Milwaukee Bucks CHRO Talks Performance and Culture
My guest in HRchat episode 344 is Kelly Kauffman, Chief Human Capital Officer for the 2021 World Champion Milwaukee Bucks, a sports and entertainment organization within the National Basketball Association.
Listen as Kelly shares her experiences of running an arena and being part of a championship-winning culture during the pandemic.
Questions Include:
- What did the on-court success mean for the overall culture at the Bucks? Since the victory over the Phoenix Suns, it must be a buzzing place to work?
- You brought the Bucks out of administrative chaos by building its HR team from scratch. What were some of the biggest challenges associated with creating an HR program from the ground up?
- The CHROs from the 30 NBA franchises get together from time to time. What have been some of the biggest recent results from exchanging ideas and making recommendations within that peer group?
- Final tips for HR leaders looking to change up a corporate culture?
More About Kelly Kauffman
With over 20 years of human resources experience, Kelly joined the Bucks staff as a human resources executive with the task of creating the organization’s first human resources department from the ground up.
The Human Resources function at the Bucks was implemented to set the foundation in building a world-class sports organization by supporting the team’s long-term strategy and goals, including the construction of Fiserv Forum, practice facility, and ancillary development that will increase the breadth of the Bucks’ reach in the community.