Discover What "The Best" Means to Your People

How Top HR Professionals Think Podcast

Guest

Cindy Ballard, CHRO Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindyjballard/

Hosts

Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D. and Bill Brewer, CCP

Overview

Entertainment industry chief human resources executive Cindy Ballard discusses how to discover what the best means to your people with hosts, Rosalene Glickman and Bill Brewer.

About Cindy Ballard

Cindy Ballard is an accomplished Human Resources executive. She leads media companies design, implements and accelerates their transformation and HR strategies. Cindy is currently the CHRO at Streamland Media.

Previously, Cindy partnered closely with ICM Partners’ executive leadership team and was responsible for all facets of HR, including corporate culture, talent performance, planning and development, organizational design, HR analytics, health and welfare benefits, and compensation. She built the HR function from the ground up and was instrumental in advancing the diversity, inclusion and gender equity agendas.

Cindy previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Tribune Publishing where she led HR across ten media companies covering 7,000 employees.

Before that, Cindy was Senior Vice President of Global HR for 20th Century Fox where she managed international and domestic activities for the company’s Worldwide Distribution Group, which employs 2,500 employees in more than 31 countries.

Earlier in her career, Cindy served as Senior Vice President of HR for Initiative Media, a global agency and in various leadership capacities with Borders Group, where she also designed and implemented a corporate diversity program.

Cindy recently received the Top Human Resources Executive of Southern California award and The Most Powerful and Influential Woman award from the Diversity Council of Southern California.

Why You Have to Check Out This Podcast

• - Why HR leaders need to break norms in order to yield the best results from their people during crises such as the pandemic.
• - How to establish a safe work environment that respects vulnerability.
• - How to create a human connection with each employee and produce optimum employee engagement.
• - The deliberate steps to discover what “the best” means to your people.
• - How to be a leader that empowers your people to be their best.
• - Why the CHRO is as critical passing through the pandemic as the CFO was passing through the global financial crisis.