Elysia Skye

Don't Talk To HR

Business EN ↓ 7 episodes

HR is broken. Employees don't trust it. Executives question its value. And nobody's saying it loud enough. Hosted by Amy Hanlon-Rodemich (Amy HR), former Fortune 100 Chief People Officer, and co-host Neeru Mehta, this podcast tackles the real conversations happening behind closed doors, and the ones that should be. We cover HR leadership, workplace culture, employee trust, psychological safety, leadership accountability, AI and the future of work, people strategy, organizational transformation, company culture, employee advocacy, HR technology, change management, business acumen, and what it a...

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Elysia Skye

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Why Your Best Career Move in HR Is Befriending the CFO - with Tom Beaudoin 08.07.2026 35:10

Connect with and hire Amy HR: https://www.amyhr.com If you want a longer career in HR, get close to your CFO. That's the advice Amy gives every HR leader she mentors, and in this episode she sits down with a CFO who helped shape how she thinks about the relationship. Amy is joined by Tom Beaudoin, former CFO of Nuance Communications and a finance leader with more than 50 years of experience scalin...

How AI Will Reshape Every HR Team (And Why Most Aren't Ready) with Sergio Fasce 01.07.2026 49:31

Connect with and hire Amy: https://www.amyhr.com/ AI isn't coming for HR. It's already here. And the gap between HR teams that are leading this shift and those still figuring out where to start is growing fast. In this episode, Amy and Neeru are joined by Sergio Fasce, former SVP of HR at Nokia, where he supported 80,000+ employees across 120 countries. He was also the former CEO of Alcatel-Lucent...

Do We Even Need HR? A 4-Time CEO Answers 24.06.2026 39:33

Connect with and hire Amy HR: https://www.amyhr.com When executives were surveyed for the #1 bestselling book Don't Talk to HR, many said HR's purpose is "to protect the company." Some asked whether HR should exist at all. So Amy brought in someone who has run four companies to settle it. In this episode, Amy is joined by Elizabeth Stephenson, CEO of Systm Foods, former President of FIJI Water and...

How to Rebuild Employee Trust in HR - The Framework That Jumped Engagement 23 Points 17.06.2026 32:51

Connect with and hire Amy HR: https://www.hrrevolt.com/contact HR is supposed to advocate for employees. Employees think HR only protects the company. Executives agree. Both sides see it, and neither side trusts the other because of it. So how do you fix a reputation problem that's baked into the job description? In this episode, Amy and Neeru get into the tension between the corporate police role...

5 Reasons Employees Don't Trust HR 11.06.2026 13:02

Connect with and hire Amy HR https://www.amyhr.com 64% of employees say they've had a bad experience with HR. When two career HR leaders surveyed their combined 20,000 LinkedIn followers and interviewed CEOs, board members, investors, and executives, the results came back at a 3.1 out of 5. That's a C-minus for an entire profession. In this episode, Amy and Neeru break down the five themes that ke...

30 Years in HR Revealed the 4 Forces About to Reshape Every Workplace 04.06.2026 22:10

Connect with and hire Amy H-R https://www.amyhr.com Your workplace is being reshaped by four forces at once, and ignoring even one of them is already costing you people. In this kickoff episode we explore generational expectations that don't align, the post-COVID workforce that never went back to "normal," AI moving faster than your org chart, and global instability that's draining your employees...

Don't Talk To HR - Coming VERY soon! 03.06.2026 3:33

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