Welcome to the People-First Community podcast, where I talk with business leaders, authors and HR disruptors on how to build amazing company cultures centered around purpose, people-first mindset, and love for one another.
The podcast is part of the People-First Community platform, a grass-root community of conscious leaders and HR rebels who want to build a better workplace together. To learn more, visit www.people-first.community.

This month, our guests are Jackie Mohr, Assistant General Counsel at Zillow, and Miranda Nicholson, Sr. Vice President of Human Resources at Formstack. In this episode, we explore the flex workplace post pandemic with Formstack, a company that embraced this model several years ago, and Zillow, which drastically changed its perception of flex work through the pandemic.

Welcome to the People-First Community podcast, where I talk with business leaders, authors and HR disruptors on how to build amazing company cultures centered around purpose, people-first mindset, and love for one another.
The podcast is part of the People-First Community platform, a grass-root community of conscious leaders and HR rebels who want to build a better workplace together. To learn more, visit www.people-first.community.

This month, our guests are Robyn Jordan, Sr Managing Director of Employee Experience at DriveTime, Stacie Mallen, Vice President, Human Resources Centers of Excellence at Universal Technical Institute, and Tiffany Sauder, President and CEO at Element Three. Our topic is “Momming in 2021 and beyond: epic lessons learned from the trenches of moms who are leading culture change.”

Key takeaways:
- If you want to successfully take care of your people as an HR leader, you first have to take care of yourself and your team (Robyn).
- Confidence doesn’t come with knowing all the answers, it comes with making the best decisions possible with the information available at that time (Tiffany).
- You can create your own foundation in times of uncertainty (Stacie).
- You’ve got to notice and recognize the signs that someone is not acting their normal self if you want to be there for them (Stacie).
- It’s OK to struggle as a mon and a leader. You don’t have to be the super hero (Robyn).
- I find myself being more explicit about my choices and why they’re part of who I am. I’m not going to apologize (Tiffany).

Welcome to the People-First Community podcast, where I talk with business leaders, authors and HR disruptors on how to build amazing company cultures centered around purpose, people-first mindset, and love for one another.
The podcast is part of the People-First Community platform, a grass-root community of conscious leaders and HR rebels who want to build a better workplace together. To learn more, visit www.people-first.community.

This month, our guests are Rocki Howard, Chief Diversity Officer at SmartRecruiters, and George Randle, Managing Partner at Talent War Group and Best-Selling Author of “The Talent War” book. Our topic is “bringing a human & empathetic touch in an automated & impersonal hiring process.”

Key takeaways:
- HR is the table. Not at the table (George).
- You can’t see talent, you have to discover it (George).
- Companies with diverse groups of people outperform those that don’t embrace diversity (Rocki).
- Humility is the trait of great leaders (Rocki).
- A subset of leadership is to find the right people to build the right team (George).
- The applicant screening should be outcome based (Rocki).
- AI should be used in support of diversity efforts (Rocki).
- ‘A’ leaders select ‘A’ players. They put their ego aside to hire smarter people than they are (George).
- Diverse teams hire diverse people (Rocki).
- Great interviews are great conversations (George).
- Diversity starts with getting to know people (Rocki).