Sloane Drake

Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Southern Company

Search every verified Sloane Drake interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sloane Drake, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Southern Company, discussed the company’s leadership development and workforce strategies in a June 2025 episode of Medley Moments, co-hosted by Medley Co-Founders Edith Cooper and Jordan Taylor. Drake described Southern Company’s Leadership Academy, which incorporates Medley-led group coaching, noting that over 80% of participants attended every session, over 90% reported satisfaction with the experience, and 100% said they would remain connected to their coaching groups. She also addressed the energy industry’s transformation, citing technology and AI as drivers, and stated that Southern Company approaches these changes through a literacy-and-education model aimed at encouraging experimentation with AI while managing employee concerns about job displacement. In an earlier March ​2021 appearance on The Future Work Place, Drake, then Senior Vice President of HR at Georgia Power and Southern Company, discussed employee engagement during expanded virtual work. She highlighted lessons from COVID-19, including the ability to work remotely more extensively, while emphasizing the need to balance virtual work with thoughtful returns to the workplace. She also described Southern Company’s approach to full-life-cycle recruitment, from campus hiring and co-ops to mid-career hires and supporting employees through retirement or transitions, and emphasized the growing importance of emotional intelligence and motivation skills in leadership roles across the organization.