Tracie Sponenberg (Chief People Officer, The Granite Group) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about what it's like working in HR for a traditional company, The Granite Group’s journey to modernizing their people function, and why the HR community is so important to her. Timestamps: (1:40) Good news stories (6:11) Why Tracie wanted to be in HR ever since high school (8:35) What The Granite Group does (10:03) Why we should be jealous that she gets to work at The Granite Group (14:50) Working in a traditional industry versus tech (15:10) The biggest difference between the HR team she inherited versus the team she has now (16:20) Shifting their mindset to become a modern people team (19:20) The critical success factors to transforming the people function at The Granite Group (22:57) They’ve built a dozen learning paths (34:40) The steps you can take to build your employer brand as a traditional company (37:00) Why the HR community is so important to her (39:55) The unexpected benefits of being a part of different HR communities (43:00) Finding ways to help people with mental health issues (48:14) Rapid fire questions Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader

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