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#115 - Leading Through Hyper-Change: Lessons from Global HR Leader Allyson Carr

October 14, 2025 • Andrew Barry • Season 4 • Episode 14

What happens when your company faces multiple massive changes all at once?

Allyson Carr knows exactly what that feels like. As Global HR Chief at Cyber Reason, navigating six months of hyper-change, she reveals why people understand change but struggle with the transition, and why there's a physical toll to transformation that most leaders completely miss.

Allyson shares her battle-tested approach: why she hires for human skills over technical expertise at the executive level and why trying to make employees love "the company" is a losing game.

In this episode, Allyson shares how to build trust when everything else is in flux.

If you're leading through chaos and wondering why your team seems exhausted even when they understand the strategy, this conversation is for you.