CPO PLAYBOOK with Felicia Shakiba
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CPO PLAYBOOK isn’t your typical business podcast. Hosted by Felicia Shakiba—Korn Ferry executive coach and fixer of high-stakes people problems—we tackle the stuff that keeps founders, investors, and execs up at night. From leadership blind spots to messy M&As, scaling headaches to culture chaos—we don’t just talk about business, we solve it.
Guests? Think PepsiCo, SoftBank, Harvard, Reddit, Valentino, Adidas, Stanford, and MCM Capital—aka the folks shaping global markets and billion-dollar bets.
If you like your insights bold, your leadership sharper, and your strategy with a side of “why didn’t anyone tell me this sooner?”—hit subscribe. This is your competitive edge, one episode at a time.
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83 How to Navigate M&A with Effective Leadership Integrations
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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82 AI Transformation: When AI Takes Our Jobs
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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81 How Change Management Can Save Millions
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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80 Leadership Evaluation in Private Equity Due Diligence
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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79 How to Be More Confident
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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78 Leadership Tips on the Employee Experience
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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77 The ROI of Alignment in Private Equity
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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76 How PepsiCo Uses Responsible AI to Boost Employee Productivity
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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75 Transformational Leadership with Former Citigroup Divisional CFO Roman Labutin
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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74 CFO-CPO Collaboration: Transforming Workforce Planning through Incentive Compensation
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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75 AI in the Workplace
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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72 How to Build Wealth from Nothing: Building Online Communities
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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71 Decoding Visa's Hasan Kazmi's "Global Expansion, Local Execution" Approach
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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70 Enrique Rubio on AI in Leadership, Digital Transformation and More
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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69 Angela Cheng-Cimini on Fostering Leadership Trust and Courage at Work
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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68 Acing Cultural Transitions Post Private Equity Acquisition with MCM's Kingsbury
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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67 Leadership's Role in Employee Engagement: Insights from NitroFix
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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66 BuzzFeed's Chandler Bondan Reveals Secrets to Human and Organizational Development
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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65 CEO of Salva Health, Winner of TechCrunch Disrupt Winner in Live Executive Coaching
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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64 Building Your Empire: Serial Entrepreneurship in San Francisco
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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63 Navigating Analysis Paralysis, AI, and Decision Making with William Tincup
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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62 Attracting Cyber Talent to the Government
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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61 The Bra: A Case Study in Leadership and Innovation
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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60 Women Leadership in the New Year
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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59 Killers of the Flower Moon Producer on Authentic Leadership with Niels Juul
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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58 Reddit's Creative Head on Women's Wellness: Perimenopause
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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57 Ashaki Rucker from NBC Universal on Tackling Business Silos in the Workplace
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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56 Unicorn India Ventures on Leadership
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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55 Planful CEO Grant Halloran on Work Culture
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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54 Teacher Retention Tips Amid High Turnover
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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53 Experian's CEO Jochen Werne on Post Acquisition Transformation and Cultural Integration
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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52 John Radford on Workforce Future Needs
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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51 Refreshing Vision and Mission Statements
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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50 Building a Global Brand with Nityo's CEO Naveen Kumar
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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49 CEO Rob Gardner on Solving Toxic Talent
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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48 Tesla's People Analytics: Insights from Hoover
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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47 Adidas Presidential Succession Plan Unveiled
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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46 Portillo's CPO on Leadership Transformation
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May 29, 2024 |
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45 Accor CEO Duncan O'Rourke on Top Exec Teams
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May 22, 2024 |
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44 HR Leadership with Virgin Money's Syreeta Brown
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May 15, 2024 |
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43 Googler Jennie Ibrahim on Inclusivity of Women in Tech
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May 08, 2024 |
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42 SoftBank's CISO Role with Gary Hayslip
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May 01, 2024 |
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41 Global Talent Recruiting Strategies
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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40 Performance Management with Kyle Lagunas
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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39 Reducing Risk with NSU's Entrepreneur Framework
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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38 Sales Training on Social Selling with Tim Hughes
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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37 ColdCart CEO Jason Park on Achieving an Entrepreneurial Mindset
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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36 Snapping Up Executives at Snap
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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35 Is College Worth It? with Extern CEO Matt Wilkerson
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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34 How to Start People Analytics with Richard Rosenow
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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33 Leadership & ChatGPT with Chief HR Scientist Dr. Veldsman
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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32 How to Set OKRs with ChatGPT with Enrique Rubio
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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31 Becoming the Boss at Valentino
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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30 HBR on Career Pathing with SVP Angela Cheng-Cimini
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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29 Well-being's Impact on Company Culture with Laurie Ruettimann
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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28 ChatGPT and the Chief AI Officer
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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27 CEO & Chief People Officer (CPO) Relationship Dynamics
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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26 Creativity with Cirque du Soleil Executive Daniel Lamarre
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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25 Performance Management Best Practices with Felicia Shakiba
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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24 Best Leadership Skills 2023 Part 2
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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23 Best Leadership Insights 2023 (Part 1)
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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22 HR Work Burnout: Causes & Solutions
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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21 Build Trust from the Courtroom to the Boardroom
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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20 International Downsizing
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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19 Leadership Skills in Mergers and Acquisitions
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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18 Talent Acquisition Refined by Q Hamirani
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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17 The Path to Promotion at Work
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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16 Workplace Communication with Stanford Professor Matt Abrahams
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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15 HR Technology Conference on AI and More Part 2
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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14 HR Technology Conference on AI and More Part 1
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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13 Fortune 100 Leadership Buy-In Strategies
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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12 BuzzFeed Employee Engagement Strategies
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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11 New Management Training Techniques
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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10 AI-Powered Job Skills Inventory
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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09 AI Potential in Workforce Management
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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08 Value-Driven Culture: AKQA São Paulo's Success with Google, Netflix, and Usher featuring Co-Chief Creative Officers Hugo Veiga and Diego Machado
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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07 Intuit Debunks Myth on Organizational Design
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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06 Leadership Skills in the African Renewable Energy Industry
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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05 DEI Challenges & Solutions with Dr. Greg Pennington
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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04 Harvard Fellow on Organizational Culture & Transformation
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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03 How To Determine CEO Salary
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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02 What is Diversity? with Todd Kashdan
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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01 Colleen McCreary on the Future of HR Leadership
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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CPO PLAYBOOK with Felicia Shakiba Trailer
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Jun 13, 2023 |