Bringing the Heat: Kendall Harrell on How to Make Work Work for Everyone
The Step UP - Where Leaders, Talent Managers and Leadership Development pros find expert tips for Leadership excellence · 2025-05-08 · 47 min
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Kendall Harrell is a Minneapolis-based C-level HR leader with extensive experience across various industries. In his more than twenty years in human resources, he has helped organizations build, refine, and execute integrated talent strategies…and work in a good laugh from time to time. An anchoring value of his is to “bring others along”. It informs the way he leads and how he inspires other leaders to do the same. He cares deeply about the success of others and responsibility leadership teams have to take care of the business by taking care of the people. Today's chat is all about shaking things up in the workplace because let’s be real—it's high time we start rethinking how we do things! We're diving headfirst into the future of work, where traditional norms are being tossed out the window, and I’m here for it. Our guest, Kendall Harrell, brings some serious insights from his years of experience in HR, highlighting how those comfy, old-school practices might just be holding us back. He argues that a little discomfort could spark innovation and growth, and you know what? I couldn't agree more!