The Women in HR podcast features insights and conversations with senior female HR leaders building careers aligned with their strengths, not just their job titles.
Women in HR
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The Women in HR podcast features insights and conversations with senior female HR leaders building careers aligned with their strengths, not just their job titles.
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May 13, 2026
The hardest career problem I ever had to solve was my own.
<p>This is the Season 1 finale of Women in HR — and it's a personal one.</p><p>In this episode, I share my own story of feeling stuck as a senior HR leader. The 3am wake-ups. The redundancies. The mentor who asked me what I wanted and the silence that followed. And what finally helped me move forward.</p><p>If you've ever wondered how someone who spends her career helping others with theirs could completely lose the thread of her own — this episode is for you.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What you'll learn</strong></p><ul><li>Why 42% of HR professionals are considering leaving the profession entirely — and why that number doesn't surprise me</li><li>How career stagnation spreads beyond work into your relationships, your health, and your sense of self</li><li>Why the most capable women in HR are often the most stuck — and the six factors that stack up to keep them there</li><li>Why finding a new job doesn't fix the underlying problem</li><li>Three strategies to start moving: the career audit, building before you need it, and knowing your strengths</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources mentioned</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Career Audit:</strong> resources.rchrconsulting.com/careeraudit</li><li><strong>2025 HR Mental Wellbeing Report: </strong>https://hrzone.com/the-mental-health-of-hr-what-1400-voices-tell-us-about-a-profession-in-distress/</li><li><strong>VIA Character Strengths Survey: </strong>viacharacter.org</li><li><strong>RC HR Newsletter: </strong>news.rchrconsulting.com/newsletter</li></ul><p><strong>Chapter timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>Welcome and season 1 finale</li><li>The data: what's really happening in HR</li><li>My story: the café, the redundancy, and standing frozen</li><li>How being stuck spreads</li><li>Why this happens to the most capable women</li><li>Why the obvious solution doesn't work</li><li>Three strategies to start moving</li><li>Close and newsletter CTA</li></ul><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p>women in HR, HR leadership, career stagnation, feeling stuck, HR burnout, senior HR leaders, career coaching, HR career, imposter syndrome, career transition, HR wellbeing, career audit, executive coaching, women in leadership, APAC HR, career development, job satisfaction, HR professionals</p>
April 29, 2026
From Google to growth stage start-ups: Clarissa Wang on designing an HR career with intention
<p><strong>Episode summary</strong></p><p>Clarissa Wang has built her HR career across some of the world’s most recognizable organizations including Google, Salesforce and Heidrick & Struggles. Today she leads people strategy at <a href="https://endowus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Endowus </a>a rapidly scaling Singapore-based wealth management platform. </p><p>In this conversation, Clarissa and Renee explore what it really takes to scale cultureacross multiple markets, why “I don’t know” is one of the most powerful things a leader can say, how AI is reshaping the day-to-day work of HR, and what it means to be a solo people leader at the top of a growing organization.</p><p><strong>Key takeaways</strong></p><p>• Culture cannot be exported from headquarters — sharedvalues and purpose are the anchor, not uniformity across sites.</p><p>• Culture is not owned by HR; when HR waves the flag alone, culture becomes a poster rather than a lived reality.</p><p>• Saying “I don’t know” is a leadership strength, not a gap — seniority does not equal certainty.</p><p>• AI can automate onboarding, surface themes from engagement data, and replace expensive compensation benchmarking tools, but HRjudgment cannot be outsourced to it.</p><p>• As administrative work disappears, HR leaders face a real identity shift toward strategy, frameworks, and judgment.</p><p>• Every career move Clarissa made was guided by one question: what can I learn here, and what can I give?</p><p>• Loneliness at the top is real for solo HR leaders — building a tribe through coaching, LinkedIn, and peer communities is adeliberate act, not an accident.</p><p><strong>Connect with Clarissa: </strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarissawang/<strong>Keywords</strong>HR leadership, culture scaling, APAC HR, AI in HR, solo HR leader, HR community, career design, growth mindset, people strategy, Endowus, senior female HR leaders, HR career development, Heidrick & Struggles, Google, Salesforce</p><p></p>
April 15, 2026
The “one more year” plan: what delayed career moves are really costing you
<p><strong>Summary</strong></p><p>In this solo episode, Reneeunpacks one of the most common patterns she sees in her coaching work: thehabit of delaying a career move while waiting for the “right moment.” Whetheryou’re thinking about leaving your company, going for an internal promotion, orrenegotiating your current role, the logic of waiting can feel sound. Reneemakes the case that it isn’t — and that the cost of inaction is higher thanmost people realize.</p><p>She walks through three distinctscenarios, each with its own version of the cost of waiting: the financial costfor those considering an external move, the leverage cost for those ready for apromotion, and the career capital cost for those who need to reshape their rolefrom the inside. The episode closes with three concrete actions listeners cantake right now, whatever their situation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><p>• The “one more year” plan applies to three groups: those considering an external move, those ready for an internal promotion, and thosewho need to renegotiate their current role.</p><p>• For external moves, the financial cost of waiting is concrete and calculable. A conservative 15% salary uplift on a USD 230,000base, including bonus, adds up to over USD 40,000 per year in foregone compensation.</p><p>• For internal promotions, the cost is about leverage. The best time to make a case for promotion is at a peak of momentum, not afterwaiting for things to calm down.</p><p>• For role renegotiation, the cost is career capital: every year spent in a role that underuses your strengths is a year not spentbuilding the skills and visibility your next move will depend on.</p><p>• Loss aversion, a well-documented psychological principle, explains why the invisible cost of waiting feels less real than thevisible risks of acting.</p><p>• The pattern is the same regardless of scenario: one reasonable reason to wait becomes two, two becomes three, and before long you’ve been “almost ready” for two years.</p><p>• You don’t have to be ready to start. One conversation, one update, one outreach is enough to build momentum.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The formula mentioned in the episode</strong></p><p>For those considering an external move, Renee shares a simple formula to calculate your annual cost of waiting:</p><p> </p><p>Annual cost of waiting =(Current base salary × 0.15) + (Monthly salary × months of bonus × 0.15)</p><p> </p><p>Plug in your own salary andbonus to find your number.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Three actions you can take</strong></p><p>1. Set a real deadline, not a milestone. </p><p>2. Make the cost visible. </p><p>3. Start building from where you are. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>Intro and welcome</p><p>What the “one more year” plan sounds like</p><p>Three types of career move</p><p>The financial cost of waiting: external moves</p><p>The formula: calculating your annual cost </p><p>The leverage cost: internal promotions</p><p>The career capital cost : renegotiating your role</p><p>Why we all wait: loss aversion </p><p>The pattern: one reason becomes two </p><p>Three actions to take right now</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p>HR career development, senior HRleaders, career coaching, women in HR, career transition, internal promotion,salary negotiation, role renegotiation, loss aversion, career capital, jobsearch strategy, APAC HR, strengths-aligned career, career momentum, HRleadership</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>Join Renee’s newsletter: news.rchrconsulting.com/newsletter</p><p> Connect with Renee on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/reneeconklin</p>
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