Want to know how a regional bank is winning the talent war? Don't miss this conversation with Josh Varone, SVP of Centreville Bank, who's team is revolutionizing their employer brand through innovative people-first strategies.Key takeaways from our discussion:- Fostering a workplace culture that attracts top talent as an employer of choice- Develop…

On this episode of The Hennessy Report, Dave is joined by Erik Zotter, the VP of People, Organization, and Communications at Ellab. (Happy 75th anniversary to Ellab!)Erik shares their mission statement, "together we provide confidence in consumer safety" for the denmark-based organization that makes highly precise temperature sensing equipment for …

On this episode of The Hennessy Report podcast, Dave is joined by Amanda Bailey, the VP for HR at Boston University. With 140 HR liaisons supporting over 10,000 students and staff and programs across 20+ countries, Amanda has a lot to share! She describes how BU's employee engagement begins even before onboarding. It begins at an individual's first…

On this episode of The Hennessy Report, Dave is joined by Kim Hazen, CPO at Fulcrum Therapeutics. Kim speaks with Dave about her unique career path from financial services to life sciences, the way employees are treated on their way in and out of biotech, and how they are developed while there, and being a new mom while taking on the role of CHRO a…

Dave is joined by Nancy Folan, the CHRO at Amundi Asset Management US on this episode of The Hennessy Report by Keystone Partners. Nancy shares her journey as a first generation Italian working for a European owned organization, initially taking the opportunity to work as a liaison at the Italian parent company to aid in sourcing talent. Having hea…

Dave is joined by long-time friend, going all the way back to the start of the podcast, Ann Hargraves. Ann is the SVP at TScan Therapeutics and an amazingly eloquent speaker, passionate about the work and mission of TScan that she feels so connected to.As a cancer survivor herself, Ann speaks to the impact she feels working at a company whose missi…

Dave is joined by Jen Nash, strategist and author of "The Big Power of Tiny Connections: How Small Interactions Spark Awesome Outcomes." This episode of The Hennessy Report was recorded live at NEHRA's annual conference after Jen's appearance as the keynote speaker.Through her research for her book, she has found that "highly engaged workforces are…

On this holiday edition of The Hennessy Report, Dave is joined by Erin Lovering, the CHRO at Edelman Financial Engines. Erin discusses her start in clinical psychology, juggling strong legacy cultures after a merger, as well as their mission statement: everyone deserves to move their financial lives forward. She believes HR’s job is to get the best…

Dave is joined by Keystone colleague Shawna Simcik in this special edition of The Hennessy Report. Shawna and her team from ICC, the company Shawna co-founded with Susan Ruhl, recently joined the Keystone Partners community, bringing some amazing expertise and passion for leadership development. Together we will continue to support organizations an…

Dave is joined by Ajit Vakharia, President and CEO at Flare Education. Dave first met Ajit three years ago, at the start of Flare's creation, and has remained inspired by the mission ever since. Ajit shares that mission of providing high school students, often from generationally poor backgrounds, with work-based learning experiences. Flare is rede…

Dave is joined by Bob Selle, CPO at Ocean State Job Lot, in this episode of The Hennessy Report. From a memorable presentation at NEHRA, to sitting on NEHRA's board with Dave, to the podcast, we've been fans of Bob for years and are excited to share his unique expertise with our audience! Bob shares the origin story for Ocean State and how they've …

Dave is joined by colleague Kim Littlefield and guest Paul Francisco, the first Chief Diversity Officer for State Street. On that topic, Paul speaks about a mindset change he experienced, no longer believing the goal is to work himself out of a job. Paul shares what it was like growing up in Honduras and his unexpected move to the US, which prompte…

Dave interviews Josh Bersin, Founder and CEO of The Josh Bersin Company and author of "Irresistible." Josh describes his unique path to become an industry analyst, researcher, educator, and technology analyst covering all aspects of corporate HR, training, talent management, recruiting, leadership, and workplace technology. An innovative thinker, J…

Dave is reunited with Lisa Reilly, the CPO at PTC, having known each other for more than 20 years. Rob Byron, Dave's colleague from Keystone Partners, also joins this episode of The Hennessy Report. Lisa shares her journey from falling into HR and moving from a global HR business partner role to leading the function as a CPO. She even reminisces on…

Dave is joined by colleague Brenda Stanton and Paul McKinlay, VP of Communications & Remote Working at Cimpress & Vista. Paul discusses their revolutionary rise to remote work and how they encourage employees to "live their best possible experience while working and achieving their best possible work" and how they began this ongoing transition. He …

Dave is joined by Kelly Schick, the CPO at C4 Therapeutics, Inc. on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Kelly is an empathetic, business-minded speaker excited to share C4's mission as a clinical stage biotech creating a new generation of medicine they hope will transform patients' lives.There are so many innovative methods and programs Kelly and …

Dave and Mara Neufeld Rivera, CHRO, CPO, and Head of People & Culture at Chroma Technology Corp., recorded this episode of The Hennessy Report in front of a live audience at ADP's HR Conference in late 2022. There are few company structures as unique as Chroma, being 100% employee owned with even distributed profit sharing. Hear Mara describe the i…

Dave was joined by Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, Speaker, and Author of "Chief Joy Officer" and "Joy, Inc." at the NEHRA 2022 Conference in this live edition of The Hennessy Report. Rich describes the truly unique culture at Menlo, with leaders traveling from around the world to tour their workspace and hear the tea…

Dave is joined by Nakesha Lopez, CHRO and interim Chief Diversity Officer at Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not for profit healthcare provider in Texas. Nakesha speaks passionately about their investment into mental health, wellbeing, coaching, and leadership development programs and the part they have played in letting employees know the…

Dave is joined by Fred Skinner, the CHRO at EVERSANA, for this episode of The Hennessy Report. He is also joined by Chad Brantner, a Keystone colleague and childhood friend of Fred from the small town of Sycamore, Illinois. Fred describes the "ridiculously awesome" culture at EVERSANA and their mission to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry f…

Dave is joined by the Head of Research, People + Performance at the ADP Research Institute, NYT Best-Selling Author, and Founder of the Strengths Revolution, Marcus Buckingham. Marcus shares his unique perspective on what's right and what's wrong with HR based on positive psychology — studying what's right with people.Listen to see if your percepti…

Dave is joined by Darren Murph, Head of Remote at GitLab, a DevOps company and first all-remote organization to go public. Darren explains that his role sits at the nexus of people operations and strategic communications, but that it's such a new concept, it actually exists in different departments from company to company. CNBC has called Darren “t…

In this special edition of The Hennessy Report, Dave is joined by Dr. Shanita Williams, SNHU, in front of a live audience at Strategic HR. Shanita's energy and passion draw you in as she shares personal and professional experiences that HR professionals will undoubtedly relate to, and draw inspiration from.She explains SNHU's mission to create acce…

Dave was joined by Carlos Echalar at NEHRA's first live conference in two years. Carlos is the CHRO at CDM Smith and the most recent president of the board of NEHRA. (Fun fact: Carlos is the 4th president of NEHRA's board to appear on the podcast!)Carlos discusses NEHRA's executive women's program, of which he was a mentor, CDM Smith's commitment n…

Dave is joined by the Chief People Officer at AEW, Piper Sheer, in this episode of The Hennessy Report.Piper begins by sharing how her father's love for his work influenced why and what she does today. She joined AEW to be a part of shaping the next generation of leaders, and with employees all around the globe, Piper is focused on building and mai…

Dave is joined by his long-time friend, Amy Knapp, now SVP of People at Catalant after spending the last 13 years in the silicon valley area.Amy takes us through her "whirlwind," "wild" career journey, learning to take risks and building out a blend of HR, talent, and operational roles. She talks about being energized from meeting people and optimi…

Dave was joined by Genein Letford, CEO of CAFFE Strategies and recent Keynote speaker at NEHRA's 2021 Annual Conference.Genein explains the pivotal realization that dealing with a stutter has had, and continues to have, a positive impact on her sense of self and understanding of resilience. In describing the work her company does around 'intercultu…

Tune in to a special 2-part edition of The Hennessy Report, recorded live from the 2021 Maine HR Convention. Thanks to Bud Bernstein, President and CEO, for bringing everyone together.In part 2, Dave is joined by Gio Twigge, SVP & CHRO at IDEXX where their mission is to enhance the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock.Gio begins wit…

Tune in to a special 2-part edition of The Hennessy Report, recorded live from the 2021 Maine HR Convention. Thanks to Bud Bernstein, President and CEO, for bringing everyone together. In part 1, Dave is joined by Barry Gale, SVP/CHRO at Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and on the Board of Directors at NEHRA alongside Dave. Barry discusses their wo…

The Dream Team: Lifespan and The Hennessy Report!Dave is joined by Lisa Abbott, renown for building great HR teams and Lifespan's SVP of HR and Community Affairs, where they believe in treating health care like a team sport. Lifespan is Rhode Islands' largest employer, and wishes to be the "jewel of the community" of which it serves. Lisa heralds t…

Dave and Omar were joined by Tracey Franklin, CHRO at Moderna, the Cambridge, MA based biotech to thank for one of the leading, FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines. As recipients and family of recipients, we want to thank the heroic employees of not only Moderna, but every organization that has strived to save so many lives and make such a huge differen…

Attention: Podcast coming in for landing!David Hennessy is joined by the CPO of Southwest Airlines, Julie Weber, and colleague Debbie Noschese on this week's episode of The Hennessy Report.As an industry hit particularly hard by COVID-19, Julie describes how the airline's people first philosophy and dedicated employees got them through the pandemic…

Dave is joined by Alyssa Lahar, CHRO at ZoomInfo, on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Alyssa highlights some of her favorite client examples - Tent Craft, Arnold's Office Furniture, and Silk Home. ZoomInfo was able to help each pivot their business', targeting new contacts and setting Tent Craft up for their highest revenue month of all time.Al…

From grocery store manager to SVP of HR at Iron Mountain, Jennifer Kartono joins Dave on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Iron Mountain is a global storage and information management company with over 20,000 employees, or "mountaineers," and 230,000 customers. Jennifer describes one of their core values as owning safety and security, two early …

Dave Hennessy and Traci Delgado share a moment with Yolanda Butler Stephens, Chief of People and Culture of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. Yolanda describes the museum's mission of inspiring the inventive genius in everyone in math, science and technology and connecting people who may have been on the outside of traditiona…

On this episode of The Hennessy Report podcast, Dave speaks with Robin DiAngelo, author of "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism."Michael Eric Dyson wrote the forward to Robin's latest book, stating it was a "vital, necessary, and beautiful book."Robin has been a tenured professor at Westfield State University, re…

Dave is joined by Denise Vargas, Executive Director of El Hogar Projects – Honduras. After a long corporate career, starting in HR, Denise returned to her roots in Honduras to pursue a sense of true purpose through impactful work. Founded 41 years ago, El Hogar Projects provides education and boarding for children in the most vulnerable conditions …

Rosemary Sheehan has been with Mass General Brigham, formerly Partners Healthcare, for 21 years. In this episode, she talks with Dave about the overwhelming onset of the COVID-19 pandemic for essential employees at each of their hospitals, and their resolution to work as one by sharing resources and communicating safety protocols. Rosemary shares H…

Dave was joined by the CPO of Toast, Annie Drapeau, in this episode of The Hennessy Report. Annie describes her unique career path to HR as a gravitational pull and how her very first management experience changed her understanding of the function. She describes the pivot Toast took at the onset of the pandemic and the dire predictions they had for…

In the second podcast recorded live from the 2020 virtual NEHRA Annual Conference, Dave was joined by Jason O. Harris. Jason spent over 7 years in the US Air Force Reserve. In his civilian life, he transferred those skills to American Airlines as a commercial pilot and to public speaking as an inspirational speaker and consultant on the concept of …

Dave was joined live by Kelly Primus at the recently remote NEHRA Annual Conference. Kelly is the CEO & President for Leading Women, an organization focused on closing the leadership gender gap. Kelly discusses the 10 gender dynamics they have identified that create barriers for women, the impact of COVID on women in the workplace (865,000 having l…

Dave recently spoke with Anthony Williams, the CHRO at Akamai Technologies, leading global HR strategy across 40+ offices. Anthony had previously worked at Akamai as the VP of Global Talent Acquisition and Diversity. Anthony approaches everything from a global, cultural perspective, something he shares he developed through years living and working …

Dave is joined by Lorraine Vargas Townsend, CPO at Mendix and self-proclaimed advocate for the underdog on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Lorraine is such an honest, educated, passionate powerhouse of a speaker. She focuses on how we can better HR, moving it away from policing people, support greater inclusion, finding allies to fight the sys…

Dave is joined by Toni Canada, CHRO of the AMA, to discuss their response to COVID-19 as they pursue their goal to improve the health of the nation. Toni discusses the implementation of "pulse surveys" to determine employee morale and makes predictions for the future of work and the new normal for the medical industry.…

Dave was joined on Danielle Stanton's turf for this episode as CHRO at SNHU, where their bread and butter is in virtual connection. Danielle brings SNHU's expertise in remote work and learning as she shares their response to COVID-19, predictions for the future of work and workspace, and the university's goal to make education accessible and afford…

CHRO, past Senate candidate, and autobiographical author of "A Chance in the World," Steve Pemberton has led an inspiring life of extremes. He shares deeply personal memories and mindsets, from mentors to the future strategies of D&I. Workhuman's mission fits Steve's personal view of "HR as the people who take care of people" as the company provide…

As so many are disproportionately effected by the global pandemic, employees and workplaces are being forced to adopt and adapt to a new normal. Dawn's mantra - diversity is about all of us - reminds us that the actions we take influence those around us in ways we may overlook. Dawn discusses defining diversity and laying out a holistic framework f…

Dave and Graham Walters, CPO at DraftKings, hit this episode out of the park! Graham talks about his wild ride to HR, from working in compensation to brewing up a craft beer company with his friends called Castle Island from his garage to the roller-coaster of ups and downs since he started at DraftKings. We've probably all heard about DraftKings a…

Tracie may be a heavy HR hitter these days — 2019 HR Hero Award winner, co-founder of DisruptHR - Manchester, NH, and generally revered speaker — but it wasn’t always this way. Her origin story is a relatable one, working behind the scenes with no interest in rocking the boat until she had to choose to overcome a fear of public speaking in order to…

Dave joined Dena Upton at Drift HQ in "the most beautiful room to record the podcast yet!" The two connected at a Build event, where Boston teens participate in a Shark Tank mock-up and of which Drift is a sponsor, taking a stance to support STEM. Dena's energy matches Drift's hyper-growth mentality. She is focused on building a living culture and …