How Business Executives Navigate Their Careers - Heidi Hauver

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In today’s episode, I again chat with Heidi Hauver, the Ottawa, Canada-based Chief People Officer of TrackTik, where she’s leading a world-class team building the World’s Largest Security Workforce Management Company.

I’ve known Heidi for a few years now. We originally met as part of the GROW HR mastermind program presented by HackingHR, where she quickly differentiated herself as an innovative and strategic people leader.

Together we covered a lot of ground. Beginning with her experiences as a business executive supporting start-ups, alongside the human resources considerations for venture-backed organizations.

We eventually landed on the topic of growth mindset for mid-career professionals - a topic I know well - discussing how education & professional credentials are essential ingredients, along with lived experiences, in developing the next era of business leaders. In today's rapidly changing job market, it is becoming increasingly important for leaders to consider resilience in their career planning. According to the Harvard Business Review, today the average tenure of a leader is five (5!) years. And Deloitte survey found that 85% of executives believe their industry will face significant disruption in the next three years.

I always love my chats with Heidi & this one was no different, as she gives us all things to think about. Beyond that, I had a lot of fun, and hope you enjoy our conversation, as much as I did recording it.
Heidi Hauver
Heidi is an innovative and strategic people leader who partners with innovative companies to provide executive leadership in human resources with over twenty years of experience in multiple industries. Focused on transformational HR, since 2007 she has founded an HR practice and built three HR departments for companies from the ground up. As Chief People Officer of TrackTik / Trackforce Valiant she leads a world class team helping to build the World’s Largest Security Workforce Management Company.
Heidi’s energetic leadership and constant innovation have earned her several awards, including an Alumni of the Year Award (Business) with Algonquin College, the inaugural nationally recognized 2018 Leadership Agency Award for Woman of Distinction, a 2017 Top 25 HR Professional, a 2012 Ottawa Business Journal/Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Forty Under 40 Award, and a 2012 CATA Information Technology Strategic HR Leadership Award.

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