Expertise
Leadership, Culture & the Business of Work
Tara Furiani is an executive, author, leadership expert, speaker and creator of Not the HR Lady. Over a career of more than 20 years — including 16 years as a Chief People Officer — she has led people, culture and organizational decision-making across entertainment, financial services, non-profit, education, hospitality, media and technology.
Executive Leadership
Leadership requires judgment, accountability and the willingness to make consequential decisions rather than hiding behind process.
Organizational Culture
Culture is shaped by what organizations reward, tolerate, promote and repeatedly allow — not by the language written on a values page.
Employee Experience
Employee experience includes every meaningful interaction between a person and an organization, from recruiting and leadership to performance, communication, development and departure.
Future of Work
Technology, distributed work, changing employee expectations and artificial intelligence are changing organizations faster than most workplace practices are changing with them.
People Strategy
People strategy should operate as business strategy rather than a collection of disconnected HR programs.
Leadership, Defined
What is executive leadership?
Executive leadership is the practice of making consequential decisions with accountability and judgment — leading an organization through uncertainty rather than hiding behind process.
What is organizational culture?
Organizational culture is shaped by what an organization rewards, tolerates, promotes and repeatedly allows — not by the language written on a values page.
What is employee experience?
Employee experience is the sum of every meaningful interaction between a person and an organization, from recruiting and leadership to performance, communication, development and departure.
What is people strategy?
People strategy is the discipline of operating workforce decisions as business strategy, not as a collection of disconnected HR programs.
What is the future of work?
The future of work is the ongoing shift in how organizations operate as technology, distributed work, changing employee expectations and artificial intelligence reshape the workplace.
Expertise
Tara Furiani's Leadership Expertise
Tara Furiani is an executive, author, leadership expert and former Chief People Officer with more than 20 years of experience leading people and culture across multiple industries. Her work focuses on executive leadership, organizational culture, employee experience, people strategy and the future of work. Her commentary has appeared in national and industry media including The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business Insider, Newsweek, SUCCESS, Money and SHRM.
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