A Gold Stevie® Award-winning digital series showcasing the fearlessly authentic HR professionals of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles

A CITY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND EVEN BRIGHTER STARS

LA doesn’t just consume culture: it creates it. From eateries to entertainment, natural history to making history, this town is home to countless industry-changing companies. And what's cultivating the culture within them? Human Resources.

Our work at Leaderology has given us a glimpse of the real people behind HR – people just as unique and innovative as the companies they work for…and we’re putting them in the spotlight.

Episodes

Ep. 1 – Neena

They don’t come any more fearlessly authentic than Neena Dass, an HR Leader at Netflix who also is a competitive salsa dancer and professional DJ. Neena shares her take on the topic of mental health and how HR may need to pivot in a big way.

Ep. 2 – Yaw

Yaw Frimpong is a Learning & Development executive who has also launched his own travel company with a mission to promote community and belonging. He has some thoughts on how HR can cultivate a similar sense of belonging.

Ep. 3 – Bettina & Minna

Bettina Selsor & Minna Rim provide a private tour of one of the most iconic landmarks in LA: the Natural History Museum. There's a certain sort of magic that occurs when art, history, science – and HR – come together in friendship.

Ep. 4 – Mario

Mario Portugal knows how to push himself outside his comfort zone. Discover Mario’s remarkable career journey from a first-gen high school graduate to CHRO of a top AI company, Beyond Limits, where brilliant minds come together to make mind-blowing things happen in outer space.

Ep. 5 – Sarah & Stella

Sarah Rogers is a partner resources director at Starbucks and Stella is a Senior HR Director at PepsiCo. The two have built a strong mentor-mentee relationship that has continued over the years, even as they work at different companies. We learn a bit about how this has been possible and what it takes to make it work...from each of them.

Ep. 6 – Bridget

If you know Bridget Graham, VP of Human Resources at Water & Power Community Credit Union (WPCCU), then you also know that she's a builder…in every sense of the word. We learn how Bridget is able to balance being both an employee champion and driving employee compliance, and what her newfound love of woodworking has taught her about inclusion.