Leadership Transition | HR Leaders on Ambition, Motherhood, and Courage with Stanislava Susla #194
In the episode, Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast by Stanislava Susla, CEO of XperienceHR, who stepped into the role while four months pregnant and refused to choose between ambition, motherhood, and building a global payroll technology company.
Title: 🌟 Leadership Transition | HR Leaders on Ambition, Motherhood, and Courage with Stanislava Susla #194 🌟
Host: 🎙️ Nick Day, CEO of specialist HR Recruitment Agency, JGA Recruitment Group
Guest: 👤 Stanislava Susla, CEO of XperienceHR
Episode Overview:
🔊 In this insightful episode of The HR L&D Podcast, host Nick Day is joined by Stanislava Susla to unpack why so many parents, mothers especially, wait for the “right time” to chase their goals, and why that wait is so often driven by fear rather than a genuine lack of readiness.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Why waiting for the “right time” to pursue ambition is usually fear in disguise, not genuine readiness.
- How Stanislava normalized working through pregnancy and early motherhood without sacrificing performance.
- Practical boundaries that let working parents combine ambition and caregiving without compromise.
- The leadership habits that build a genuinely human-centric, psychologically safe company culture.
- Why quality time, not quantity of time, is the real foundation of confident parenting and leadership.
Useful Links From This Episode:
- 👤 Stanislava Susla’s LinkedIn Profile
- 👤 Host Nick Day LinkedIn Profile
- 📢 JGA HR Recruitment
- 🎧 Check out our sister podcast, The Payroll Podcast
HR LEADERS – I CALL YOU ALL TO ACTION! 📢
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