Penny Farinha (VP, Human Resources, ecobee) joined us on The Modern People Leader. 

We talked about scaling the ecobee people team from 1 to 25, how her role has evolved, and why more companies should admit when they don’t have all the answers.

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Timestamps:

(6:57) Growing the HR team from 1 to 25

(9:44) Why we should be jealous she gets to work at Ecobee

(14:47) Building HR functions from scratch

(16:32) How her role has changed over the last 7 years

(20:14) Being able to leverage a larger HR team after being acquired

(23:14) Creating more pathways in tech for marginalized groups

(29:14) Conflict resolution

(32:14) Admitting when we don’t have all of the answers

(43:04) Rapid fire questions

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