Leading with People: How Home Depot Wins with Culture - Tim Hourigan

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What does it mean to be a business leader with HR expertise?

How can you reinforce and shape a people-first culture at scale?

My guest on this episode is Tim Hourigan, recently retired Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Home Depot.

During our conversation Tim and I discuss:

• How a curiosity for the “people side” of the business changed the course of Tim’s career

• Why HR leaders should strive to be “business professionals with HR expertise,” not the other way around

• How Home Depot’s iconic value wheel guides the company’s people-first culture

• The power of storytelling to build and reinforce company culture

• Why he believes as HR evolves in the future, we should not forget the “human” in human resources

Learn more about Home Depot’s Culture: 

Learn more about Home Depot’s values, inverted pyramid, and three-legged stool