Unusual Attitudes
Cliff Jurkiewicz
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S1E24 S1E24 - A Sales Executive Who is Never Satisfied with the Status Quo
Episode Notes ** Jeremy Bono leads Phenom’s North American account management team, a sizable business that represents most of the company’s revenue. His team partners with nearly 500 employers to…
S1E23 S1E23 - Embracing Setbacks in Innovation as a Leadership Opportunity
Episode Notes A simple fact of innovation, and all of the speed, efficiency, and automation that comes with it, is that technology will break down from time to time. Engineering is inherently human…
S1E22 S1E22 - Focus on What You’re Not Good At, Says This CHRO
Episode Notes Great leaders at any level of an organization are notable for two traits: they admit their weaknesses and hire to compensate for them. That explains why Panasonic Automotive’s CHRO,…
S1E21 S1E21 - He Was Going to be Mayor of Philadelphia Before Life Intervened
Episode Notes ** As the scion of elected officials, Kellan White grew up in Philadelphia around the politically powerful. He would dream of the day he entered City Hall, where people would address…
S1E20 S1E20 - A Tech Strategist Helps Others Find Themselves
Episode Notes Bringing one’s whole self to work means personal and professional lives mesh in a way that can sometimes get messy. Lindsay Mareau knows that all too well. She is a former senior tech…
S1E19 S1E19 - Electrolux Predicts AI Will Gain Even More Speed
Episode Notes Innovation runs through Electrolux’s line of home appliances. Artificial intelligence embedded in washing machines, for example, determines the right spin cycle and water consumption…
S1E18 S1E18 - Long On Tech Experience, He’s Still a ‘Voracious Learner’
Episode Notes Ray Tavares’ career has largely been spent in one industry — financial services — not all that uncommon for Gen Xers. About 20 years ago, he pivoted into the HR tech domain, and has…
S1E17 S1E17 - An Astrophysicist Reaches for the Stars in Talent Acquisition
Episode Notes Growing up a “Star Trek” fan, Ajay Patel marveled at boldly going where no one had gone before. It was only natural he would study astrophysics at university, but instead of building…
S1E16 S1E16 - Continuous Learning is Key to this Tech Sales Executive’s Success
Episode Notes When Ed LaPerche first entered tech sales in the 1990s he witnessed the industry gradually evolve from old school mainframe computing to the client-server network model all the way…
S1E15 S1E15 - He Wants His Team to Think Two Roles Ahead in Their Careers
Episode Notes Greg Muccio naturally followed in the career footsteps of his dad and brothers as a sales rep before realizing it wasn’t for him. He didn’t enjoy the role and admittedly wasn’t good at…
S1E14 S1E14 - Being Intentionally Unintentional Meant Avoiding an Office Job
Episode Notes Most talent professionals will say they didn’t grow up actively wanting to be a recruiter. Not Hung Lee. He was fascinated by the qualities that make one candidate stand out from others…
S1E13 S1E13 - Traveling Made This Executive Recruiter See the Globe in a New Light
Episode Notes There are few continents Neil Crumpton either hasn’t visited or recruited from. He even once did a search in Burkina Faso! Crumpton is a natural at navigating cultural boundaries. His…
S1E12 S1E12 - She’s a Mom, Mentor & Advocate for Equality in the Workplace
Episode Notes The first title on Stephanie Worley’s LinkedIn is “Mom.” The second title is “Vice President Talent Acquisition at Bright Horizons.” The mother of three doesn’t want her children to be…
S1E11 S1E11 - Working Hard Is Not a Strategy for This Recruiting Executive
Episode Notes Tim Sackett thought he was destined to go the corporate HR route. He was running talent acquisition for a large health system when he received a call one day that would upend his career…
S1E10 S1E10 - Improving People Management Through Data
Episode Notes Dr. Ben Waber is the author of a New York Times bestseller on using analytics to gauge how effectively (or not) people work and collaborate. The data offers insights into building a…
S1E9 S1E9 - Motivated to Keep Persevering, Failure Was Never an Option
Episode Notes Lavonne Monroe of Hewlett Packard Enterprise doesn’t call life’s obstacles and challenges “failures.” Rather, they are “opportunities for learning.” And she has stared down a number of…
S1E8 S1E8 - He Became a Recruiter Through Storytelling — ft. Jonathan Berlan
Episode Notes When people ask Jonathan Berlan, global head of talent acquisition at Brussels-based biopharmaceutical company UCB, what he does for a living, his answer is simple: he tells…
S1E7 S1E7 - Skills Can Be Taught. What He Hires for is Drive — ft. Antonio Howard
Episode Notes Antonio Howard, known as “The Rebel” for his curiosity and questioning nature, describes himself as an introverted individual with extroverted traits. His leadership style at Regions…
S1E6 S1E6 - A Musician Fixated on Bringing Out the Best in Others — ft. Andrew Lipke
Episode Notes Andrew Lipke’s lifelong goal was to conduct other musicians. He achieved that and plenty more, leading some of the most talented musicians in the world. It is no easy feat conducting…
S1E5 S1E5 - Engineering & Sales Roles Secured Her a Job in HR: “I Found My Home”
Episode Notes Janet Gipson was a mechanical engineer on a nuclear aircraft carrier before pivoting to a sales engineering role at DISH network. That’s where she learned to love technology, people,…
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