Sergej Zimpel is a seasoned HR leader with over a decade of experience spanning startups to large corporations. As co-founder of the Purple Squirrel Society and TA Crunch Berlin, he fosters vibrant HR communities. Sergej is also the host of the podcast "HR Messed You Up, Kid" and a speaker and panelist. Currently, he leads talent acquisition at "Die Autobahn," driving innovation through strategic recruitment efforts.

Shownotes

00:00 - Intro & Context
05:45 - Fucking up things with data
08:35 - Data quality
11:00 - Why data-driven work is not micro managing
16:45 - Difficult hiring managers

Sergej Zimpel Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergej-zimpel-a3a19a66/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#70 - Sergej Zimpel | Teamleiter Recruiting at Autobahn GmbH, Host@ »HR Messed You Up, Kids

Maria is VP People & Culture at Lingoda, the leading online language learning company in Europe. She did an MBA in Leadership People & Organization and is an HR strategist and expert with more than ten years of experience in strategic HR roles in companies of various industries and sizes.

Shownotes

00:00 - intro & context
08:17 How to get approval from the c-level
16:57 Benefits that worked and did not
18:07 Psychological safety
24:27 Mental health challenges
28:57 Mental health challenges
29:27 - Comparing and rating results of assessments

Maria - https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-matalon-tepekoylu-667233/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-kamischke-514112ab/

Book recommendation: Surrounded by idiots https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Thomas-Erikson/dp/1250179947

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#69 - Maria Kamischke | VP People & Culture ® Lingoda GmbH, HRC Ambassador

Sabrina has swiftly advanced her career since September 2023, when she became the Chief People & Organization Officer at Bridgemaker, previously serving as Vice President. Her journey includes a significant tenure at heycar holding, where she rose from Senior to Chief People & Culture Officer over four years, showcasing her leadership and strategic thinking in organizational culture. Before her accomplishments at heycar and Bridgemaker, Sabrina honed her expertise in HR and legal matters at Mister Spex, progressing from a Mid-level position to Lead and then to Expert HR Legal over 7.5 years, and initially started her career with two years as a Consultant at Randstad, laying a solid foundation for her remarkable career trajectory.

Shownotes

00:00 - Intro & Context
07:05 - C-Level seat with the people function
10:05 - Use case of AI in HR
20:05 - Change management & executives

Sabrina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-kosse-b99954187/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#68 - Sabrina Kosse | Chief People & Organization Office @Bridgemaker

Marta Bisisi is VP of People at Superside, a fully remote company that provides creative services for the marketing and advertising world.

Starting her career at Bain & Company as a management consultant, Marta eventually shifted gears towards what she loves most: working with people. At Superside, she works to make people strategy a factor of long-term competitive advantage and prove how the fully remote model is the way to go for the future of work.

Shownotes

00:00 - Intro & Context
07:49 - Radical prioritization
10:49 - Fully remote talent pool clusters
18:23 - Compensation Framework in a fully remote company
24:01 - Compensation Framework maintenance

Marta Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martabisisi/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#67 - Marta Bisisi - VP, People @Superside

Elliot is leading the EMEA TAlent Acquisition team at Uber Eats, Uber Direct, Grocery and Ads delivering 350+ hires per year. Previously he lead Executive Recruiting at Uber EMEA and did Executive Search at Egon Zehnder. Elliot has a passion for suits and technology, especially AI.

Shownotes

00:00 - intro & context
08:47 - AI in talent acquisition
19:00 - Predictive Analysis

Links

Elliot - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotsuiter/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#66 - Elliot Suiter | Head of Talent Acquisition, Delivery - EMEA @ Uber

Experienced entrepreneur with a successful track-record in building global businesses in the HR SaaS industry. Skilled in business strategy, digitization, start-ups, marketing, and market entry. Business professional with a consulting background and Master’s Degree in business administration, marketing and operations from WHU and HEC Montreal.

Shownotes

00:00 - Intro, M&A Deal Review
11:53 - Valuations & markets
23:16 - Start-up Investments
28:21 - 29:25 - 2024 Outlook & Personio IPO?

Links

Jens Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-bender/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#65 Jens Bender | Founder & MD at WorkTech Advisory, Co-Founder PeoplePath, Initiator @ HR Angel Club

Natalie Matalon joined The Stepstone Group in May 2023 as Chief People Officer, drawing on 27 years of business and people transformation experience. Natalie began her career in banking, before switching to human resources over 12 years ago. Since then, she has held a variety of leadership positions in People Strategy, Analytics and Operations for Capital One, Google and Farfetch. Born in Israel, Natalie studied at Cornell University and holds an MBA from London Business School.

Shownotes

00:00 - Intro and context
08:54 - Labour market trends
17:54 - Talent Intelligence
26:54 -  Leadership attributes for the future

Links

Natalie -https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-matalon-tepekoylu-667233/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#64 - Natalie Matalon | Chief People Officer at Stepstone Group

Andreas is a dedicated family man, experienced senior leader, and passionate advocate of human-centric leadership. With a background in basketball, he brings a unique perspective to his leadership approach. Andreas and I talked about how to onboard as a CHRO in the first 100 days.

Shownotes

00:00 - Equal pay
03:35 - First 100 days in a role
08:35 - Setting expectations
13:05 - Strategic planning
19:05 - Relationships & Stakeholder relations

Links

Andreas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-schmitz-withpeople-forpeople/
Andreas Podcast: https://www.withpeople-forpeople.com/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#63 - Andreas Schmitz | Founder of Prisma Insights and Host of ‘With People. For People.’

Dr. Alexander Insam is a seasoned expert in remuneration and labor law and sustainable decision-making, with over 12 years of experience advising banks on compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines for compensation systems. Today we talk about equal pay and the gender pay gap.

Shownotes

00:00 - Equal pay
14:47 - Remuneration systems & legal implications
18:35 - Equal career issue
25:47 - Negotiations & bonus systems

Links

Alexander Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderinsam/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#62 - Dr. Alexander Insam | Director, Product Management, Retail at Western Union

Leslie is the founder of ThePeopleLab, where he helps start-ups in emerging tech such as AI, Blockchain and SaaS build out their People & Culture teams from scratch or improve what they already have. Over the past 15 years, he held HR leadership roles with Xapo Bank, sennder, Meta, Booking.com and Rocket Internet.

Shownotes

00:00 - Fraudulent social engineering in recruiting
09:48 - Social engineering for recruiting, sourcing and evaluating

Links

Leslie Kivit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-matalon-tepekoylu-667233/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslielapwingkivit/

Thomas Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kohler-pplwise/
Thomas e-mail: thomas@pplwise.com
pplwise: https://pplwise.com/

#61 - Leslie Kivit | Chief People Officer at Харо Bank, Founder of ThePeopleLab & Workblocks

Welcome to "The People Factor," where we explore the role of the people function in driving business success. We dive into the strategies, tactics, learnings & failures from top organizations to drive strategic objectives impacted by the people function. Weekly, Thomas chats with industry experts and thought leaders about news, the latest trends and best practices related to develop an organization. Tune in to "The People Factor" to learn how to unlock the full potential of your team and organization.