I started with something he already knew: his seat is lonely.

His spouse doesn't fully understand. Most of the exec team is focused on their own function.

The best CPOs I've seen sit right beside the CEO and look at the whole business.

They run the same scan the CEO runs, through a human lens:

Where is there friction?

Where is collaboration breaking down?

What left the last meeting with no owner?

Whose behavior is pulling us in the wrong direction?

That vantage point is what makes a great CPO a trusted resource.

And if your CEO can't name what great looks like yet, you may get to help define it.

People leaders: how would you communicate to a CEO what "great" looks like in your seat?

I am the Senior People Advisor for Ffern fragrance here in the UK. Ffern is a boutique fragrance house that creates organic and seasonal small batch fragrances. I look after the full employee lifecycle (Minus talent recruitment) , while looking at rolling on new benefits to attract and retain talent as we continue to grow.

Looking forward to hearing from you all,

Yaasi

I'm Yuru, founder of Hey! Food is Ready, and I recently joined the community. I'd love to hear your ideas.

Our ethos is bringing people together and celebrating the different cultures and flavours in a team. So I'm curious: how do you promote diversity in your workplace with food?

Do you have a team lunch where people share dishes from home, a cultural celebration you love, or a workshop that got everyone talking? What worked, and what didn't?

Would love to hear what you've tried, and what you'd like to try next. Thank you!

Yuru

happy to join community!

I am NewWork Enthusiast and founder & CEO of Yoffix Hybrid Workplace Platform. I am expert in all things around creating productive & efficient workplaces and meaningful office days 😄

With Yoffix we support many HiBob clients in optimizing office use, bringing employees together and steering office attendance. Surely perfectly integrated with HiBob.

What do you think about the whole Return-to-Office discussion?

Happy to answer any questions around hybrid work, workplace management or join event in your local Chapter.

Have a great day!

Nikolay

happy to join community!

I am NewWork Enthusiast and founder & CEO of Yoffix Hybrid Workplace Platform. I am expert in all things around creating productive & efficient workplaces and meaningful office days 😄

With Yoffix we support many HiBob clients in optimizing office use, bringing employees together and steering office attendance. Surely perfectly integrated with HiBob.

What do you think about the whole Return-to-Office discussion?

Happy to answer any questions around hybrid work, workplace management or join event in your local Chapter.

Have a great day!

Nikolay

A big part of my role is designing and rebuilding people processes end to end. I try to look beyond the individual HR task and think about the whole system around it: what should trigger the process, who owns each step, what data needs to flow between systems, where approvals or handoffs are needed, and what can be automated without losing clarity or control. HiBob is in the centre of a lot of that work for us, and I’m especially interested in learning how others are approaching process design, automation and system ownership in practice.

Looking forward to learning from this community, sharing ideas, and hearing how others are solving similar challenges!

I'm the Director of People at Interchecks Technologies, a leading payments platform in the fintech space. We're a Series C startup based in New York with roughly 60 full-time employees across the United States.

I run our entire People function solo and I'm always looking for inspiration, advice, and a community of HR leaders to trade notes with.

The current problem I'm tackling: finding a great management training program. Any ideas? We're flexible — in-person, remote, personalized, or broad — but we want something effective. Open to all ideas!

I'm Amanda and I work at The Biodiversity Consultancy, a specialist management consultancy supporting companies to minimise their impacts on nature and biodiversity. We are based in Cambridge UK and our office overlooks a beautiful meadow and mill pond.

I am responsible for Operations and HR which also includes legal, IT and administration. I introduced Bob nearly 3 years ago and we haven't looked back. We also use Bob payroll which has made huge efficiency savings.

After nearly 30 years in HR, I have worked in many areas such as learning and development, organisational design, comp and bens etc, so consider myself a true generalist.

I look forward to interacting with you all 🙂