Josh Bersin, HR Analyst at The Josh Bersin Company, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about the most impactful events he’s seen in HR over the decades, the network of teams operating model, the highest predictor of top performing HR teams, and the two lessons he hopes everyone takes away from reading his book, Irresistible. Timestamps: (4:45) Do what you love and worry about the promotions and money later (10:00) Why we should be jealous of his day job (12:05) The most impactful events he’s seen in HR over the decades (16:38) Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the world’s most enduring, employee-focused organizations (20:06) Network of teams operating model (25:07) The symptoms of not operating as a network of teams (30:30) The mythical man-month and the agile manifesto (34:40) The Nestle innovation center (36:00) Characteristics of high performing teams (38:29) The highest predictor of top performing HR teams (42:06) The two lessons he hopes everyone takes away from reading his book (45:16) AI in HR (48:47) Josh’s definition of a Modern People Leader (49:16) The career advice he’d give his 22-year-old self Come hang out with us at Transform. Get $200 off your ticket here: https://transform.us/modern-people-leader/ 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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