People Analytics

Dan Taylor is the Partner Manager at 15Five. He partners with HR Consultants to help companies improve performance, engagement, and retention. He is from Provo, Utah, and loves getting into the great outdoors. On this week’s episode of People Analytics, Dan and Sean discuss:

• What is continuous performance management?
• Why performance management should be prioritized
• 15Five’s work with Credit Karma
• How does the science behind continuous performance management work?
• 360 performance reviews, and why they should be incorporated

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Adrienne Barnard is the SVP of People Operations at AdmitHub - an AI powered Chatbot that through powerful nudges is on a mission to help learners take the next steps towards a more fulfilling life. Adrienne has been in HR/People Operations her entire career and has been able to build out People Operations and teams at her last two roles. She's passionate about the impact that a partnership approach to People Ops can have on the organization and its human resources.  Outside of work Adrienne lives in the 'burbs with her entrepreneurial husband (check out podknife.com) and her 9 and 5 year old kids who love basketball, disc golf, barbies and snacks. On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, Sean and Adrienne discuss:

• The HR trend of building the function out sooner
• The value generated for an organization that invests approximately in HR
• When to think about building our your HR function
• Building HR around the needs of your organization
• Hiring an HR professional with leadership qualities to adapt through change
• Making your next HR hire after implementing the function
• HR business partner vs HR generalist vs HR specialist
• Putting the right framework in place to avoid getting stuck and feeling overwhelmed
• How to build trust along the way of developing the HR function

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Sarah is the Talent Experience Partner at Pega, a publicly-traded software company where she is responsible for the company's recognition program.   She's convinced that everyone can be a culture champion within their organization, it just often takes someone to be that spark for positive change. On this episode of People Analytics, Sean and Sarah discuss 

• Creating a healthy and productive environment for your team 
• The importance of driving culture at every level, and what it means to be a banana instead of an orange 
• The value of recognition in cultivating a positive employee experience 
• How to get started with programs to improve the employee experience 
• Considering individual employee journeys

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Libby manages global HR & Talent at Digital Shadows, a company specializing in Digital Risk Protection. She joined Digital Shadows in 2015 as their first People/HR hire and has built out their talent functions across London, the US, Singapore & Germany.  Here are some of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of People Analytics:

• Remaining connect with your team and staying aligned
  
• Celebrating the wins together and encouraging friendly competition
  
• Celebrate that which makes each of your teams unique
  
• Gaining clarity around what you can control as an HR professional
  

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Netta is the founder of Holistic Inclusion Consulting that offers Global Diversity Consulting. Forbes listed her as one of the top 7 most impactful anti-racism educators in the world. She is also the co-founder of the Dipper tech platform; guiding professionals of color to a better workplace one review at a time. Her previous role was as the Vice President of Global Inclusion at IAC.  Here are only a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of the People Analytics podcast.

• Why power and impact are what really matters
  
• How to champion ‘bold allyship’
  
• Eradicating microaggressions from the workplace
  
• Giving your diverse workforce a voice in strategic decision making
  
• Identifying opportunities to include underrepresented groups
  

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Andii is Talent Acquisition leader.  She has been the Sr Director of TA for multiple tech companies and also been through a few acquisitions.  On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, we’ll talk to Andii about how the compensation equation is likely to change for companies and candidates due to the changes presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Here’s a list of some of the topics we’ll discuss with Andii in this episode.

• How companies need to rethink their cost of living adjustment policies
  
• Companies need to figure out their remote work model yesterday
  
• Why being transparent with candidates is beneficial now more than ever
  
• What to do if you had to hit the brakes on hiring because of the pandemic
  

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Jen Paxton is the VP of People and Talent at Privy.  She has become an expert in managing hyper growth as she has helped several companies more than double in size including her current role at Privy.  Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of People Analytics.

• Keeping your strategic vision in focus through a hyper growth phase
  
• Sticking to your process, keeping an eye on the funnel and how to divide and conquer
  
• Managing expectations and asking for help the right way
  
• The hidden power of the career ladder and how it can be your best friend
  

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Michael is the Founder and CEO of PAIRIN.  PAIRIN uses friendly science to personalize career exploration, professional development and hiring.  As the CEO of PAIRIN, Michael and his team have been voted one of the "50 Coolest New Businesses in America" by Business Insider and won the peer vote for the best investment in the Village Capital accelerator.  On this episode of the People Analytics podcast, here are some of the things that Michael and I will discuss.

• Understanding the type of culture you want to create at your organization
  
• What your employee’s families have to do with your company’s culture
  
• Why you need to ‘bottom up’ your company’s values
  
• Conducting a successful company values exercise for your organization
  

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Michelle is the Head of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition at DesignPoint Solutions.  In this episode, we will talk about how DesignPoint identified their core value and successfully applied them to their hiring practices.  Listen as Michelle describes for us how DesignPoint has built an effective process to hire for culture fit.  We’ll discuss everything from uncovering your company DNA, hiring for culture fit, fun Fridays, wellness Wednesdays and much more.

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The global pandemic has disrupted the workforce in countless ways.  Reggie joins us to share tips on how to effectively continue managing your workforce through a crisis.  In this episode, we’ll discuss what to do about staying true to your long-term goals as demand for your product or service changes dramatically, how to keep your team on track, blocking out the noise to stay focused and much more.

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Annissa is the Principal at loglab.  In this episode, we will look at the Covid-19 crisis from a different angle.  Listen as Annissa describes for us all of the various silver linings from this crisis.  We’ll discuss everything from increasing authenticity, the latest on balancing work and life, how the workforce and work environment will likely change for the better and much more.

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Erin Linkins is the Director of Human Resources at Kanopi Studios.  Erin is an expert in effective HR operations for remote teams.  Her current team at Kanopi is 100% virtual.  Listen to the insights she provides on what you can do today to ensure your HR operation is managed effectively for a fully remote team.  We’ll discuss topics from arming your team with the proper tools, managing expectations for those transitioning from the office to virtual, making sure you’re not focusing on just work, monitoring the mental health of your team and more.

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Lee Smiley is the Human Resources Director at QSR Automations.  In this episode of the People Analytics podcast, Lee shares how thinking like a business owner in an HR role is a great way to get buy-in for your HR projects at the executive level.  Learn more about tying people and business outcomes together, how the next phase of people operations will be largely data driven, what you can do to understand the initiatives behind your business from an executive’s perspective and more.

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The HR metrics world is growing fast.  Learn from Anthony Onesto who is the Chief People Officer at Suzy about how your HR team can become empowered to help the organization succeed by focusing on metrics that matter.  If you’re tracking lots of metrics that don’t directly impact your business and you want to fix it then this episode is for you.  Find out what you can start doing today to empower HR at your organization by learning from Anthony.

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John Baldino is the President of Humareso, has previously won HR person of the year and has recently been nominated for HR consultant of the year.  In this episode of the People Analytics podcast, John provides us with perspective on what to do as HR professionals to help our organizations and people amidst the Covid-19 outbreak.  We’ll discuss implementation of work from home policies, using tools to remain productive, making it easier for your team to gain access to necessary resources and much more.

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Adrian Russo is the Head of Talent Acquisition at T-Rex Solutions.  Learn from Adrian as he has led the charge in encouraging his team to invest in technology to advance Talent Acquisition at T-Rex.  Adrian talks about everything from the importance of being metrics driven and what you can do to improve your Talent Acquisition efforts to investing in technology to advance the progress of your team.  Learn more about what you can do to advance your recruiting efforts for your own team.

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Emily Meekins is the People Operations Lead at Seer Interactive.  On this episode of the People Analytics podcast Emily takes us through People Operations at Seer.  She’ll share with us details around the cool projects she’s working on at the intersection of people and data.  Emily shares with us details around how she leveraged data to measure the lift required for recruiting efforts across different roles so that they could scale their recruiting operation to meet demand and set the company up to achieve success.

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Beth Perkins is the Director of People and Culture at O3 World.  On this episode of the People Analytics podcast Beth shares with us all things hiring, data and HR at O3 World.  Learn about the valuable projects she’s working on to empower HR and O3 World.  Find out why the candidate experience is a critical factor in being a brand ambassador for your organization.  Listen as Beth shares valuable resources with us from the world of HR.

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