Episode 161

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14th Dec 2023

Karan Rhodes: The Power Partnership: Reimagining the Executive-HR Dynamic

Tired of the same old HR-executive drama? As an executive, do you question whether you're getting enough value from your HR department? Do you feel HR isn't preparing your company for the future? CHROs are worried that your team is myriad in the past and not staying relevant or preparing for the future. Can your HR Business Partners convince managers to change and develop their leadership skills? Well, it's time to reinvent the relationship and unlock your team's true potential. In this episode, we dive into

  1. The common pitfalls of hiring and scaling,
  2. How to change mindsets and get others to embrace change.
  3. Results your HR function needs to achieve to demonstrate relevance to the business.

Karan is an organizational strategist who is obsessed with up-leveling leadership capability and optimizing workforces to do their best work. After 18+ years of witnessing the chaos and trauma caused by bad HR and leadership actions within organizations, she ditched her comfy job as a corporate HR exec at Microsoft to found Shockingly Different Leadership. This global human capital professional services firm helps corporations execute business-critical People, Learning, Culture, and Organizational Effectiveness initiatives. Karan and the team of over 250 SDL consultants have worked with executive teams at companies such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, British Petroleum, Major League Baseball, and the NFL. Listen in as Karan gives us an insider’s look into how the world's most progressive companies scale their talent capabilities, source the perfect external consultants, lead organizational change initiatives, flex their business functions on demand, reduce costs, and better manage their human capital project spend.

Connect with Karen Rhodes at https://www.shockinglydifferent.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shockinglydifferent/

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