Angela Crossman (Chief People Officer, Brex) joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about her journey into HR (non profit admin, massage therapist, & consultant), bringing your internal & external listening data together, and getting creative with offsites.

Timestamps:  

(2:00) Good news stories

(5:03) Her career journey 

(13:17) Why we should be jealous that she gets to work at Brex

(16:30) Their fully-flexible work model

(20:00) The HR Team’s structure at Brex

(23:16) Dog fooding at Brex

(25:30) Overcoming myths around what’s “not working” with their globally distributed team

(30:12) The skills she gained from her time as a Chief of Staff for multiple executives

(33:20) Bringing all of the internal and external listening data together

(36:40) The employee listening tech stack

(39:35) Advice to HR leaders on improving their people analytics

(43:00) Why off-sites are core to Brex & how they’ve gotten creative with different formats

(48:06) How she defines a Modern People Leader

(49:20) The career advice she’d give her 22-year-old self

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