Our guest today is DocuSign Chief People Officer Joan Burke. Join us for a discussion about how DocuSign’s corporate values: “Trusted, Loved, Responsible” are kept top of mind for every decision around they treat customers, partners, and employees. We’ll talk about HR initiatives covering DIE to ESG, DocuSign for Forests, how the company has handled the pandemic, DocuSign Impact volunteering, and more.

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Discussion Points:

• Joan came out of retirement to join DocuSign and is happy she did
• More about “Trusted, Loved, Responsible” corporate values
• How DocuSign is dealing with a hybrid and remote workforce
• Supporting managers to better deal with remote teams
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at DocuSign
• Health and safety
• HR representation and diversity on the Board of Directors
• Cybersecurity
• Pro-active plans in place for any issues
• Most challenging in your career? Covid!
• $1000 allowance (twice!) for anything that helped employees deal with the pandemic
• For companies that don’t have the budget for expensing, try shut-down days every quarter
• Volunteering, donating holiday party money, and living our values
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Resources/Links:

Joan Burke LinkedIn

DocuSign Website

Global Mentor Network Website

Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn