Jen Trzepacz, or JT as she's widely known, is a Silicon Valley vet (Yahoo, EA, Salesforce, Living Social) and currently the CPO of SymphonyAI. JT joins Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church to talk about how HR needs to be expertly aligned with the business bottom line, how to do transparency around compensation well, how to recruit the best talent, navigating complicated CEO relationships, and takes us on a trip down memory lane for her biggest F-ups.
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KEEP UP WITH JT, NOLAN, + KELLI ON LINKEDIN
JT: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jetrzepacz/
Nolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-church/
Kelli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellidragovich/
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Preview and Intro
(04:33) Jen's biggest F-ups in her career
(07:35) The merit files of Yahoo and the ripple effects
(15:12) JT's thoughts on comp transparency today
(20:09) Sponsor - Lattice | Continuum
(21:54) Making hard trade offs and understanding competitive differentiation
(41:10) When the relationship between a CEO and CPO doesn't work
(47:01) JT's best hire and her secret weapon in the candidate experience
(51:49) JT's favorite interview question that gets the best signal on candidates
(55:46) Chief people officers are going to have to deal with AI

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