What if the star performers you celebrated yesterday are the very people holding your organisation back today?

That’s what Toby Hough, HR Director for Europe at HiBob, unpacks with host David Green in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast - a must-listen for anyone rethinking how to build performance cultures that last.

Join them, as they explore:

• Why definitions of high performance need to evolve as businesses grow

• Why traditional change management is no longer fit for purpose - and what should replace it

• How to build mental health and employee wellbeing into the foundation of performance

• What career paths and leadership may look like when people are managing both humans and AI systems

Whether you’re scaling a business, supporting leaders through change, or preparing for the impact of AI on performance and careers, this episode is worth a listen.

This episode is sponsored by HiBob.

HiBob is the all-in-one HCM platform built for HR leaders who need connected data, flexible workflows, and a user experience people actually want to use.

Learn more by visiting hibob.com/davidgreen2025.

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What defines leadership in a modern organisation? And how do you find and support the people driving culture, clarity, and change?

That’s what Olena Bondareva, Global HR Director at airSlate, unpacks in this episode of Digital HR Leaders – a must-listen for anyone rethinking how we define and measure leadership.

Host David Green speaks with Olena about how she built a people strategy from scratch during a time of extraordinary uncertainty - navigating the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and rapid global scale.

Olena shares how she prioritized the right systems, embedded people analytics into decision-making, and uncovered the hidden influencers shaping culture and performance.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to identify the informal influencers shaping culture and driving change

• What truly defines leadership effectiveness in a fast-scaling business

• Why data literacy and human fluency are the twin skills HR leaders must master

• How airSlate is using AI to enhance performance, hiring, and employee support

Whether you’re scaling a people function or rethinking leadership development, this episode will challenge assumptions – and leave you with actionable insights.

This episode is sponsored by HiBob.

HiBob is the all-in-one HCM platform built for HR leaders who need connected data, flexible workflows, and a user experience people actually want to use.

Learn more by visiting hibob.com/davidgreen2025.

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Last week, Microsoft announced an update to its flexible work guidelines. As Amy Coleman, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, explained: “We’ve looked at how our teams work best, and the data is clear: when people work together in person more often, they thrive – they are more energized, empowered, and they deliver stronger results.”

As such, I’m delighted that my guest on this week’s episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast is Dawn Klinghoffer, Global Head of People Analytics at Microsoft. As she explains in our conversation, Dawn and her team conducted the analysis that informed this decision - revealing a causal link between office presence and employee thriving.

In our conversation, Dawn and I discuss:

• What the data shows about the ideal balance between office presence and flexibility

• Why "moments that matter" are key to in-person collaboration and connection

• How Microsoft's people analytics team is evolving its composition and strategy in the age of AI

• The impact of deep vs. broad AI adoption on employee thriving

• How AI is transforming employee listening, from sentiment analysis to real-time feedback loops

• The creation of Microsoft’s new Analytics Innovation team—and what it signals about the future of HR

This episode is packed with data-backed insights, practical examples, and a forward-looking perspective on how HR can lead through complexity and change.

This episode is sponsored by HiBob.

HiBob is the all-in-one HCM platform built for HR leaders who need connected data, flexible workflows, and a user experience people actually want to use.

Learn more by visiting hibob.com/davidgreen2025.

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