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Episode 6

How HR Leaders Actually Earn a Seat at the Executive Table

May 6, 2026
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54 Minutes
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Hosted by:
Jazmine & Glaze

Guest

Andrew Bartlow

Founder, People Leader Accelerator

Andrew Bartlow is a veteran HR executive with 30+ years of experience leading companies through IPOs, M&A, restructurings, and growth. A former HR leader at PepsiCo and General Electric, he now advises CEOs and private equity firms and founded People Leader Accelerator to help HR leaders become stronger business operators.

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In this episode of Let’s Table That, hosts Jazzy and Glaze sit down with Andrew Bartlow.
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Andrew Bartlow has been in HR longer than most people have been in the workforce, and as the Founder of People Leader Accelerator, he believes HR leaders should be driving business decisions, not just documenting them.From becoming a CHRO at 23 to helping scale Invitation Homes from $500M to $25B, to now building People Leader Accelerator, Andrew’s seen what separates HR leaders who sit in meetings… from the ones who actually shape them.Recorded live at Transform Conference, this conversation gets into:- why most HR leaders get stuck as “cruise directors” (and how to break out of it)- how to actually tie your work to business outcomes (not just initiatives)- why credibility triumphs permission when it comes to earning a seat at the tableHe also gets real about building (and shutting down) his own SaaS product, a two-year lesson in why passion ≠ product-market fit.If you’re in HR and want to stop facilitating conversations… and start driving them, pull up a chair.

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