From transforming culture at LinkedIn while they tripled their headcount within two years to leading the total employee experience at global HR tech firm UKG–Pat Wadors is an inspirational thought leader on every aspect of HR and HCM,including talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, authenticleadership and fostering employee engagement to drive the bottom line. Amultiple recipient of the National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Women in Technology award, Pat is the creator of the DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging) framework, which champions employee belonging as the key driver ofemployee satisfaction and retention, as well as the “Scorecard,” for becomingan agile leader of both your personal and professional life. Pat’s articles onHR, management and leadership have appeared in The Harvard Business Review.
An inspirational HR and HCM leader and strategist for top technology companies, Pat Wadors currently serves as Chief People Officer (CPO) of UKG, a global powerhouse of HR, payroll and workforcemanagement solutions that is known for its award-winning culture. In this role,she oversees the critical HR functions that bring UKG’s employee experience tolife, including talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits,employee listening and people analytics, HR technology, People Operations, and WorkplaceServices. Her mission is to make sure that every employee is better off forhaving worked for UKG –creating a positive and engaging experience for their14,000+ workforce at every touchpoint - from a candidate’s first contact tobuilding a robust alumni network of brand and culture ambassadors.
Before joining UKG, Pat was CPO at Procore Technologies, leading the company through expansive growth and Chief HumanResource Officer (CHRO) at Service Now, overseeing global employee resources andtalent and helping the company scale. She has held multiple HR leadership positions in the tech world, with tenures at LinkedIn, Plantronics, Twitter,Align Technologies and Yahoo! Pat is a current board member of Accolade, Inc.and Moloco, Inc., and past board member of UKG, Zenefits, El Camino Hospital,and Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara County, where she also served as Chair.
A thought leader in HR, Pat has had numerous articles published in The Harvard Business Review. She is a multiplerecipient of the National Diversity Council’s “Top 50 Women in Technology”award and the creator of the DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging) framework, which champions employee belonging as the key driver of recruitment, engagement, satisfaction and retention. Pat also developed a signature “Scorecard” for developing agile, relevant, and authentic leaders - an approachthat anyone can use to live their values, achieve their goals, and become theleader of their own personal and professional lives. An evocative and inspiringspeaker, Pat has spoken to audiences around the world, including LinkedIn, TheSociety for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Association of TalentDevelopment (ATD), the Boston Consulting Group, Forbes Power Women’s Summit and Talent Connect.
Why Pat Wadors?
Imagine a speaker with theinspirational and emotional qualities of Brené Brown combined with decades ofexperience leading HR at high-performing global technology firms. Add being anaward-winning thought leader and Harvard Business Review contributor onDE&I, throw in storytelling brilliance, and you have Pat Wadors. Whethershe’s championing the importance of creating a culture of belonging, providingexpert guidance on employee experience or agile leadership, or leading asession on developing your own personal “Scorecard”, Pat engages, motivates andinspires audiences to take action. Her proven approaches will help you toattract top candidates, retain a more highly engaged workforce, and fosteragile, authentic leadership at every level of your organization.
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