Leadership pipelines are breaking. Can companies get by without them?

Leadership pipelines are breaking. Can companies get by without them?

If one of your most important leaders left tomorrow, who could actually step in? Not eventually. Not after a stretch assignment, a development plan, or six months of coaching. Tomorrow. That’s where leadership pipelines get tested. In this episode of Piece of Work, host Eric Glass sits down with Wharton Professor Peter Cappelli and MCC Label CHRO Tatiana Berardinelli to examine why many organizations no longer develop future leaders with the consistency they once did, what gets exposed when succession plans don’t reflect real readiness, and how HR can rebuild leadership capacity before a critical role is suddenly empty.

When superperformers become HR’s biggest liability

In today’s leaner, flatter organizations, top performers don’t just drive results. They often carry structural weight. But when too much work, knowledge, and decision-making concentrates around a few indispensable people, talent density can quietly become talent dependency. In this episode of Piece of Work, host Eric Glass sits down with Rebecca Kehoe [https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/people/rebecca-kehoe] (Professor, Cornell University) and Brandy Garnero [https://www.foundrycommercial.com/people/brandy-garnero/] (CHCO, Foundry Commercial) to explore how superperformers can create hidden enterprise risk — from execution bottlenecks and burnout to knowledge concentration and succession gaps — and what HR can do to protect business continuity without lowering the bar.

Can HR’s data survive the executive table?

HR leaders have more workforce data than ever. But when metrics get questioned, dashboards create debate, and executives turn to the numbers they trust most, HR’s influence can take a big hit. In this episode, Eric Glass sits down with Stacey Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyharris] (CRO and Managing Partner, Sapient Insights Group [https://sapientinsights.com/]) to explore why workforce data often breaks down under scrutiny, and what it takes for HR to deliver insights CEOs and boards actually trust.

Piece of Work season 2 premieres May 13

HR transformation is easy to talk about in broad terms — agility, efficiency, reinvention. But beneath those ambitions are harder questions about leadership depth, execution risk, and the tradeoffs organizations may not fully see until it’s too late. Season 2 of Piece of Work: a Dayforce podcast, premieres May 13. Host Eric Glass connects with top HR leaders and industry experts to unpack the hidden pressures shaping today’s toughest workforce decisions, and what they reveal about the changing role of HR at the highest levels. Make sure to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode. To explore more about Dayforce, visit http://www.dayforce.com/www.Dayforce.com [http://www.dayforce.com/]

AI is raising the stakes on reskilling — Is HR ready?

Companies are moving fast on AI and assuming reskilling will catch up. But will it? In this special bonus episode, Eric Glass speaks with Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, about how AI is compressing roles, shifting skill demands, and exposing the limits of traditional reskilling strategies. Together, they examine what happens when organizations offload adaptation to employees, why the market might not correct fast enough, and where the consequences will ultimately show up for HCM leaders.