The People First Podcast

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Candice Heidebrecht, Founder and CEO at Cultivate Empathy about all things corporate culture. After sharing some background about their relationship, Devin and Candice open with a discussion about why Candice does what she does, and the definition of corporate culture. Devin and Candice then discuss who is responsible for se...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Antoine Le Tard, a VP at Rubrik, about the concept of intentionally. After sharing some background about their relationship, Devin and Antoine open with a discussion about the definition of intentionality, what it means to each of them, respectively, and why intentionality is so vital to Antoine’s day-to-day. Devin and Antoi...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Ryan Johansen, a Stress Management Trainer and Speaker about mental health in the modern workplace. After sharing some background about their relationship, Devin and Ryan open with a discussion about Ryan's past experiences and how they've molded his views on modern mental health importance. Devin and Ryan then discu...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa flys solo and recaps Season 3 of the People First Podcast. Jon plays a few clips from the most impactful episodes of Season 3. From all of us at PFP - have a great holiday season, and we will see you in 2022 for Season 4!

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Tim Koubek, an SVP at LogicMonitor about fear vs. empathy-based leadership. After sharing some background about their relationship, Devin and Tim open with a discussion about the transition from fear-based leadership to empathy-based leadership throughout Tim’s career, and the effect that has had. Devin and Tim then discuss...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Randy Riemersma, an AVP at Mulesoft about exhibiting love in leadership. Devin and Randy open with a discussion about the series of events that lead to Randy changing his thoughts about the idea of love in leadership. Devin and Randy then discuss the intentional steps that Randy has taken to include affection and compassion...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Daniel Hack, the Founder at Gr@titude Lens about living a life of gratitude. Devin and Daniel open with a discussion about how Daniel began to live a life of gratitude, and the events in his life that played into that. Devin and Daniel then discuss how Daniel has been living a life of gratitude since the events that he discu...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Greg Denman, the Vice President of Technical Staffing at NextStep Recruiting about the “great resignation” occurring among today’s workforce. Devin and Greg open with a discussion about both the short-term and long-term elements that have led to folks considering leaving the workforce today. Devin and Greg then discuss the t...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Ben Taylor, a Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot and founder of Zeff.ai about your own internal talk track. Devin and Ben open with a discussion about the moments and experiences Ben had that made him realize that his internal talk track was important. Devin and Ben then discuss start-up life, and the personalities and, more t...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Anne Jones, co-founder of District C about connecting the human side of learning. Devin and Anne open with a discussion about District C and its relevance to the topic of the human side of learning. Devin and Anne then discuss Anne’s lightbulb moment and how she saw that the act of learning was broken. The conversation conti...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Nancy Weston, a recent retiree from the American Red Cross about people-based vs. results-based cultures. Devin and Nancy open with a discussion about Nancy’s background and her realization of the favor towards a results-based culture. Drawing on her experiences, Devin and Nancy then discuss the actions that she took in orde...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Christian Jones and Chastity Escalante, co-founders of Professional Young Things about being a professional and entrepreneur in 2021. Jon, Christian, and Chastity open up with a discussion about being a professional in 2021, and just how much that has changed in the past year and a half. They continue with a chat around entrepren...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Sweetie Browne, Chief of Staff for IoT Sales at Cisco about building your tribe. Devin and Sweetie open with a discussion about defining what exactly is meant by “finding your tribe” and how Sweetie found her own in her life. Devin and Sweetie continue with a discussion around exactly what Sweetie has done to bring the tribe...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Em Radkowski, VP of Global GTM Operations at DataRobot, and a fierce advocate for the LGBTQIA community about work-life balance, and more specifically, the idea of having a “work self” and a “life self”. Devin and Em open with a discussion about Em’s background and the interesting concept of having two separate work and life...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Stetson Olaye, an Operations Engineer at Canoe Ventures and a member of the PFP leadership team about following passions. Jon and Stetson open with a discussion about Stetson’s personal passion for real estate, and how he is working on it day-to-day. Jon and Stetson continue talking about furthering ones learning as it relates to...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa flys solo and recaps Season 2 of the People First Podcast. Jon highlights a few episodes that were both impactful to him and act as a good starting point for people who may be stumbling upon the podcast for the first time. Jon wraps up by briefly talking about the plans for Season 3 of the podcast.

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Olivia Sousa, a sixth-grade math and science teacher about teaching with empathy and grace. Jon and Olivia open with a discussion about challenges that Olivia faced during the teach/learn from home period and how she overcame them. Jon and Olivia continue talking about how Olivia has taught with empathy and grace during the past...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Dexter Evans, a library sales rep, co-author, and entrepreneur about recognizing doors of opportunity. Devin and Dexter open with a discussion about a personal story around how a leader helped Dexter identify various doors to opportunity. Devin and Dexter continue talking about the idea of paying it forward, and how each of...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jeff Boynton, an enterprise software sales veteran and newest member of the People First Professionals’ about PFP’s new project, the betterMEnt book club. Devin and Jeff talk about the inception of Jeff’s idea/passion for creating a book club, and discuss Jeff’s lifelong passion for self-improvement, specifically through rea...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jamelyn Banuelos, Director of Philanthropy at People First Professionals and a Customer Success Leader at AppDynamics about all things self-awareness. Devin and Jamelyn talk about Jamelyn’s moment that self-awareness came to the forefront of her own life, and the things that she has uncovered about self-awareness in her pers...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Tom Huber, Chief Operating Officer, and General Counsel at Canoe Ventures about emotional intelligence in leadership positions. Devin and Tom talk about Tom’s realization that EQ was an important skillset to incorporate to be a leader, and Tom's journey to implement EQ into his various leadership positions. Devin and Tom wra...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Jon Sousa, Director of Member Services at People First Professionals and Team Lead for Northeast Inside Sales at Red Hat about going from interviewer to interviewee. Devin and Jon chat about how Jon got into the position where he was conducting interviews and how valuing values in the interview process has benefited him. Dev...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with Nadine James, Global Head of Social Impact & Community Engagement at AppDynamics about following your heart and living a life of giving. Devin and Nadine chat about Nadine’s realization that she was straying away from what her heart wanted and the challenges, sacrifices, and benefits of living a life of giving. Devin and...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Jon Sousa chats with Alec Peterson, Co-Founder of People First Professionals and Account Manager at Red Hat about Career Transitioning. Jon and Alec chat about Alec’s background, why someone should make a career change, and the questions that one should ask themselves when considering a move from one field to another. Jon and Alec continue with dialo...

On today’s episode of The People First Podcast, Devin Williams chats with KC Onyekanne, HR Manager at NXP Semiconductors about having getting results the right way. Devin and KC chat about KC’s moment of realization in his own professional life about seeing results the right way, and the things that KC is putting into action in order to examine the “how” behind the results. Devin and KC continue w...