Show Notes
When most people hear "transformation," they picture chaos, disruption, and endless slide decks. Traci Cuthbertson flips that script.
It's easy to look at someone leading at Traci's level and assume they just arrived there. This conversation pulls back the curtain on the real journey: the reps, the messy projects, and the lessons that turned her into one of Workday's sharpest minds in HR transformation and change management. Live from the Queen City, Traci breaks down how she learned to take organizations through high-stakes change without the drama, just results.
Who she is: Traci is a Workday HR transformation and change management leader based in Charlotte. She didn't land here by accident, she earned it through years of steering organizations through high-stakes change and learning, project by project, how to keep people steady when everything around them is shifting.
What she does: She guides companies through complex transformation from executive buy-in all the way to frontline adoption, turning ambiguity into structure at every level.
What she believes: That empathy is strategy and calm is power. The messiest transformations don't need more playbooks, they need leaders who can make change feel human.
How she works: By turning ambiguity into steady ground. Traci leads change that's not just effective but human, proving you can move fast without leaving people behind. In this episode:
The real journey behind the role most people assume you just "arrive" in How to lead high-stakes change without the drama Why empathy is a strategy, not a soft skill How calm leadership becomes your competitive advantage
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