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Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams

Joelle Emerson

Booking Overview

This executive interview show focuses on how leading companies build high-performing teams, with recurring conversations featuring CHROs, chief people officers, founders, CEOs, and other senior talent leaders. PR agencies could credibly pitch senior HR executives, organizational-design experts, hiring and workplace researchers, and founders with distinctive evidence-based approaches to culture, talent, AI adoption, or team performance; booking difficulty is high because recent guests are prominent executives from notable technology companies.

Metrics

Episodes: 13

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

contact@paradigmiq.com

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Host

Joelle Emerson - Co-founder and CEO of Paradigm.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Current or former C-suite executives, especially CHROs, chief people officers, COOs, founders, CEOs, and senior talent or organizational leaders at high-growth or widely recognized companies.
Required Achievements:  
Scaling people, recruiting, or operating functions at notable technology companies, Designing distinctive approaches to hiring, compensation, company culture, or organizational change, Leading companies or functions through rapid growth, AI adoption, or major workplace transformations

Recent Guest Discussions

Kenny Mendes - Return-to-office Strategy, Employee Rewards, Compensation, Equity, And Employee Engagement.

Katy Shields - Rebuilding HR Systems, Company Values, Employee Engagement, Headcount Strategy, And Ai's Impact On Work.

Daniel Chait - Structured Hiring, AI In Recruiting, Candidate Assessment, Hiring Fairness, And The Changing Job Market.

Jevan Soo Lenox - Organizational Change, AI Adoption, Workplace Culture, Human-algorithm Collaboration, Generalist Leadership, And Resilience.

Cristina Cordova - High-performance Culture, Sustainable Growth, Hiring Standards, Paid Work Trials, Team Design, And Focus-driven Productivity.

Recent Topics

Talent Management, Human Resources, Hiring, Organizational Culture, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams
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Inside LSEG: How a 300-Year-Old Finance Leader Runs AI Experiments When It Can't Afford to Fail | Erica Bourne

October 13, 2026

Erica Bourne, Chief People Officer at LSEG, believes AI transformation is a people change before it is a technology change. The London Stock Exchange Group runs the infrastructure financial markets depend on, so it has to innovate without putting that reliability at risk. Her approach keeps people at the helm: accountable for judgment and outcomes, experimenting inside clear guardrails, with each team moving at the pace its risk allows.She joined LSEG in January 2023 and sits on its Executive...

J&J's Longtime CHRO: HR is about Value Creation | Peter Fasolo

October 06, 2026

Peter Fasolo, Johnson & Johnson's longtime CHRO, believes HR is not about HR. It is about linking people practices to the value a company is trying to create. That belief shaped how he built J&J's people data science team, reorganized the HR function, and ran two CEO successions.Today Peter is a Senior Advisor at TowerBrook, where he leads the firm's human resources practice, and a Professor of the Practice at Boston University's Institute for Leadership and Work, which he previously ...

How Moody’s Is Turning AI Adoption Into a People Strategy | Patrick Martin

September 29, 2026

Patrick Martin, Chief Talent Officer at Moody’s, believes AI transformation is a people challenge, not just a technology one. That is why Moody’s put its AI enablement team on the people team. It is also how a company built on caution has moved quickly on AI: sorting every task into work people own and work AI owns, rebuilding how it hires, and training everyone from new hires to the executive team.At Moody’s he owns hiring, learning and development, talent strategy, and employee experience. ...

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Frequently asked questions

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Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams
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How do I get in touch with Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams?

Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams is hosted by Joelle Emerson. Its publicly listed email is contact@paradigmiq.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams?

The publicly listed email for Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams: contact@paradigmiq.com.

How many listeners does Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams have?

Podseeker estimates Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams?

Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Current or former C-suite executives, especially CHROs, chief people officers, COOs, founders, CEOs, and senior talent or organizational leaders at high-growth or widely recognized companies. Common among recent guests: Scaling people, recruiting, or operating functions at notable technology companies; Designing distinctive approaches to hiring, compensation, company culture, or organizational change; Leading companies or functions through rapid growth, AI adoption, or major workplace transformations. Recent guests include Kenny Mendes, Katy Shields, and Daniel Chait.

How hard is it to get booked on Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams cover?

Recent episodes cover Talent Management, Human Resources, Hiring, Organizational Culture, and Artificial Intelligence. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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