Lessons from the Field, the CHRO Association’s podcast, hosted by Ani Huang and Tim Bartl has returned! In this season, we are sitting down with each member of our Board of Directors. We get personal and uncover the pivotal decisions, unexpected turns and defining moments that shaped how they lead today. It’s the candid CHRO lessons that don’t make it into the keynote or executive bio—what worked, what didn’t and what they learned along the way.
Episode 1 — A CHRO is Duty Bound and Morally Obligated to Speak Up: A CHRO's Lessons on Influence and Growth Jacqueline Welch, EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, New York Times
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Jacqueline stepped into her current role just as a pandemic, civil unrest, and political upheaval converged. She tells Ani about the grieving employee she met in a restroom — and how that conversation led her to rewrite the company’s bereavement policy on the spot. On hiring: “It’s not culture fit, it’s culture add.” |
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Episode 2 — Earn Your Seat: Adding Value Beyond HR Kim Hauer, EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, SC Johnson
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Kim didn’t plan a career in HR—an internship assignment at Caterpillar turned into a job offer, and twenty years later she was their CHRO. She talks about fainting in a hallway overseas after saying yes to everything, and what it taught her about control. “You earn your seat at the table, and if you add value, good things will come.” |