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    Brian McComak: In HR, a Variety of Lenses Help You Figure It All Out

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    About this Episode

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Brian McComak shares his thoughts on why learning to hire without bias and treat all employees equally is a challenge that line managers and the HR professionals who help them need to overcome. 

    McComak, a former HR manager at Christie’s, Disney and Tapestry, and now the CEO and founder of Hummingbird Humanity, an inclusion consulting firm in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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