Transformation Unfiltered
Transformation Unfiltered
Podcast Description
The Transformation Unfiltered podcast is where HR professionals hit fast forward on change and build legacies as world-class people leaders and change-makers. This is your launchpad for accelerating transformation—learning from executive leaders who have already walked the path and delivered massive wins for their organizations.
Join hosts from The Axela Group as they sit down with senior and executive HR change-makers to uncover hard-earned lessons, pitfalls to avoid, and strategies to hit fast forward on change and drive results faster. Plus, tune in for bite-sized episodes packed with quick, actionable solutions to the challenges you’re facing today.
New episodes drop every Wednesday—be sure to subscribe and join our Axelarated Transformation Community on to continue the conversation.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of themes including emotional intelligence, resilient leadership, and proactive workplace strategies, with episodes like Unlocking Emotional Intelligence discussing authenticity in leadership and Resilient Leadership focusing on maintaining team engagement amid change fatigue. Other topics explore leadership burnout, effective decision-making, and the importance of feedback, providing listeners with tangible strategies for improved leadership dynamics.
The Transformation Unfiltered podcast is where HR professionals hit fast forward on change and build legacies as world-class people leaders and change-makers. This is your launchpad for accelerating transformation—learning from executive leaders who have already walked the path and delivered massive wins for their organizations.
Join hosts from The Axela Group as they sit down with senior and executive HR change-makers to uncover hard-earned lessons, pitfalls to avoid, and strategies to hit fast forward on change and drive results faster. Plus, tune in for bite-sized episodes packed with quick, actionable solutions to the challenges you’re facing today.
New episodes drop every Wednesday—be sure to subscribe and join our Axelarated Transformation Community on to continue the conversation.
Summary:
A newly promoted HR leader in a struggling distribution center “rubber-stamps” a disciplinary action and then discovers HR got it wrong. Regina walks through how she owned the mistake, repaired the harm, and used it to overhaul investigations, re-balance the safety committee, rebuild trust, and turn a fear-based culture into a commitment-based one.
Regina Ross is EVP, Chief People & Operations Officer at Opportunity Finance Network. A transformational leader with 30+ years across Target, Amazon, Pitney Bowes, and Khan Academy, she bridges operations, HR, and change management to scale impact through people-centered strategy.
Chapters:
00:00 – “We don’t trust leadership”: the hidden safety problem
03:45 – Promotion + turnaround + a ‘problem employee’
07:10 – Bias for action vs. engineer’s rigor
10:05 – The appeal that flipped the case
13:00 – Make it right
16:20 – Guardrails against bias
19:10 – Rebuilding the safety committee
21:00 – Listening tours & confidential channels
23:15 – Fix the manager layer first
26:30 – Grassroots growth engine
29:10 – KPIs + culture: the both/and
32:00 – Leadership playbook
Host Dr. Jim Kanichirayil: linkedin.com/in/drjimk
Guest Regina Ross: linkedin.com/in/reginaross
Executive Producer Jim Kanichirayil: linkedin.com/in/drjimk
Music Credit: “Lost in Dreams” by Kulakovka
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