When you’re the first HR pro in the building, every decision counts.
Live from isolved Connect in Chicago, Dianne Vaughn, HR Manager for a radiology group in Chattanooga, shares what it’s like to build HR from scratch—no playbook, no precedent. From tackling pay disparities with Excel to solving talent gaps in a competitive healthcare market, Diana walks us through how she’s stabilized a workforce and built trust through servant leadership.
We talk quality candidates, remote radiology, pay band creation, and how observing the small things—like a new haircut—can change everything.
Timestamps:
00:00 — Meet Dianne Vaughn, HR Manager in healthcare
01:28 — The challenge: no HR infrastructure, no playbook
02:23 — Recruiting radiologists without $20K bonuses
03:26 — Creative role placement and realistic hiring filters
04:14 — Empowering managers to lead interviews
05:08 — Fixing pay equity with simple data and hard truths
06:13 — Wins that stabilize retention and reporting
06:32 — Advice for new HR pros: win hearts and minds
07:14 — Military leadership lessons in civilian HR
07:40 — The power of small gestures in people work
08:15 — What being a people hero actually means
This conversation was recorded live at isolved Connect in Chicago.
The Heroes of HR podcast is a limited series sponsored by isolved. isolved is an HCM platform that modernizes HR, benefits, and payroll across Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and more.
You can learn more about isolved here: https://www.isolvedhcm.com/
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