Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
JP Elliott is the founder of Future of HR and host of the top-ranked Future of HR Podcast, and he is on a mission to elevate HR's impact and empower the next generation of HR leaders. With over 300,000 downloads across 190 countries, his candid conversations with CHROs and talent executives at brands like Verizon, Starbucks, American Express, Prudential, and Blackstone, deliver actionable insights to HR and talent leaders across the globe. A recognized HR thought leader, JP’s career includes influential HR leadership roles at Dick's Sporting Goods, McAfee, Brinks, and Lenovo, as well as tenure as Chief People Officer in private equity. He has led large-scale talent, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives in complex, high-growth environments, giving him a unique and hands-on perspective on what it takes to future-proof HR leadership. To close the gap between traditional HR training and the real-world skills required to drive measurable business success, JP launched the Next-Gen HR Accelerator — a four-week intensive learning experience that transforms high-potential HR professionals into strategic business leaders. With sell-out cohorts in 2024 and participation from HR directors at Nike, Prudential, KPMG, Cardinal Health, and AbbVie, the program has quickly gained recognition as the best-in-class leadership development program for next-gen HR leaders. As a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 HR teams, JP designs and delivers targeted HR capability programs that accelerate an HR function’s ability to deliver tangible business outcomes. These practical, results-oriented programs centered around business value creation equip HR leaders with proven tools and frameworks that drive immediate impact, helping future HR executives increase their influence as business leaders and value creators. JP is a sought-after keynote speaker who regularly presents at industry conferences and Fortune 500 corporate events for brands like Kohler, AbbVie, Corning, and Labcorp. Known for challenging conventional thinking, he inspires HR professionals to move beyond the traditional HR playbook and embrace a business-first, value-creation mindset.
Future of HR's mission is to develop the next generation of HR leaders, elevate HR's impact, and reimagine the role of HR in driving business success. We bring our mission to life in three ways: 1. Developing Next-Gen HR Leaders: Our flagship "Next-Gen HR Accelerator" program elevates next-gen HR Leaders' strategic capabilities and business impact. 2. Enhancing HR Effectiveness: We partner with CHROs to optimize and increase their organizational impact. 3. Elevating Talent Practices: Our pragmatic and proven approaches to talent management drive growth and business impact.
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As a member of McAfee’s HR Leadership team, I lead a team responsible for talent management, leadership development, learning and development, inclusion & diversity, and culture programs for a global employee base of 7K with 3B in revenue.
As a member of JCPenney’s HR Leadership team, I led a team of talent and learning professionals that were responsible for talent acquisition, university recruiting, talent management, leadership development, learning, and culture programs for a population of 65K employees with 10.5B in revenue.
As a member of DICK’S Sporting Goods HR Leadership team, I led a team of forty talent and learning professionals that were responsible for talent acquisition, university recruiting, talent management, leadership development, learning, and culture programs for a population of 40K employees with 8.5B in revenue.