Rebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your Terms

Send us Fan Mail Will Peng is the CEO and Co-Founder of Northstar, a financial wellness and benefits platform. Prior to founding Northstar, Will worked in Venture Capital and his firm was an early investor in Coinbase, Guideline, Even, and Oscar. Financial wellness starts at work. Northstar is the comprehensive financial wellness and benefits platform. By combining the best of financial advising,...

Send us Fan Mail Thad Price is CEO at Austin-based Talroo, the award-winning talent attraction platform, where he provides leadership, strategy, and guidance to all departments. With more than 17 years of experience in online recruitment and the job search vertical, Thad is a recognized thought leader in the HR/TA space. He genuinely believes that there is no industry that plays a more integral ro...

Send us Fan Mail Peter likes to live on the edge and is a living example of what it takes to be a true leader. He's flown over 23,000 hours in more than 270 aircraft types, flight-tested over 685, and even built 3 of his own! Peter’s company, High Performance Aircraft Group, manages several corporate jets, provides his clients with custom-tailored, high-intensity world tours, and performs fli...

Send us Fan Mail Personalized employee perks? Aren’t those just for executives? CEO Amy Spurling says the answer is a resounding, “Hell, no!” Amy Spurling, founder and CEO of the HR tech company Compt , thinks perks should be a lot less exclusive. She advocates for “personalized perks” to help all employees take care of themselves and their families. She’s shaking things up in corporate America an...

Send us Fan Mail 3X 'Top 25 Customer Success Influencer in the World' Nils has helped create internal transformation for hundreds of companies from early-stage startups to Fortune 100.  But he wasn’t always the secret sauce that companies hire to experience massive growth.  For the first 10 years of his professional career, he bounced from job to job not knowing where he fit.  After bein...

Send us Fan Mail Conversations are a part of nearly everything we do, yet most of us don’t think about the impact this daily activity has on our and others’ ability to thrive at work, at home, or in any social setting. In Conversations Worth Having, Second Edition: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement , Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres use real-life examples to sh...

Send us Fan Mail Larry Dunivan is the CEO and Director of Namely. He has the rare distinction of being a CEO who has worked from the bottom to the top of the HR software industry. With 30 years of industry experience, Larry has deep insight into HR software, systems, sales, marketing and infrastructure.  This makes him a perfect fit to lead Namely, the all-in-one HR solution for companies from 25...

Send us Fan Mail Karen Mangia is an internationally-recognized thought leader whose TEDx appearance, keynotes, blogs and books reach hundreds of thousands of business leaders each year.  She is the author of Working from Home: Making the New Normal Work for You (Wiley), Listen UP! How to Tune Into Customers and Turn Down the Noise (Wiley) and also Success With Less   (Marie Street Press). A prolif...

Send us Fan Mail Alfonso drives Team Dynamics’ client engagement; working side-by-side with C-Suite executives and internal champions of cultural change efforts. Alfonso Wenker is a seasoned executive leader and facilitator of transformational organizational culture and strategy campaigns. Serving in major leadership roles within the field of philanthropy, Alfonso has been responsible for driving...

Send us Fan Mail Awardco’s founder and CEO, Steve Sonnenberg, learned a great deal watching his father’s career in employee recognition with companies like McDonald’s—but something was missing. In 2011, Steve began working on plans to use new, innovative technology to solve the pitfalls of traditional employee recognition programs: burdensome processes, exorbitant markups, and limited redemption o...

Send us Fan Mail Elena Armijo, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator has a strong track record of supporting clients and organizations in creating impact, culture shifts and leadership development. Her unique ability to identify common patterns while generating new awareness and re-invention leaves clients...

Send us Fan Mail Gabrielle can tell you a story or two. In fact, it was while working in senior leadership roles in Corporate Australia she realised the power of storytelling in effective business communication. She is now a highly sought-after international keynote speaker and educator. Her impressive client list includes VISA, EY, Amazon, Vodafone and the Obama Foundation, to name drop a few ......

Send us Fan Mail Joe is the Chairman & CEO of The Mullings Group Companies, including TMG Search, Dragonfly Stories & TMG360 Media. The search firm is responsible for more than 8,000 successful searches in the medtech / healthtech industry with clients ranging from multi-billion-dollar companies to emerging tech startups. Dragonfly Stories is the media production company behind the Award-W...

Send us Fan Mail Career and recruitment expert Bert E. Miller , CEO of Protis Global and MRI Network Website : https://bertmiller.com/ Company Website : https://protisglobal.com/ With over 25 years of leadership experience in the world of work, Bert E. Miller currently serves as CEO of Protis Global , Ace Talent Curators , and President and CEO of MRI Network , a network-centric recruitment organi...

Send us Fan Mail ABOUT THE GUESTS: Gaurav Bhatnagar is the founder of Co-Creation Partners and has dedicated more than two decades to helping companies thrive and achieve breakthrough performance. Since founding Co-Creation Partners in 2010, he has designed and led programs and workshops for private, public, and social-sector clients across multiple industries, including financial services, basic...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Yinger is a high-performance, forward-thinking executive with 20+ years of experience in building teams, managing global organizations, and providing strategic guidance to C-Suite and Board of Directors. As the CEO of ResumeSieve, an HR tech startup, Michael is responsible for strategic direction and operational oversight in an ever-changing industry. While not working at...

Send us Fan Mail Betty Johnson is a woman on a mission—a mission to get leaders to wake up and take notice of what the real problems are with working remotely. Despite the endless conversations about “Zoom fatigue” and “camera anxiety,” and a smattering of books on the topic, no one has written a definitive analysis of the problem, or evidence-based solutions.  In Making Virtual Work: How to Build...

Send us Fan Mail Yair Riemer is CEO at Intoo, a leading career mobility solution provider for the HR, higher education, and workforce sectors. He has 15+ years experience as a founder/operator in the PeopleTech and EdTech industries building innovative career development solutions. Yair previously served as a President at CareerArc, a leading HRtech company focused on employer brand. Prior to that...

Send us Fan Mail Our modern workforce is suffering. For too long, organizations and leaders have sought success through a focus on efficiency and productivity, and it’s costing us dearly. Workplace bullying and abuse has reached epidemic levels―along with high rates of burnout, staff turnover, and mental illness. Clearly, something needs to change. In Humanity Works Better , leadership experts Deb...

Send us Fan Mail Nate Regier, Ph. D., is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership firm dedicated to bringing compassion into the workplace. Dr. Regier is a former practicing psychologist and expert in social-emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and leadership. Recognized as a Top 100 keynote speaker, he is a Process Communication Model® certified m...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle goes deeper into the elements of Human Design with Kasia Jakarsezian Kasia Jakarsezian As an HR leader, Kasia has more than a decade of experience building and scaling teams in the retail and hospitality industries. Most recently, her focus has been on team development and workplace culture. She believes the modern workplace should highlight our human connection by placing th...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle interviews Patricia Karam , CEO & Founder of Atlanta-based Mission Recruit With more than a decade of experience working with Fortune 500 companies nationwide, her background in HR started with a corporate recruiting career with a global leader in the IT staffing industry before transitioning to national staffing, as well as positions in strategy and philanthropy. Patrici...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide spectrum of sizes, maturity stages, and industries. He is the co-author of “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations,” has a master’s degree from the top program in his field, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Katrina Burrus, CEO/founder of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, is known for "Fast-tracking leaders to the C-Suite and Beyond and for "Transforming Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders." She is a keynote speaker and published, “Managing Brilliant Jerks" and, "Global Leadership" a body of work used by Nestle, Novartis, the World Health Organizat...

Send us Fan Mail Darrian Mikell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qualifi, a SaaS platform that powers the fastest phone interview experience in the world and helps recruiting teams hire great candidates faster than ever before. He graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2013 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Finance. Darrian was a 2-sport athlete in both Basketball and Track &...