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Hosted by Deidre Paknad, WorkBoard CEO
Guest Alexis Kearns, Chief People Officer at GHX, shares her approach to OKRs and performance management, the hard conversations, team OKRs and effective managers, and the CEO-CHRO partnership. She starts with first principles to authentically elevate performance, with healthy respect for the worthy but difficult work of managing people and teams.
About Alexis Kearns
Alexis Kearns serves as the chief people officer (CPO) at GHX. She is a passionate professional who believes that an organization’s number one competitive advantage is the high performance of its people. With more than 20 years of executive HR experience, Alexis has dedicated her career to helping organizations create solutions that unlock that performance. She specializes in transformational change management, HR strategy, strong organizational cultures, pre- and post-merger and acquisitions, leadership development, team effectiveness and executive coaching.
Alexis has worked in a variety of industries including healthcare, energy, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, hospitality, public safety, retail and telecommunications. Prior to joining GHX, Kearns was the senior vice president of HR for ReedGroup, directing all HR activities for 1,500 employees in the U.S. and Canada.
About Deidre Paknad
Deidre Paknad has founded and led three tech startups, acquired companies and been acquired, and led a high-growth business as an executive at IBM for several years; this affords her a unique perspective on using both speed and scale to drive growth. In her role as CEO at WorkBoard, she works with senior leadership teams at some of the world’s largest companies to clarify, align, and drive strategic priorities with greater speed and agility. She is a frequent speaker on Outcome Mindset™ and tapping into ambition.
Deidre has over a dozen patents and has twice been inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for innovation. Goldman Sachs named her one of the 100 most intriguing entrepreneurs of 2019. Deidre hosts The OKR Podcast, which focuses on accelerating outcomes and fostering an outcomes culture.
