The Hennessy Report

Dave is joined by Bob Selle, CPO at Ocean State Job Lot, in this episode of The Hennessy Report. From a memorable presentation at NEHRA, to sitting on NEHRA's board with Dave, to the podcast, we've been fans of Bob for years and are excited to share his unique expertise with our audience! Bob shares the origin story for Ocean State and how they've maintained their humble, family culture through th...

Dave is joined by colleague Kim Littlefield and guest Paul Francisco, the first Chief Diversity Officer for State Street. On that topic, Paul speaks about a mindset change he experienced, no longer believing the goal is to work himself out of a job. Paul shares what it was like growing up in Honduras and his unexpected move to the US, which prompted his passion for DEIB. He also discusses the impo...

Dave interviews Josh Bersin, Founder and CEO of The Josh Bersin Company and author of "Irresistible." Josh describes his unique path to become an industry analyst, researcher, educator, and technology analyst covering all aspects of corporate HR, training, talent management, recruiting, leadership, and workplace technology. An innovative thinker, Josh shares his insight on the future of AI in HR,...

Dave is reunited with Lisa Reilly, the CPO at PTC, having known each other for more than 20 years. Rob Byron, Dave's colleague from Keystone Partners, also joins this episode of The Hennessy Report. Lisa shares her journey from falling into HR and moving from a global HR business partner role to leading the function as a CPO. She even reminisces on her time working as a consultant for us, where sh...

Dave is joined by colleague Brenda Stanton and Paul McKinlay, VP of Communications & Remote Working at Cimpress & Vista. Paul discusses their revolutionary rise to remote work and how they encourage employees to "live their best possible experience while working and achieving their best possible work" and how they began this ongoing transition. He also covers their dedication to small businesses,...

Dave is joined by Kelly Schick, the CPO at C4 Therapeutics, Inc. on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Kelly is an empathetic, business-minded speaker excited to share C4's mission as a clinical stage biotech creating a new generation of medicine they hope will transform patients' lives. There are so many innovative methods and programs Kelly and her team have implemented to gain employees' trus...

Dave and Mara Neufeld Rivera, CHRO, CPO, and Head of People & Culture at Chroma Technology Corp., recorded this episode of The Hennessy Report in front of a live audience at ADP's HR Conference in late 2022. There are few company structures as unique as Chroma, being 100% employee owned with even distributed profit sharing. Hear Mara describe the inspiring story on how Chroma was founded, and how...

Dave was joined by Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, Speaker, and Author of "Chief Joy Officer" and "Joy, Inc." at the NEHRA 2022 Conference in this live edition of The Hennessy Report. Rich describes the truly unique culture at Menlo, with leaders traveling from around the world to tour their workspace and hear the team's stories. Whether it's working in teams of two...

Dave is joined by Nakesha Lopez, CHRO and interim Chief Diversity Officer at Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not for profit healthcare provider in Texas. Nakesha speaks passionately about their investment into mental health, wellbeing, coaching, and leadership development programs and the part they have played in letting employees know they are supported. She covers her recent focus on me...

Dave is joined by Fred Skinner, the CHRO at EVERSANA, for this episode of The Hennessy Report. He is also joined by Chad Brantner, a Keystone colleague and childhood friend of Fred from the small town of Sycamore, Illinois. Fred describes the "ridiculously awesome" culture at EVERSANA and their mission to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry for both patients and providers. With 8,000+ employ...

Dave is joined by the Head of Research, People + Performance at the ADP Research Institute, NYT Best-Selling Author, and Founder of the Strengths Revolution, Marcus Buckingham. Marcus shares his unique perspective on what's right and what's wrong with HR based on positive psychology — studying what's right with people. Listen to see if your perceptions will shift after Marcus' view on the immorali...

Dave is joined by Darren Murph, Head of Remote at GitLab, a DevOps company and first all-remote organization to go public. Darren explains that his role sits at the nexus of people operations and strategic communications, but that it's such a new concept, it actually exists in different departments from company to company. CNBC has called Darren “the oracle of remote work” and we learn some of his...

In this special edition of The Hennessy Report, Dave is joined by Dr. Shanita Williams, SNHU, in front of a live audience at Strategic HR. Shanita's energy and passion draw you in as she shares personal and professional experiences that HR professionals will undoubtedly relate to, and draw inspiration from. She explains SNHU's mission to create access to higher education and how the university wor...

Dave was joined by Carlos Echalar at NEHRA's first live conference in two years. Carlos is the CHRO at CDM Smith and the most recent president of the board of NEHRA. (Fun fact: Carlos is the 4th president of NEHRA's board to appear on the podcast!) Carlos discusses NEHRA's executive women's program, of which he was a mentor, CDM Smith's commitment not to layoff or furlough any of their employees d...

Dave is joined by the Chief People Officer at AEW, Piper Sheer, in this episode of The Hennessy Report. Piper begins by sharing how her father's love for his work influenced why and what she does today. She joined AEW to be a part of shaping the next generation of leaders, and with employees all around the globe, Piper is focused on building and maintaining culture, especially through these hybrid...

Dave is joined by his long-time friend, Amy Knapp, now SVP of People at Catalant after spending the last 13 years in the silicon valley area. Amy takes us through her "whirlwind," "wild" career journey, learning to take risks and building out a blend of HR, talent, and operational roles. She talks about being energized from meeting people and optimizing for team first, the importance of continuous...

Dave was joined by Genein Letford, CEO of CAFFE Strategies and recent Keynote speaker at NEHRA's 2021 Annual Conference. Genein explains the pivotal realization that dealing with a stutter has had, and continues to have, a positive impact on her sense of self and understanding of resilience. In describing the work her company does around 'intercultural creative thinking,' she defines schemas and h...

Tune in to a special 2-part edition of The Hennessy Report, recorded live from the 2021 Maine HR Convention. Thanks to Bud Bernstein, President and CEO, for bringing everyone together. In part 2, Dave is joined by Gio Twigge, SVP & CHRO at IDEXX where their mission is to enhance the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock. Gio begins with more than a moment that changed his life, but...

Tune in to a special 2-part edition of The Hennessy Report, recorded live from the 2021 Maine HR Convention. Thanks to Bud Bernstein, President and CEO, for bringing everyone together. In part 1, Dave is joined by Barry Gale, SVP/CHRO at Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and on the Board of Directors at NEHRA alongside Dave. Barry discusses their work as a bank for banks as they support their membe...

The Dream Team: Lifespan and The Hennessy Report! Dave is joined by Lisa Abbott, renown for building great HR teams and Lifespan's SVP of HR and Community Affairs, where they believe in treating health care like a team sport. Lifespan is Rhode Islands' largest employer, and wishes to be the "jewel of the community" of which it serves. Lisa heralds the heroism of all caregivers throughout the pande...

Dave and Omar were joined by Tracey Franklin, CHRO at Moderna, the Cambridge, MA based biotech to thank for one of the leading, FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines. As recipients and family of recipients, we want to thank the heroic employees of not only Moderna, but every organization that has strived to save so many lives and make such a huge difference in the world. Listening to Tracey describe the...

Attention: Podcast coming in for landing! David Hennessy is joined by the CPO of Southwest Airlines, Julie Weber, and colleague Debbie Noschese on this week's episode of The Hennessy Report. As an industry hit particularly hard by COVID-19, Julie describes how the airline's people first philosophy and dedicated employees got them through the pandemic. Julie describes Southwest's founding, revoluti...

Dave is joined by Alyssa Lahar, CHRO at ZoomInfo, on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Alyssa highlights some of her favorite client examples - Tent Craft, Arnold's Office Furniture, and Silk Home. ZoomInfo was able to help each pivot their business', targeting new contacts and setting Tent Craft up for their highest revenue month of all time. Alyssa covers ZoomInfo's 5 core values as well as h...

From grocery store manager to SVP of HR at Iron Mountain, Jennifer Kartono joins Dave on this episode of The Hennessy Report. Iron Mountain is a global storage and information management company with over 20,000 employees, or "mountaineers," and 230,000 customers. Jennifer describes one of their core values as owning safety and security, two early moments that drover her to an "employee and custom...

Dave Hennessy and Traci Delgado share a moment with Yolanda Butler Stephens, Chief of People and Culture of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. Yolanda describes the museum's mission of inspiring the inventive genius in everyone in math, science and technology and connecting people who may have been on the outside of traditional education. She also discusses their work with ID...