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EP 198: Why Context Matters More Than Hiring Templates
Esra Huseyinzadegan grew up in Istanbul, a city that quickly teaches you to adapt, question assumptions, and see the world from multiple perspectives. Those instincts carried her from academic success in Turkey to leading Global Talent Acquisition at Namecheap, where she builds r ... Show More
52m 9s
Mar 6
EP 197: This TA Power Couple Shares How They Raise the Bar to Excellence
Darien May, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Eventbrite, and Jasmin May, Head of Talent at Verse, share how growing up in a military family shaped their perspective on excellence. The conversation connects disciplined standards, putting people first, and staying close to what ... Show More
1h 24m
Mar 3
EP 196: From Equestrian Arenas to Scaling Teams
Emily Zahuta, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Horizon3.ai, highlights how a chaotic yet loving Bay Area upbringing and elite equestrian training shaped a builder’s mindset grounded in discipline and self-possession. Emily chose demanding environments, learned to center her ... Show More
1h 17m
Oct 2024
How to Retain Your Top Talent in 2025
<p>In today's episode of the HR Leaders Podcast, we welcome Paaras Parker, Chief Human Resources Officer at Paycor, a leader in human capital management.</p><p>She explores the evolving role of HR in business, sharing how companies can navigate retention challenges and better sup ... Show More
47m 54s
Jun 2025
357. Hiring, Firing, and Everything In Between: An HR Deep Dive with Zak Human Solutions
HR isn’t just policies and paperwork—it’s the secret to building an aligned, unstoppable team. In this episode, host Suneera Madhani sits down with HR experts and MFC members Kacie Scott and Nadian Zak of Zak Human Solutions for a crash course in all things people, culture, and c ... Show More
55m 14s
Sep 2025
From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuo (Facebook VP, Sundial CEO, The Making of a Manager author)
Julie Zhuo is the former VP and Head of Design at Facebook (now Meta), author of the bestselling book The Making of a Manager, and co-founder of Sundial, an AI-powered data analysis company. Also, my first-ever podcast guest over 3 years ago!In our conversation, we discuss:1. The ... Show More
1h 36m
Oct 2024
Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik)
<p><strong>Anneka Gupta</strong> is the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, a leading B2B cybersecurity company. She previously spent 11 years at LiveRamp, where she was the President and Head of Product and Platforms leading product development and go-to-market operations and strat ... Show More
1h 8m
Aug 2024
How to Be a Great Manager
Do managers really matter? Spoiler alert: Yes, they do! In this episode of Leadership Launchpad, we delve into the powerful findings from Google’s extensive Project Oxygen study, which demonstrates just how crucial effective managers are. I’m Matt Gjertsen, a former Air Force ins ... Show More
10m 54s
Aug 2025
How we restructured Airtable’s entire org for AI | Howie Liu (co-founder and CEO)
Howie Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Airtable, the no-code platform valued at around $12 billion. After a viral tweet declared “Airtable is dead” based on incorrect data, Howie led a radical transformation: reorganizing the entire company around AI, becoming an “IC CEO” who cod ... Show More
1h 40m
Nov 2024
AI’s Role in TA Processes with Anne Arnold of Farmers Insurance®
On this episode, host Ryan Dull is joined by Anne Arnold, Director of Enterprise Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Marketing at Farmers Insurance®. They discuss her journey into TA, the role of AI in recruitment and her team’s efforts to align TA with business objectives.
Key Ta ... Show More
24m 53s
May 2025
Inside Devin: The world’s first autonomous AI engineer that's set to write 50% of its company’s code by end of year | Scott Wu (CEO and co-founder of Cognition)
Scott Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Cognition, the company behind Devin—the world’s first autonomous AI software engineer. Unlike other AI coding tools, Devin works like an autonomous engineer that you can interact with through Slack, Linear, and GitHub, just like with a remote ... Show More
1h 32m
Yuri Kruman, CEO at HR, Talent & Systems (voted best full-service HR firm in NY for 2021 & 2022 by Acquisitions International), a Top CHRO for 2022 (PeopleHum), a Top 100 DEI Leader in 2021 (Mogul) , employer brand expert, VC/PE HR advisor, and author of Be Your Own Commander-In-Chief, joins host James Mackey to discuss: how corporate learning & ... Show More
<p>In this episode of the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/hrdleaders/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HR Leaders</a> Podcast, we speak with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzdjordjevic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jelena Djordjevic</a>, Ch ... Show More
