HR Interview Series

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Penelope Trunk

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May 11th, 2012 by in HR Interview Series

Is HR really the dumping ground for scared people who will never be a winner? The always intriguing and controversial Penelope Trunk is the latest Chequed.com HR Thought Leader. Penelope is a best selling Author, mega popular blogger and columnist whose career advice runs in 200 publications. In the interview, Trunk shares insights about the [...]


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Brad Smart, Author of Topgrading

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May 16th, 2011 by in HR Interview Series

What percentage of your team are A players? If it’s not 60% or better, you’re in a position to make big improvements in your team’s performance. Brad Smart, who worked with Jack Welch at GE to develop their talent selection tools, shares details about his approach to hiring in this latest installment in the Chequed.com [...]


Christa Foley

Christa Foley, Recruiting Manager, Zappos.com

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April 7th, 2011 by in HR Interview Series

How does Zappos maintain its storied corporate culture? In the year and a half since Amazon’s acquisition of the online shoe retailer, its culture and customer loyalty are as strong as ever. Click the player below to listen to an interview with Christa Foley, Recruiting Manager at Zappos, to get the inside view of recruiting [...]


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Marshall Goldsmith

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January 5th, 2011 by in HR Interview Series

How do successful leaders find time and new ideas for getting even better? Dr. Marshall Goldsmith joins Greg Moran in this Chequed HR Thought Leader interview to discuss new perspectives on how leaders develop themselves and their teams. Goldsmith, a widely and internationally recognized authority in achieving positive, lasting change in behavior, points out the [...]


Aubrey Daniels

Aubrey Daniels

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November 29th, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

Are your company’s management systems killing performance? Many organizations institutionalize management practices that conflict with the basic laws of human behavior, according to Dr. Aubrey Daniels, author of OOPs! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time & Money (and what to do instead).  On the other hand, companies that establish management practices that support our basic [...]


Ed Schein

Ed Schein

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November 4th, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

How well do you give and receive help? MIT Professor of Management Emeritus Ed Schein says how you answer that question could make or break your leadership career. In Chequed’s latest HR Thought Leader interview, Dr. Schein explains why he believes that a leader’s ability to foster the right environment for offering and taking help—from [...]


Anna Bernasek

Anna Bernasek

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October 21st, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

Integrity represents one of the great opportunities for HR in the coming decade. That’s  according to Anna Bernasek, author of the Economics of Integrity. Since the essence of HR management is relationships between people, you begin to see how HR has a huge opportunity to cultivate trust and increase the company’s stock of integrity. Hear [...]


Paul Kearns

Paul Kearns

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August 15th, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

Paul Kearns thinks HR needs to quit thinking so much about process. Instead, HR execs need to re-focus on being strategic and considering the impact of HR processes. For 20 years, Paul’s company, PWL, has been consulting with HR leaders on how to be more effective and strategic in managing their company’s greatest assets. Listen [...]


Jeffrey Pfeffer

Jeffrey Pfeffer

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August 15th, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

Hear renowned management guru and Stanford Professor Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer discuss the challenges faced by senior human resources executives today and how to solve them. Why only you are responsible for gaining power in the organization How HR organizations can take a new leadership role How politics may not be such a bad thing for [...]


Jack Phillips

Jack Phillips

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August 15th, 2010 by in HR Interview Series

Don’t miss Dr. Jack Phillips, Founder of The ROI Institute, discuss… Forecasting the ROI of HR practices Connecting the HR organization to corporate goals (below the HR executive level) The highest ROI HR practice How HR can drive the “green” movement and deliver large business (and environmental) impact Click the player below to listen Related [...]