86 - Kelly Keegan (VP People, Built In) on building the people function of the future

Kelly Keegan, VP of People at Built In, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how she’s thinking about building the people function of the future and why everyone in HR could use a therapist. Timestamps: (12:17) How she’s thinking about the future of the people function (16:26) What companies can do to make the recruiting function more sticky during economic downturns (22:34) Why Built In scrapped their HRBP model for something new (28:30) What’s going to separate the best people teams from everyone else (33:23) The strongest leaders are the ones constantly observing and looking for trends (40:40) Everyone in HR (and everyone else) could use a therapist (45:00) How Built In uses Modern Health for their people (49:00) Most common fears for people going into therapy (52:02) How she defines a Modern People Leader (52:20) The career advice she’d give to her 22-year-old self Subscribe to the MPL Weekly Digest: https://forms.gle/qdt6YaWULfoEHb6n8 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-modern-people-leader