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I’ve always believed that People are People and not Resources. In my extensive career as a senior executive and as a management consultant I always saw myself as the Chief People Officer and not the Chief Human Resource Officer.
This is an important distinction because it shapes the way we see the people we work with.
I’m a veteran of five IPO’s and have intimate experience with the opportunities and challenges that come when organizations go through significant transformation.
I use a term called Corporate Courage that identifies when a company or organization is able to put their people first, even in the midst of organizational disruption. It isn’t easy, but in my career working with some of the finest companies in the world, I’ve discovered that when an organization puts their people first, they are able to weather the challenges and emerge stronger than before because of the strength of their people.
I believe in humor and live by the philosophy that if I can see the punchline, I will see the solution; and thus I default to comedy as the first approach in most situations.
Sometimes, based upon my experience or my sense of humor, I am asked to speak to groups of people about a variety topics such as: the future of work; the future of human resources, organizational dislocation; corporate courage; humor in the workplace; innovation and social consciousness in business.
I spend my time away from work trying to give back a bit and have participated in the Board of Regents at Holy Names College and Board of Advisors to the Cameron School of Business at UNCW.
One of the great joys of my life has been recognition for my contributions as a recipient of the 2023 HROToday CHRO of the Year for Innovation, named as one of the 2021 Top 100 HR Tech Influencers by HR Executive, received the 2014 "Stevie Award" for Women in High Tech, and named by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2015 as one of the "100 Women of Influence" in Silicon Valley.
But my greatest joy in life is my marriage to Kem Hauge an award winning composer, and our son Andy, his wife Ginger, and their children Drew and Charlotte.
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