Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
The goal of this podcast is to interview business owners and/or C-level executives to get an understanding of how they built their culture, what worked, what failed, and what tips can they give new and upcoming business owners. Our goal over the next ten years is to help as many small to medium-sized businesses get to the next level by growing their people, which will grow their company. Through coaching and transformational leadership, Pull the Chute can guide company leaders to invest time to get to know their people and understand their roles, goals, and challenges to provide learning & growth opportunities - ultimately helping their people be the best they can be.
Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
How AI is Transforming HR and Employee Loyalty
Pull the Chute podcast features Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Founder and CEO of Retain, Co-Founder and COO of Eleven.
Lisa-Maree Blumenfeld 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 leadership positions at Lyft, NinthDecimal, and Aria Systems, as well as positions within 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.
