Podcast · Business
by Chris Rainey · English · Business
Join host Chris Rainey on the HR Leaders Podcast, where he sits down with top Chief People Officers, CHROs, and leading HR experts to uncover the strategies, trends, and insights shaping the future of human resources. Each episode dives into best practices in people management, leadership challenges
5 Oct 2026 · 37 minNew
Bruno Da Sola, Group Chief People Officer at Inetum, shares why isolated AI use cases struggled to create meaningful impact and how redesigning entire workflows helped the company dramatically accelerate workforce management.
E881 · 28 Sep 2026 · 39 min
Dianna Sparacino, Chief People Officer at Endeavor Health, shares how the organisation is bringing four healthcare institutions together around a shared culture while strengthening frontline leadership, connecting employee and patient experience, and exploring new approaches to technology and development.
E880 · 23 Sep 2026 · 32 min
Employee listening only matters if people can see what changed because they spoke up.In this episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, I sit down with Amy Schultz of DTE Energy to explore how employee listening can become a real operating system for culture and business performance.For HR leaders, the bigger challenge is not collecting more employee data. It is building the leadership accountability, feedback loops and operating rhythms that turn sentiment into visible change. As organisations navigate AI, transformation and increasing uncertainty, Amy shares why culture has to become part of how…
E879 · 21 Sep 2026 · 40 min
Nabeela Elsayed, author of Breaking Burnout, explores why high achievers can struggle with exhaustion even in positive workplaces, and how beliefs about success, identity, purpose and effort can shape our relationship with work.
E878 · 16 Sep 2026 · 32 min
Simon Brown, Global Learning & Development Leader, Partner, Talent at EY, explains how EY is building AI capability at scale through hands-on agent learning, responsible AI, continuous experimentation and a learning strategy designed around rapidly changing skills.
E877 · 14 Sep 2026 · 36 min
Joshua Horenstein, Senior Vice President, Administrative Office & Corporate Secretary at Innophos, explores why cross-functional leadership, executive range and the ability to combine human judgement with AI could become increasingly important as traditional C-suite silos begin to change.
E876 · 9 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Lewis Brown and Josh Klein of From Here Collective join Rich Jennings, Executive Advisor to Comcast, to explore how CHROs can become trusted strategic advisers by building business fluency, organisational intelligence, fearlessness and influence at the highest level.
E875 · 7 Sep 2026 · 43 min
Paul Brubaker, Vice President Human Resources, North America at KARL STORZ, explains how leaders can build high-performing teams through trust, clear standards, better coaching and continuous learning while preparing HR roles for the impact of AI.
E874 · 2 Sep 2026 · 41 min
Judith Wiese, Chief People and Sustainability Officer of Siemens AG, explains how Siemens is redesigning its operating model, skills infrastructure and learning strategy so people and the business can keep adapting as AI accelerates the pace of change.
E873 · 26 Aug 2026 · 33 min
What if AI isn't replacing jobs, but quietly redesigning the tasks inside them?In the most recent HR Leaders Podcast episode, I had an important conversation with Sultan Murad Saidov, Former CEO / Founder and Investor at Beamery. He explains why task intelligence could become critical to workforce planning, how AI is changing the work inside existing roles, and why deciding what gets automated should become an HR question, not just a technology question.Drawing on more than a decade of building Beamery and working at the intersection of AI, skills and workforce data, Sultan explains why…
E872 · 25 Aug 2026 · 49 min
Laura Maffucci, Head of HR at Globalization Partners, outlines how organizations can combat employee exhaustion, preserve critical thinking, and build psychological safety by focusing on authentic communication, practical AI enablement, and rewarding smart failure.
E871 · 19 Aug 2026 · 33 min
Mahrukh Dalal, Founder and Leadership Coach at Mahrukh Dalal Executive Coaching, unpacks how senior leaders can overcome imposter syndrome by closing the internal identity gap, reframing self-doubt into a signal of growth, and shifting self-perception to drive executive execution.
E870 · 17 Aug 2026 · 46 min
David Lloyd, SVP Platform Engineering & Chief AI Officer at Dayforce, explains how HR leaders can combine trusted data, fast governance and safe experimentation to turn isolated AI pilots into measurable capabilities that scale across the enterprise.
E869 · 12 Aug 2026 · 57 min
Josh Newman, VP of Skills and Talent Readiness at ServiceNow, breaks down why traditional skills-based models fail and explains how ambient data signals, real-time AI simulations, and psychological safety build measurable workforce readiness without getting trapped in static data taxonomies.
E868 · 10 Aug 2026 · 54 min
Bijal Shah, CEO & Board Director at Guild, explains how leaders can transform legacy businesses into AI-native organisations, build future skills through collective action, and use AI to strengthen human judgement without widening the workforce divide.
E867 · 5 Aug 2026 · 45 min
Jeff Schmitz, Chief People Officer at Zebra Technologies, details how separating tactical HR tasks from strategic talent initiatives creates an agile, tech-enabled people function that scales self-service, improves manager experience, and stewards company culture.
E866 · 29 Jul 2026 · 38 min
Barbara, Chief People Officer at Remote, explains how fully distributed organizations can build high-performing cultures by embedding AI into performance cycles, establishing clear leadership pillars, and using predictive HR data to drive operational efficiency.
E865 · 27 Jul 2026 · 40 min
Ty Beasley, Chief Talent Officer at RSM US LLP, shares how transforming HR professionals from transactional order-takers into commercial strategic advisors drives peak performance, strengthens internal talent benches, and directly aligns workforce strategy with long-term business growth.
E864 · 22 Jul 2026 · 39 min
Chris Bruce, CEO and Co-Founder at Origin, explains how AI can turn fragmented global benefits data into a trusted source of truth, helping HR reduce waste, answer employee questions faster, and use one of its biggest costs as a strategic workforce lever.
E863 · 20 Jul 2026 · 48 min
Jacob Morgan, Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Founder of Future of Work Leaders, explains how leaders can rethink employee experience, prepare their workforce for AI, and help employees take greater ownership of their careers in a rapidly changing world.
E861 · 15 Jul 2026 · 34 min
Mechelle Monroe, former Global Chief People Officer for WPP Open X, Team Coca-Cola at WPP, shares practical ways to build emotional resilience, manage self-talk, protect empathetic boundaries, and recover from the pressure of being the person everyone turns to.
E860 · 13 Jul 2026 · 44 min
Jennifer M. Bales, Chief Human Resources Officer at Shearwater Health, shares how Shearwater Health is building a values-led, people-first culture across a global healthcare workforce while using AI, leadership development, and data to improve the employee experience.
E859 · 8 Jul 2026 · 29 min
Lisa Yankie, CHRO at Odyssey Logistics, shares why HR must become more business-led, human-forward, and problem-first as AI reshapes work, skills, leadership, and organizational decision-making.
E858 · 6 Jul 2026 · 49 min
Ciara Harrington, Chief People Officer at Skillsoft, shares how HR leaders can move from jobs to skills, redesign work for humans and AI, and build leadership capability through practical skills-based talent decisions.
E857 · 24 Jun 2026 · 26 min
Björn Axelsson, EVP and CHRO at Sandvik, shares how Sandvik is reshaping the perception of mining and industrial technology by connecting talent strategy, sustainability, AI, electrification, autonomy, early careers, and purpose-driven work.
E856 · 22 Jun 2026 · 38 min
Arun Serikar, VP, HR Technology, Digital Platforms & AI Innovation, Corp Functions at Schneider Electric, shares how Schneider Electric is simplifying HR technology, reducing application sprawl, scaling AI, and building a more seamless employee experience through governance, integration, and agentic automation.
E855 · 19 Jun 2026 · 45 min
Dr. Marcus Collins, Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and Professor at University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, explains why culture is the operating system of human behavior, why purpose without conviction is weak, and why the future of work will be cultural, not just technological.
E854 · 16 Jun 2026 · 10 min
Welcome to Work in Progress with Chris and Keyanna, your weekly workplace news hit, but with less corporate waffle, more real talk, and the occasional “wait… are we allowed to say that?” moment.All in under 10 minutes.No jargon. No doom-mongering. No pretending everything is fine when clearly… it is not.🧪 Episode 1: The AI Pressure TestThis week's big theme?AI is testing every leader right now.Not just your tech strategy.Not just your HR roadmap.Not just your shiny new tools.It is testing whether your people actually know what to do with AI, whether HR is in the room where decisions are…
E853 · 15 Jun 2026 · 31 min
Kelly Costanza, Chief People Officer at CAVA, shares how CAVA operationalizes culture by connecting values, frontline experience, career growth, recognition, and leadership behaviors into everyday work, helping team members grow from hourly roles into long-term careers.
E852 · 10 Jun 2026 · 31 min
Anju Choudhary, Chief People Officer at Xoxoday, shares why burnout is mostly a design issue, not just a wellbeing issue, and explains how HR leaders can build healthier cultures through clearer expectations, better change management, recognition, manager support, and practical team rituals.
Join host Chris Rainey on the HR Leaders Podcast, where he sits down with top Chief People Officers, CHROs, and leading HR experts to uncover the strategies, trends, and insights shaping the future of human resources. Each episode dives into best practices in people management, leadership challenges, and transformative HR innovations that impact both business success and society at large. Whether you're an HR professional or simply passionate about modern workplace strategies, this podcast delivers expert advice, real-world experiences, and the latest trends in HR, making it your go-to resource for all things human resources.
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