88 - Lars Schmidt (Founder, Amplify) on the 2 things HR pros should prioritize for their careers & ways HR will look different in 2023

Lars Schmidt, Founder of Amplify Talent, joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We talked about what you should know if you plan to make the jump into HR, the 2 most important things for HR practitioners to prioritize their careers around, and the ways HR will look different in 2023.

Timestamps:

(3:20) Recent launch of Amplify Academy's Diversity Council

(4:37) Lars’ career story and how he started Amplify

(9:36) What happened in 2015 for the open sourcing of HR

(15:20) Getting out of the zero-sum mindset that in order to win everyone else has to lose

(18:45) HR is now a destination function

(20:00) Where there’s room for disruption within HR

(22:20) What you should know if you’re making the jump into HR

(30:00) The 2 most important things for HR practitioners to prioritize their career around

(34:00) The importance of having peer networks

(39:36) On whether the economic uncertainty will hamper progress made over the last few years

(43:03) People moving away from the startup scene for more stability

(46:25) The current state of HR tech

(52:05) 7 ways HR will look different in the new year

(57:00) The idea of choice

(1:00) Built For People

(1:01:38) Lars’ definition of a Modern People Leader

(1:02:16) The career advice Lars would give his 22-year-old self

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