Talent Makers Studio

The war for Talent can always benefit from a different perspective, and Steven Broudy of Bevy has a unique blend of military experience and sales smarts. In this episode, we’re honored to talk to Steven, one of the top up and coming sales leaders in the industry and a former special ops sniper. He shares his own experiences in the power of authentic connection, how to navigate the tricky business of building trust and how to nurture future sales leaders.

People aren’t static, which means how we approach equity, diversity and inclusion isn’t static. It’s a muscle that needs to be continuously built. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Salima Bhimani has served as a consultant, researcher, educator and systems designer and now, as chief equity and inclusion systems strategist for Alphabet, she shares why we need to be open to trying and potentially failing, and why anything we do around ED&I needs us to be open to learning from each other.

Rideshare company Lyft (which has recently gone public) hires over 200 people every month. How does their team manage that breakneck growth while continuing to plan in a strategic way, backed by clean, reliable data? And how do they balance scale while maintaining the excellent culture Lyft is known for? Mason Wong, Lyft’s recruiting systems administrator, gives the Talent Makers Studio an inside look into the sophisticated HR tech stack Lyft relies on built around Greenhouse Recruiting and how the company’s approach to hiring holds up their values. 

From scaling a marketing practice to scaling the entire TalkDesk team around the world, VP of Global Talent Shauna Geraghty shares her Talent Maker journey at software company TalkDesk. Discover the parallels between structured hiring and clinical psychology that Shauna applied to propel TalkDesk along a hyper-growth trajectory that traverses the globe across six offices.

Growing teams is an art, and Teresa Dietrich’s career building tech teams is a testament to what great looks like. In this episode, Teresa shares how her experience across a wide array of companies spanning different industries and sizes solidified her belief that hiring, retaining and progressing the right people with the right skills is the best way to ensure smooth sailing in business.

For Chief People Officer Susan Lee, humility is one of the things she loves the most about working at SeatGeek, a company that helps the world enjoy live events. During this episode, Susan shares what she values in a strong recruiting team, and how that brings company culture to life in every part of the business, all within an environment of humility.