Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee) joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about scaling the ecobee people team from 1 to 25, how her role has evolved, and why more companies should admit when they don’t have all the answers. This episode was brought to you by Learnerbly. Get a free 7-day trial of Learnerbly here: https://get.learnerbly.com/mpl/ Timestamps: (6:57) Growing the HR team from 1 to 25 (9:44) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Ecobee (14:47) Building HR functions from scratch (16:32) How her role has changed over the last 7 years (20:14) Being able to leverage a larger HR team after being acquired (23:14) Creating more pathways in tech for marginalized groups (29:14) Conflict resolution (32:14) Admitting when we don’t have all of the answers (43:04) 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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