Tracy Notte: Humanistic Leadership

by Jeff Bond

At the core of Jeff's work is helping servant leaders use their influence as a force for good. As the Co-Founder of Chat With Leaders Media and Executive Partner at People First Elevation Team, he empowers organizational leaders with media solutions that spark collaboration and shared purpose with their teams and customers.

Together with his team, Jeff delivers event production, podcast production, content creation, cross-cultural training, and strategic advisory solutions. They are committed to unlocking the power of inclusive storytelling, shared experiences, leadership development, and feedback integration to ensure their media solutions meet the needs of their clients' stakeholder groups.

Their core values—Partnership, Inclusion, and Empowerment—guide everything they do. By fostering strong partnerships, embracing diverse perspectives, and equipping leaders with the tools to succeed, they aim to transform the way people engage while getting meaningful work done.

Outside of work, Jeff cherishes time with his wife and three kiddos, balancing his roles as a husband and father with his professional life in Atlanta, GA. Connect with Jeff to explore how impactful media solutions can drive success and engagement.

Chat Guest

Tracy Notte is a business-focused Human Resources executive with 15 plus years of comprehensive experience in the facilities services, hospitality, and retail industries. She is a collaborator and hands-on executive with proven success as a leader and business partner. Skilled in Compensation, Payroll, Learning & Development, Change Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Start-Ups, Benefits, Talent Management. Legal Compliance and Project Management.

As a CHRO, Tracy has overseen all aspects of the Human Resources Department to include leading the organization’s HR strategies, employee relations, employee engagement, talent acquisition, compensation and payroll, performance and talent management, organizational change management, learning and development, employment law and compliance, HRIS, compensation, and benefits.

Chat Highlights

Tracy believes in building teams around trust and treating those around you as an extended family where the culture is collaborative and people enjoy coming to work every day. What has instilled these core values and this beautiful mission in your “professional DNA” and why is it critical, in your opinion, to center your HR leadership around these principles?
This pandemic in 2020 has created serious health and financial complications for people everywhere. Organizations now have to rely more than ever on their HR departments to ensure their workforce feels as safe as possible during this unprecedented and unpredictable time while being mindful of the business achieving its objectives. What are the most important things for HR leaders to be focused on right now to navigate this COVID-era?
What advice would you have for anyone considering developing their skills as a leader in the HR field in order to do so as effectively as you have?