It Was Written on the Clock Cards: How Payroll Became My Whole Life with Tricia Hartley #230
Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast by Tricia Hartley, global payroll pioneer and recipient of the Reward Strategy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Title: πIt Was Written on the Clock Cards: How Payroll Became My Whole Life with Tricia Hartley #230 π
Host: ποΈ Nick Day, CEO of specialist Payroll Recruitment Agency, JGA Recruitment Group
Guest: π€ Tricia Hartley, Global Payroll Pioneer
Episode Overview:
π In this insightful episode of The Payroll Podcast, host Nick Day sits down with Tricia Hartley to reflect on nearly five decades of payroll leadership across some of the world’s most iconic organizations, including Chevron, Reuters, Cognizant, PayPal, and Microsoft.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- A Career Born by Chance: How a small airport job advert in 1977 launched a 47-year global payroll journey nobody could have planned
- Breaking Barriers in Global Payroll Leadership: What it took to become one of the first women appointed as Director of Global Payroll Services at Microsoft, PayPal, Reuters, Chevron and Cognizant
- The Human Responsibility Behind Every Pay slip: Why payroll is about people, not figures, and why getting it right every time is a moral obligation, not just a professional one
- Building Leaders Who Outlast You: A coaching approach to mentoring that empowered teams and produced a generation of senior payroll directors worldwide
- AI, Automation and the Honest Truth About Retirement: Why the human touch must be protected as payroll evolves, and what Tricia learned from stepping away after a career that became her whole life
Useful Links From This Episode:
- π€ Tricia Hartley’s LinkedIn Profile
- π³ Greenify Talent: JGA Planet Positive (ESG) Recruitment Solution
- π€ Host Nick Day LinkedIn Profile
- π’ JGA Payroll Recruitment
- π§ Check out our sister podcast, The HR L&D Podcast
PAYROLL LEADERS – I CALL YOU ALL TO ACTION! π’
π Thank you for tuning in to The Payroll Podcast. Stay tuned for our next episode, where we continue to dive into the fascinating world of payroll! π§π
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