About this podcast
The People Strategy Forum is a weekly conversation with the executives, practitioners, and experts shaping how organizations lead, reward, develop, and support their people.
Each episode explores the decisions that drive stronger organizations and better workforce outcomes, including compensation and total rewards, leadership and culture, workforce strategy, career development, employee experience, and organizational performance.
The show is designed to move beyond theory. Guests share practical insights, real-world examples, and lessons leaders can apply to build clearer systems, stronger teams, and organizations where people can do their best work.
Hosted by Sam Reeve, Founder and CEO of CompTeam.
Sam is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) with more than 20 years of experience. He previously led compensation work at BlackRock, McKesson, and ADP before founding CompTeam. He is also co-author of The Workforce Experience: A Framework for Creating Work People Love.
The People Strategy Forum is built for CEOs, CHROs, HR leaders, Total Rewards leaders, and anyone responsible for building organizations that attract, develop, reward, and retain great people.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Watch full conversations on YouTube at @PeopleStrategyForum.
Learn more about CompTeam and the People Strategy Forum at compteam.net.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 188 episodes
- From HR Leader to Trusted Partner · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 188From HR Leader to Trusted Partner: How to Gain C-Suite Influence in the Era of AI Having a seat at the table is no longer enough. The real question is whether the executive team…
- Beyond the Fixed Job - James Terry · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 187Beyond the Fixed Job: How AI and Flexible Talent Are Reshaping the Workforce AI is changing more than how people perform their jobs. It is changing how organizations define work…
- The Hidden Cost of Offboarding - Andrew Hamilton · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 186The Hidden Cost of Offboarding: Why the Employee Exit Matters More Than Most Leaders Think Most organizations obsess over the employee experience while people are inside the…
- Recognition in the Age of AI - Alex Grande · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 185Recognition in the Age of AI: How Leaders Cut Through the Noise and Make Appreciation MatterAI has made workplace communication easier to produce, but not necessarily easier to…
- The Most Expensive CEO Mistake - Tom Verboven · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 184The Most Expensive CEO Mistake: Why Boards Must Define What the Business Needs Before the Search Begins The most expensive CEO mistake often happens before the search starts…
- David Dean - AI Is Already Inside Your Business · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 183AI Is Already Inside Your Business: What Leaders Need to Understand About How Work Really Gets DoneAI is already changing how work happens inside organizations, but much of that…
- Your Strategy Is Moving Faster Than Your Leaders - Andy Fleming · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 182Your Strategy Is Moving Faster Than Your Leaders: How to Build a Culture That Grows at the Speed of ChangeMost transformations do not stall because the strategy is weak. They…
- Stop Losing Top Talent: How Retention & Rewards Decisions Build or Break Trust | Greg Roche · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 181Stop Losing Top Talent: How Retention & Rewards Decisions Build or Break Trust | Greg Roche Growing companies often assume that employee turnover is primarily a pay problem. In…
- Leadership Operating Systems: Turning AI Strategy into Execution with Betsy Kauffman · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 180Leadership Operating Systems: Turning AI Strategy into Execution with Betsy Kauffman AI is transforming every industry, but technology is not what determines success. Leadership…
- Lee Caraher - Lifetime Loyalty in the Age of AI · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 179Lifetime Loyalty in the Age of AI: How Leaders Keep Top Talent During Change As AI continues to reshape the workplace, leaders face a growing challenge: helping employees…
- Wani Iris Manly - Change That Changes Everything · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 178Change That Changes Everything: How Leaders Help People Adapt Before AI Fears Drive Talent Away Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace faster than ever, but the…
- Chris Hamilton - Redefining Employee Benefit Strategy · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 177Are Your Benefits Training Top Talent to Leave? Healthcare costs continue to rise, and many employers feel trapped in a system that gets more expensive every year. In this…
- Andy Neary - Why Top Talent Stays: They Know How to Win · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 176Why Top Talent Stays: They Know How to Win Why do some organizations consistently retain top performers while others struggle with turnover? In this episode of the People/AI…
- Maximos Lih - When One Person Does the Work of Seven · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 175When One Person Does the Work of Seven: How AI Is Rewriting Work What happens when one employee can suddenly accomplish the work that previously required an entire team? In this…
- David Dean - AI in the Workplace: What's Really Happening · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 174AI in the Workplace: What's Really Happening What is actually happening with AI inside organizations today? In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam Reeve speaks with…
- Borja Cuan - Retention Is a Relationship · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 173Retention is a relationship. In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam Reeve speaks with Borja Kwan, Founder of Four15 Digital, about the leadership habits that keep…
- Cary Sparrow - Is Your Pay Data Accurate, Or Already Too Late? · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 172What if your compensation data is accurate, but already too late? In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam Reeve speaks with Cary Sparrow, Founder & CEO of WageScape…
- Dr. Xavier Pavie - Responsible Innovation Is the New Retention Strategy · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 171What if the greatest risk in the AI era is not moving too slowly, but moving too quickly without sufficient reflection? In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam Reeve…
- Marlene Cosain - AI Without Layoffs · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 170What if AI adoption didn’t lead to layoffs, but instead created new opportunities for your workforce? In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam Reeve speaks with…
- Dr. Rosina McAlpine - The Hidden Driver of Retention · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 169What if your retention problem isn’t compensation, flexibility, or career growth, but a hidden strain leaders rarely measure? In this episode of the People/AI Strategy Forum, Sam…
