
What the HR! is an award-winning podcast. Presented by TCSHRM and hosted by Becky Lauseng, Jay Olson, and Lena Scullard. The podcast provides insights, strategies, and anecdotes that explore how to build better businesses through modern people practices and approaches. Topics covered include Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Listening Strategies, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Company Culture, Transformation, Talent, and Leadership.
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What the HR! is an award-winning podcast. Presented by TCSHRM and hosted by Becky Lauseng, Jay Olson, and Lena Scullard. The podcast provides insights, strategies, and anecdotes that explore how to build better businesses through modern people practices and approaches. Topics covered include Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Listening Strategies, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Company Culture, Transformation, Talent, and Leadership.
INTERESTED IN SPONSORSHIP? Please email sponsors@tcshrm.org.
Episodes

Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Heather Polivka helps leaders create workplaces where people thrive, great talent stays, and businesses grow. Whether clients are responding to a changing talent market, fueling high growth, or navigating accelerated change, Heather guides leaders to cultivate a way of working that fuels their business and empowers their people. She has been doing that for more than two decades at companies of all sizes.
Her journey includes leadership roles at major brands such as Target—where she spent a decade in product management and development—and the Lenox Group, where she served as Managing Director of Product Marketing, honing her expertise in consumer behavior and brand strategy.
Guest:
Heather Polivka | Founder & CEO of Awesome People Leaders | https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherpolivka/
Contact info:
o Email: heatherp@awesomepeopleleaders.com
o Schedule Time with me at: https://meetings.hubspot.com/heatherpapl/meetings
o LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherpolivka/
o Our website: https://www.awesomepeopleleaders.com/
Hosts:
Jay Olson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayolson/
Becky Lauseng - https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-lauseng/
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