Workplace Innovator, Culture & Leadership Consultant; Former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix; Author of "Powerful; Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility"
Patty McCord Biography
Patty McCord is a workplace innovator and culture strategist best known for her 14 years as chief talent officer at Netflix, where she helped shape the company’s groundbreaking culture and co-created the Netflix Culture Deck. Hailed by Sheryl Sandberg as “the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley,” the deck has been viewed more than 15 million times and continues to influence how organizations worldwide think about talent and leadership.
McCord advises executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations on leadership and culture while speaking to audiences around the globe. Her insights have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal.
Drawing on her experiences at global tech companies, start-ups, and IPOs—including Sun Microsystems, Borland, Seagate Technologies, Pure Atria Software, and Netflix—McCord has seen firsthand how bureaucracy can slow innovation and how rethinking “best practices” can unlock growth. At Netflix, she championed bold experiments, from eliminating performance reviews to dismantling outdated policies, built on the belief that people thrive when treated as responsible adults who want to make an impact.
She is the author of "Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility" (2018), a book that continues her mission to inspire companies to innovate not just in their products, but in the way they work.
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Patty McCord Speaking Topics
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Reinventing HR
No one in recent history has disrupted the grounds of human resources quite like Patty McCord. In this presentation, McCord engages audiences by delving into the compelling and innovative ideas that made her Netflix slide deck on company culture go viral. She shares thoughts on how to rethink terms like “fired” and “quit” in order to understand the realities of changing jobs in a way that honors service and teaches people to manage their own careers. Her belief is that by thinking like inventors, saying no to “best practices” and aligning what people do to the business and the customers, companies can take the policing out of policy to make work more productive and meaningful.
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The Future of Work
As our world becomes increasingly dynamic and connected, the classically standard ways in which we work have simply become irrelevant in today’s workforce. Many companies are struggling not only to understand and accept this certainty, but more importantly to identify the key catalysts behind this transformation. Patty McCord explores how demographics, technology and consumer transparency have already changed the way we work, explains why the idea of a “permanent employee” is no longer a realistic prospect, and encourages audiences to look to the future. In this innovative, informative and forward-thinking presentation, McCord emboldens audiences to embrace change and provides critical insight for companies that want to be ahead of the game as the future of work continues to advance.
Patty McCord Videos
What Every Leader Can Learn From Netflix’s Early Chaos with Patty McCord — Episode 371
What if the best way to build a high-performing team wasn’t through perks or policies, but by telling people the truth? In this episode of The...
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Patty McCord is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Author, Business, Business Leadership, Change Management, Communication, Corporate Culture, DEI, Disruptive Thinking, Female Leadership, Future of Work, Futurism, Gender Equality, Human Resources, Innovation, Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Teamwork & Teambuilding, TED, Thought Leadership, Women, Women in Business -
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Patty McCord is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Reinventing HR and The Future of Work. The estimated speaking fee range to book Patty McCord for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Patty McCord generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cassandra Worthy, Erica Dhawan, Liz Wiseman, Daymond John and Carey Lohrenz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Patty McCord for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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