216. Navigating Career Stages: Growth, Core Values, & Grace with Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld

Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld, GenX, joins us to talk about career stages, value alignment, and planning. She is a seasoned HR leader with over 25+ years of experience across fast-growing startups and established corporations. As the founder and CEO of Retain she and her incredible team have helped founders scale their businesses while building a solid and compliant HR foundation for them. Concurrently, Lisa-Maree is the co-founder and COO of  Eleven (getelevenapp.com), where she has played a pivotal role in scaling innovative solutions to get their communication platform into the hands of leaders- empowering them to up level their communications with their teams.   Before launching Eleven and Retain, Lisa was the VP of People at Expa, where she spearheaded HR and recruiting for a portfolio of 20+ startups, helping them scale with strong people-first cultures. Her career also includes senior roles at Lyft, Ninth Decimal, and Aria Systems, as well as leadership positions at PG&E and Blue Shield of California.   Lisa is deeply passionate about helping startups navigate the exhilarating (and sometimes chaotic!) journey of building high-performing teams. Whether it's crafting scalable HR strategies, providing executive coaching, or guiding founders through the ups and downs of growth, she brings a rare combination of hands-on expertise and empathy to her work.   What You’ll Learn in This Episode:   Generational differences when it comes to communication.   Career stages and when a “mid-career crisis” can hit like a breaking point.   Core values and a company’s alignment with them is important for younger generations as employees and consumers.   H.R. departments’ role to support employees can reduce risk and trends indicate those departments are moving in this direction.   There is plenty to be hopeful about for the future of HR.   Assessment tools and how they help us see parts of themselves.   Planning with flexibility.   Side hustles, boundaries, self-identity, and burnout.   The importance of giving ourselves grace.    Three Episode Takeaways:   1.   Alignment to core values are super important for younger generations.   2.  Assessment tools can help us see how we communicate and show up.   3.   Plans are not always rooted in “reality” – things happen and we need to pivot. You can miss awesome opportunities if too rigid. Giving ourselves a lot of grace when things don’t work out as planned.     More About Lisa-Maree:   Outside of work, Lisa is a proud mom of four and a big fan of live music, often found at concerts whenever she can carve out a moment of downtime. Currently she is trying different strategies to talk her husband into getting another puppy (so far unsuccessful but she believes only temporarily). She brings the same energy, creativity, and drive from her personal life to everything she does professionally, making her an advocate for finding balance and joy amidst the hustle.     How to reach Lisa-Maree:   lisa@retainhr.com Website: https://retainhr.com Special offer: 50% off first month of an engagement with Retain FB: https://facebook.com/RetainHR linkedin.com/in/lisamareeblumenfeld How to reach Yo Canny:    Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a message or voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you!   email: yo@yocanny.com   FB group: Girl, Take the Lead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny   YouTube   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/