO, Eventbrite) on the Fading Relics at Work

32 - CPO Group Chat: Return to Office & The Great Resignation

31 - Yemi Akisanya (Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Groupon) on why DEI needs to be a leadership competency

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

29 - The History of Burnout & The Power of Kindness

28 - Revamping Your Employee Engagement Strategy

27 - Kristen Barbor (VP, Global HR, Groupon)

26 - Leah Pettinari (Director, People Strategy & Engagement, The Boston Beer Company) on How They're Planning to Pilot Different Work Scenarios

25 - Libby Fiumara (Talent Program Manager, Expel) on Turning Performance Management Upside Down

24 - Hallie Bregman (Global Head of People Analytics, PTC) on People Analytics

23 - Michelle Wax (Founder, American Happiness Project) on Happiness

22 - Rhiana Barr (Chief People Officer, KushCo) on Nailing the People Piece of M&A

21 - The Ups & Downs of Engagement Scores in 2020/2021

20 - Adrienne Barnard (SVP, People Operations & Experience, AdmitHub) on Building Great Managers

19 - Emma Brudner (Head of People, Reggora)

18 - Jaclyn Jussif (Director of Talent Acquisition, EnterpriseDB) on Hiring & Onboarding

17 - Gillian Godfrey (Chief People Officer, Storable) on Psychological Safety

16 - Building Recognition Programs for a 6,000 Person Company

15 - Dena Upton (Chief People Officer, Drift) on Going Digital First

14 - Lyndsay Lord (CHRO, Team Car Care, dba Jiffy Lube)

13 - VP of People + Talent at Privy on Performance Reviews (Jennifer Paxton)

12 - The Gray Area of "Anonymous" Employee Feedback

11 - Leveraging LinkedIn to Build Your Employer Brand

10 - Al Polizzi (Chief People Officer at VetCor)

9 - Mental Wellness at Work (Gloria Chan Packer)

8 - Are you doing a lot of "manual HR work"?

7 - Dilshan Ratnayake (EVP & Chief People Officer at Securonix)

6 - Hard Truths in HR

5 - April Galda Joyce (Chief Culture Officer, Global Atlantic Financial Group)

4 - Debbie Shotwell (Chief People Officer, Stack Overflow)

3 - 2021 HR & Employee Engagement Trends

2 - Getting Real BI with Employee Engagement Data

1 - Taking Action on Employee Feedback