Episode 386: Paying Attention to Help the Business Be Successful With Amy Cappellanti-Wolf From Cohesity

I love that you love people, but sometimes this role is, sometimes is more about making tough decisions than sprinkling fairy dust everywhere. So your role is to be both an employee advocate, but also make sure we’re making good business decisions so we support the shareholders, the customers, and the employees and how we run our business. Episode 386: Paying Attention to Help the Business Be Successful With Amy Cappellanti-Wolf (@AmyCappellanti) From Cohesity Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader. Join host Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of Workology.com as she sits down and gets to the bottom of trends, tools, and case studies for the business leader, HR, and recruiting professional who is tired of the status quo. Now here’s Jessica with this episode of Workology. Jessica Miller-Merrell: [00:00:45.05] Welcome to the Workology Podcast powered by Ace The HR Exam and Upskill HR. These are two courses that I offer for certification prep for HR leaders and recertification. This podcast is part of a series on the Workology podcast focused on the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Human Resources Officer or CHRO. The CHRO is sometimes called the VP of People or the Chief People Officer, and it is an executive or C-level role that deals with managing human resources as well as with organizational development and implementing policies of change to improve the overall efficiency of the company. The CHRO podcast series over here on Workology is sponsored by HR Benchmark Survey. I would love for you to share your insights at HRBenchmarkSurvey.com. One of the reasons we continue to do this series, I started the CHRO series in 2020, is because there is so much mystery around that CHRO-level role. And frankly, our job as heads of HR is changing every single day. I also want aspiring crows to know the types of skills and experiences they need to promote into a future CHRO role, along with hearing from senior HR leaders about how they’re partnering and collaborating with their executive peers. But before I introduce our podcast guests, which you are going to love, love, love, I want to hear from you. Text the word “PODCAST” to 512-548-3005. Ask me questions, leave comments, and make suggestions for future guests. That’s “PODCAST” to 512-548-3005. This is my community text number. Jessica Miller-Merrell: [00:02:28.73] So today I’m joined by Amy Cappellanti-Wolf. She’s the CHRO at Cohesity. And in this role, Amy is responsible for spearheading workforce strategies, including global talent acquisition and development, employee experience, total rewards, and well-being in the real estate workplace environment. Before joining the company in 2021, she served as the Senior VP and CHRO of corporate real estate, and global diversity and inclusion lead at security company Symantec Corp. Prior to that, she was a CHRO at Silver Spring Networks Inc. and held leadership roles at Cisco Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems, The Walt Disney Company, and PepsiCo. Amy also serves on the board of Softchoice, a North American provider of technology solutions and managed services; as well as Betterworks, a continuous performance management platform company; and Pivotal,  a community that focuses on foster youth education and employment. She is a member of the Betterworks HR Advisory Council, the Hitch Advisory Council, and she was the 2018 recipient of the National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology award.