Building a New HR Team in a Remote World with Katie Purcell from Calendly

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Katie Purcell to the show. Katie leads People teams at Calendly, providing leadership in L&D, Business Partnership, Operations, Tech, and Analytics. Before Calendly, Katie held Executive People Leadership roles across various tech companies, including Apple, Adobe, and GE.

Katie pursued her career in HR and People following completing the undergrad Business/HR and Master’s HR Leadership programs at Michigan State University. While at GE, she had the opportunity to travel and live around the world with notable expat experiences in Scotland and Italy. She is now based in San Francisco but runs a remote team with people worldwide.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. How Katie Purcell decided to work in the human resources world after completing an internship with General Motors that led to her career at GE.
2. What attracted her to Calendly and her philosophy around building a new team.
3. The influence of her Chief People Officer, CEO, and CFO in getting learning and development established early on as the company scales.
4. Katie’s advice for building influential relationships with a CEO and CFO to achieve alignment regarding company goals and her key focus areas to build an engaged and focused team.
5. How she assesses her learning and development priorities while understanding that she can’t cover everything while the company is experiencing hyper-growth.
6. The advice Katie gives to employees regarding their career growth trajectory and resources available to them.

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