Career Passports & Manager Coaches with Acelero CPO Angela Briggs-Paige

Angela Briggs-Paige, Chief People Officer at Acelero Learning, joins Rob to share why HR is not your friend —and that's a good thing. Angela breaks down how she shows up as a business leader first and a people expert always. She shares how she earned her seat at the boardroom table, what it really takes to build employee-led career paths, and why performance reviews need a serious glow-up. Plus: Angela's approach to employee growth (spoiler alert: it involves passports), starting her own fractional CPO business, and never, ever being out-peopled. 📌 Key Takeaways Why HR isn't your friend How to speak "business" instead of "HR" to get heard in leadership rooms The courage it takes to challenge decisions in the boardroom "I will not be out-peopled": Angela's mantra for CPO credibility How Acelero is replacing performance reviews with employee-led "career passports" The mindset shift from "how do we keep people?" to "how do we make staying a meaningful choice?" Why enabling managers as coaches, not judges, is the key to performance development The case for giving employees homework before their 1:1s How expanding her portfolio beyond HR helped Angela grow as a business leader What her fractional CPO venture People Power is teaching her about right-sizing HR strategy for scale 🔗 Links Angela Briggs-Paige on LinkedIn LHH Recruitment Solutions A Beautiful Working World A Soundbeam Studios Production

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Career Passports & Manager Coaches with Acelero CPO Angela Briggs-Paige is an episode from Talk Talent To Me by Rob Stevenson.

This episode is 39:24 long.

This episode was published on Sep 30, 2025.

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