Jim Bartolomea, (SVP, Global Head of People and Places) at ClickUp, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the challenges he’s most excited to tackle as ClickUp’s new people leader, building the employee experience like a house, and getting buy-in as a new HR leader. Timestamps: Why we should be jealous he gets to work at ClickUp (12:49), the challenges he’s excited to tackle first as the new people leader (14:22), place being an important part of culture and connection (16:45), building the employee experience like a house (23:10), onboarding is your first chance to make a great impression (24:40), applying the core values lens to everything you do in the people function (30:45), the importance of career conversations (33:38), getting buy-in as a new HR leader (36:10), your org design and operating model create clarity (40:00), promoting managers that aren’t built to be managers is a big mistake (42:50), his definition of a Modern People Leader (50:20), and more. 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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