What managers want
Overview
Overview
Join Textio’s upcoming webinar, featuring Tracie Sponeberg, Anessa Fike, and Kieran Snyder, as we dive into the unique challenges managers face and discuss how organizations can provide the right support. You’ll discover fresh insights on what managers want and need to truly lead their teams effectively. This is a must-attend event for anyone looking for actionable strategies to empower their their managers, support them better, reduce burnout, and build a more resilient, engaged workforce.
Meet the speakers
Anessa Fike (she/her)
CEO & Founder of Fike+Co, Fractional Chief People Offer; Bestselling Author of “The Revolution of Work”
Anessa Fike has been at the forefront of building the Fractional HR Leadership space since 2013 and is the author of The Revolution of Work: Fuck the Patriarchy and the Workplace It Built. She is also CEO and Founder of Fike + Co, a fractional consulting firm that specializes in People, HR, and Talent Executive Leadership with companies that are experiencing growth or transition. Anessa has worked with more than 125 organizations globally in 30+ countries and has led many of them as Chief People Officer/Head of People/Talent.
Anessa has become an industry leader on all things People and Talent - you can catch her fire content on LinkedIn! or many industry podcasts - and she has also won many HR awards, including Most Inclusive HR Influencer. Anessa is a keynote speaker on The Revolution of Work and Fractional Leadership, and she has been a product advisor for multiple HR Tech companies. Her mission – and the mission of Fike + Co – is to help companies build or course correct to create workplace cultures that allow ALL humans to thrive.
Kieran Snyder (she/her)
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Emeritus, Textio
Kieran is Chief Scientist Emeritus at Textio, the company she co-founded and led as its founding CEO. After earning her PhD in linguistics at Penn, Kieran spent a decade creating the world’s most impactful language products at Microsoft and Amazon. A sought-after public speaker, Kieran was selected to the Forbes Future Of Work 50 list in 2023. A world-renowned expert on language and bias at work, Kieran’s writing has appeared in Fortune, The New York Times, Slate, and The Washington Post. She serves on the Board of Directors of Textio, Atlas AI, Masterful AI, and ConvertKit.
Tracie Sponenberg (she/her)
Fractional Chief People Officer & Consultant, HR Tech; AI Advisor, Fiercely People First
Tracie Sponenberg is formerly the Chief People Officer at The Granite Group, where she led transformative initiatives including technology advancements and the evolution of the HR department into a celebrated People Team. In 2024, she founded Tracie Sponenberg, LLC, where she serves as a Fractional Chief People Officer and Advisor, focusing on companies with deskless workforces.
Tracie's approach has evolved from a paper-first to a people-first mindset, emphasizing the significance of understanding business dynamics, technology, relationship-building, and maintaining a growth mindset. She is dedicated to placing people before profits and is passionate about helping organizations unlock their full potential by fostering a human-centric approach to business leadership and cultivating thriving workplace cultures.