Phill Stybar

They say variety is the spice of life, and throughout my working life I have always relished the challenges a new day may bring – whether it be working with new people, turning my hand to new ways of working, or opening my mind to new ideas. I love the fact that Carter Morris and its fantastic team allows me to do all those things and more.

I truly believe that in the long run you will get back what you put in, so I always try to bring my very best to every situation. Helping others succeed is as much an achievement as succeeding myself, and my work with our international HR and business leader community gives me the opportunity to do that every day.

Outside of work you will often find me in the garden - either up to my neck in mud or desperately trying to keep plants alive in the heat. I will normally be accompanied by our huge dog Denby, who lives under the impression that there is no job that cannot be improved by his nose being poked into it. Any remaining time will find me in the kitchen getting in touch with my Czech roots by rustling up a warming goulash or two!

Featured Articles

You were made redundant. That doesn't have to be your story.

Some executives become so uncomfortable about redundancy that they try to obscure it. That's rarely helpful.

Your former direct report is now hiring you

It is an argument for recognizing that professional relationships are long-term assets. Treat people well because that's who you want to be. Not because you might need them later.

Why can a period of interim work make it harder to land a senior salaried HR role?

Perhaps most importantly, show the hiring leader that you aren't looking for a permanent role simply because you have had enough of interim work.

CHRO transitions are opportunities for HR executives

A short conversation about how and where a new leader shows up, even if just a single honest post, can shift how a transition lands internally and externally.

What does great HR really look like?

Great HR is no longer about simply managing people. The best HR professionals understand business, influence strategy, drive growth and turn people decisions into measurable commercial results.

Why is a VP of Employee Relations a strategic hire?

A VP of Employee Relations isn't overhead. It's the function that protects everything else you're trying to build — your culture, your talent brand, and, not incidentally, your own credibility as the person the board holds accountable when things go wrong.

The Executive Bottleneck: how HR stalls Tech, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing growth

...too often, when a company misses its quarterly targets, the bottleneck turns out not to be related to product design or market demand. Instead, our Execs share that the failure is frequently down to talent strategies not being aligning to operational capacity.

What executive recruiters notice that HR candidates don't realize they're showing

But if every previous employer was incompetent, every CEO was unreasonable and every board was political, a recruiter may eventually start wondering: what is the common denominator and recurring theme, and why has so much bad luck followed this HR leader?