HRchat’s Most Inspirational Experts of 2022

Looking for inspiring business experts to follow? We’ve compiled our list of 22 amazing HR, Talent, and Tech leaders and experts – all recently featured on the HRchat podcast – to follow in ‘22!

This is part two of a two-part list naming the most popular and impactful experts featured on the HRchat podcast in the past year. Check out part one here.

We hope this list can help you expand your knowledge base, help you stay current on the latest trends, and find new ways to innovate in the year ahead.

Dave Ulrich

Dave Ulrich has been ranked as the number one management guru by Business Week, profiled by Fast Company as one of the world’s top 10 creative people in business, a top-five coach in Forbes, and recognized in Thinkers50 Hall of Fame as one of the world’s leading business thinkers.

Dave has a passion for ideas with impact. Dave and his colleagues at the RBL Group have 30+ years of experience in helping organizations and individuals succeed through HR practices in talent, leadership, and organization.

Check today’s episode of the HRchat podcast with Dave Ulrich. Listen as he shares what he considers to be the biggest challenges and opportunities for HR leaders in the year ahead.

Joey Price

Joey Price is an award-winning human resources executive, business coach, thought leader, and professor. He is the founder of Jumpstart:HR, LLC, an HR consulting practice.

Joey is also the host of the awesome Business, Life, and Coffee, a weekly personal and professional development podcast. In it, Joey shares conversations on personal finance, psychology, professional development, and business for emerging professionals and business owners alike.

In this recent HRchat conversation Joey Price offers five skills to develop in HR professionals.

Suzanne Lucas

Suzanne Lucas, – AKA the Evil HR Lady – is a writer and speaker focused on Human Resources and Business issues.

Before becoming the Evil HR Lady she spent 10 years in corporate HR. Her work focuses on helping people managers manage better and helping employees understand how to navigate the world of work and has appeared in Inc, The New York Times, CBS Moneywatch, Cornerstone’s ReWork, and many other places.

Check out HRchat episode 261 in which, Suzanne gives her thoughts on how the pandemic impacted company culture and the key areas of the HR department.

Kshitij Jain

Kshitij Jain is the engaging and innovative Founder & CEO at Joveo, a programmatic recruitment advertising platform. He’s passionate about solving problems that make a difference to the world of work and has been published in such titles as Forbes.

Check out episode 388 as Kshitij talks about some of the big challenges facing sourcing and recruitment pros. He also drills down on what is working in the world of job adverting in 2022 and the ways he predicts the recruitment industry’s tech toolkit will continue to evolve.

Mandy Price

Mandy Price, an advocate for DEI and the CEO and co-founder of Kanarys, Inc., a tech company taking a holistic approach to solving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) challenges enabling companies to immediately take action towards systemic change. Mandy was named a Top 100 HR Tech Influencer of 2021 by Human Resource Executive, and she and her co-founder, Star Carter, were recognized as two of Entrepreneur magazine’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2020.

In HRchat episode 335, addresses what it really means to be a diverse, inclusive, and equitable employer.

Al Adamsen

Al Adamsen, founder and CEO of People Analytics & Future of Work, a San Francisco-based events planner and global network advocating the ethical use of people data. He’s a globally recognized thought leader, advisor, and educator in the areas of People Analytics, Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Employee Engagement & Well-being, Ethics, Organizational Change, Digital Transformation, and the Future of Work.

In HRchat episode 327, Al joins the pod to talk about using employee data for good. Listen as he discusses the responsibilities of companies and employees when it comes to sharing and storing information.

Jacqueline Kuhn

Jacqueline Kuhn is Co-Owner and Executive Vice President, Strategic Services at HRchitect and author of the new book HRchitect’s Guide to HCM Technology: What you should know before your next HCM technology purchase. Throughout Jacqueline’s career, she has worked with organizations in all sectors global and domestic to create strategic plans around their Human Capital Management systems, as well as leading selection and implementation projects for Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and HRIS systems.

Check out HRchat episode 372 in which Jacqueline talks about what’s needed to apply one’s HCM technology know-how within your organization in practical ways that will make an immediate positive impact.

Dave Millner

Dave Millner is an author and the founder of HR Curator Ltd, a firm providing consultancy advice, support, and solutions to clients as HR functions make changes that align their activities with the new digital organizations of the future.

In HRchat 253, Daves considers some key organizational-based interventions and solutions that transform the way leaders and employees feel about their workplace experience. Dave shares why he believes HR needs to take a more commercial approach to people management. Listen too, as he makes predictions for how the HR function will evolve and change over the coming years.

Kelly Kauffman

Kelly Kauffman is Chief Human Capital Officer at the 2021 World Champions Milwaukee Bucks, a sports and entertainment organization within the National Basketball Association.

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.

Listen to this HRchat episode as Kelly shares her experiences of running an arena and being part of a championship-winning culture during the pandemic.

Kevin Oakes

Kevin Oakes is CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the leading authority on next practices in human capital. He is also the author of Culture Renovation™, the #1 new release in a dozen Amazon book categories. Drawing on data from one of the largest studies ever conducted on corporate culture, Culture Renovation™ details how high-performance organizations such as Microsoft, T-Mobile, 3M, AbbVie, Mastercard, and many more have successfully changed organizational culture.

In HRchat episode 325, Kevin shares ways that leaders and HR pros can turn a company’s culture into one based on agility, resilience, and innovation.

Shally Steckerl

Shally Steckerl is President at The Sourcing Institute and Practice Director, Talent Strategy and Sourcing Innovation at Aspirant Talent Strategy & Acquisition Practice. He’s a globally recognized recruiting leader who has helped build sourcing organizations for companies such as Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola, Cisco, and Motorola. He is a writer, a public speaker, and an adjunct professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Listen to HRchat episode 343 as Shally talks about how to source and secure top talent in a very, very competitive market.

A list of 22 world of work influencers is simply not enough to recognize all the contributions of our 100s of HRchat guests in the past year so..

Honorable Mentions

Ben Geoghegan, Host of ‘A Better HR Business’ Podcast and Marketing strategist for businesses across the Human Resources sector.
Perry Timms, Founder + Chief Energy Officer: PTHR at People & Transformational HR Ltd
Dr. Charles Handler, President at Rocket-Hire
Erika Broadwater is President of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR) and EATA Manager/COE at Essity.
Rupert Morrison, Founder and Deputy Chair of OrgVue
Devyani Vaishampayan, Non-Executive Director and CEO at The HR Tech Partnership
Pete Lamson, Chief Executive Officer at JazzHR/Jobvite/NXTThing RPO
Jesse Ryan is Founder of High Road Human Capital, a Veteran Owned – Diversity Supplier and an expert in solving HR and talent acquisition problems in Canada.
Barry Flack is a workforce strategist and top 30 global influencer in HR and HR Tech.
Mike Sipple Jr is CEO at Talent Magnet Institute and President at Centennial, Inc.

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