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HR Leaders: The Hardest Job in Business Today

Every month, HIC bring together 80+ senior HR leadersfrom Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized organizations, and startups across industries for our private roundtables.

These conversations are where the real work of HR leadership happens, honest dialogue about what it takes to balance C-suite demands with employee expectations in 2025.

On October 15, 2025, from 12:30–1:30 PM ET, we’re thrilled to welcome a powerhouse guest: Vernā Myers, Harvard-trained lawyer and Netflix’s first VP of Inclusion.

This roundtable session powered by HIC is one every People Leader needs and wants: HR’s Impossible Job in 2025: Pleasing the C-Suite While Protecting Employees

Together, we’ll dig into the impossible realities HR leaders face:

  • What it really takes to earn and keep executive trust
  • How to advocate for employees without being dismissed as “too soft”
  • The trade-offs that define people strategy in 2025
  • Why burnout is accelerating and how to protect yourself
  • How peers across industries are tackling these tensions in real time

It’s a working virtual roundtable, a space to share, debate, and build practical solutions with leaders who understand exactly what you’re navigating.

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The HIC Roundtable is back bringing together 50+ senior HR and People Leaders for a candid discussion on the realities of HR leadership in 2025. Joined by Vernā Myers, Netflix’s first Global Inclusion Strategist, we explored what it takes to balance C-suite demands with employee well-being, rebuild trust, and lead with courage in a rapidly changing world.

When my team and I secured an $8 million deal, the biggest win wasn’t the number, it was the trust behind it. Months later, that same team chose to follow me into a brand-new startup with no guarantees. Not because they had to, but because they believed. That’s the power of inclusive leadership, it builds teams that follow conviction, not comfort.

Last week, I stood on stage at the Portugal Leadership Summit in front of 1,000+ leaders. And the first words I shared were: “I am not a perfect leader. And neither are you.” Because leadership isn’t about perfection, it’s about how we drive people and systems forward despite our imperfections. That’s the heart of inclusive leadership, and it’s the foundation of Supercharged Teams.

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