Erica Spitale joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the current HR job market, why soft skills should be called power skills instead, and the work-life smoothie. ---- This episode was brought to you by Tilt. Learn more at hellotilt.com/mpl. ---- (2:41) Good news stories (7:28) Erica’s journey and what’s next for her (11:20) The current job market for HR leaders (14:33) How she’s approaching her job search (18:48) Erica’s obsession with leadership (22:54) What it means to be a manager versus a leader (24:30) The hardest things in leadership are the things that make us human (27:12) To be a leader requires you to think of yourself less and others more (30:21) Building an inclusive leadership series (33:15) What great leadership looks like (36:12) Soft skills should be rebranded to “power skills” (39:00) We need to find metrics to measure “power skills” (41:00) Erica’s superpower skill (43:30) Making leadership a choice, not a requirement (45:37) The work-life smoothie (48:21) Rapid fire questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

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