Burnout and failure are inevitable in HR. So how can we grow and learn from our own mistakes?
Tracy Sponenberg, Chief People Officer of the Granite Group, joins Hebba to discuss her storied career in HR and to share her love/hate relationship with the industry as a whole. She reveals why open communication and having conversations with your employees, whether it’s good, bad, or anything in between is vital to anyone working in HR. 
Then, she and Hebba delve into various topics, including the challenges of maintaining a small company culture while scaling, the changing landscape of HR roles, and the shift towards leading with humanity rather than compliance.
And stay tuned because later, Tracy opens up about her own experiences with burnout and offers advice on setting boundaries and protecting yourself from burnout in the HR field.

00:01:36 - HR Hot Take
00:03:43 - From Personnel to HR: Finding My Passion
00:07:40 - Key Inflection Points in Tracy’s HR Career
00:11:53 - The Changing Landscape of HR
00:18:08 - The Emotional Burden of HR
00:22:59 - The Evolution of HR and Internal Communication
00:26:35 - Maintaining Company Culture as You Scale
00:28:52 - Preventing and Healing from Burnout
00:37:19 - The Future of HR and People: More Advisory and External Roles
00:43:29 - The Importance of Communication with CEOs

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