HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources
552 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 96 ratingsHR Works provides clear, relevant, actionable information on topics that matter to human resources (HR) professionals
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HR Works 100: Dave Ulrich Explores HR's Place in Organizational Change
December 02, 2019 15:22 - 35 minutes - 33.9 MBHR plays a central role in keeping abreast of the constant change that organizations must undergo to survive. Having a strategy for change is critical, but with so many voices out there on how to do that, one can be easily lead astray. With that in mind, we are pleased to celebrate our 100th episode of HR Works Podcast with legendary expert Dave Ulrich. In this episode, we discuss the latest approaches towards transforming HR in a constantly changing world. For those of you unfamiliar with ...
HR Works 99: Not All Employee Engagement Programs Are Created Equally
November 19, 2019 12:34 - 25 minutes - 25.3 MBHow do you qualify employee engagement? This episode's guest, Chris Meroff, is an employee engagement specialist who believes that not all engagement is created equally. While everyone agrees that engagement is important, the execution of engagement is where employers tend to make mistakes, says Meroff. A successful program addresses the employee's need for fulfillment. That means investing in who they are and how that complements or doesn't complement their job. In this podcast, we'll exp...
HR Works 98: One Leader's Advice to HR when it Comes to a High Growth Phase
November 05, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 19.8 MBWhat happens when an HR professional finds themselves in the middle of a high growth phase at their organization? Do you scale up your HRIS? Do you hire more staff to handle the new employees? How do you maintain culture during such a disruptive time? We aim to answer these questions in episode 98 of HR Works Podcast. Today’s guest has a lot of experience surrounding high growth. Greg Brown is the CEO of Reflektive, a people management platform. Before that, Brown served as Senior Vice Presi...
HR Works 98: One Leaders Advice to HR when it Comes to a High Growth Phase
November 05, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 19.8 MBWhat happens when an HR professional finds themselves in the middle of a high growth phase at their organization? Do you scale up your HRIS? Do you hire more staff to handle the new employees? How do you maintain culture during such a disruptive time? We aim to answer these questions in episode 98 of HR Works Podcast. Today’s guest has a lot of experience surrounding high growth. Greg Brown is the CEO of Reflektive, a people management platform. Before that, Brown served as Senior Vice Presi...
HR Works 97: Legal Considerations and Novel Approaches to Tackling Substance Abuse in the Workplace
October 22, 2019 09:00 - 32 minutes - 27.9 MBWe all know that performance and safety issues surrounding substance abuse in the workplace are big concerns. My guests for episode 98 of HR Works Podcast discuss a much wider range of legal and other challenges surrounding substance abuse. For example, working with your insurance company before obtaining Narcan (the anti-drug for opioid overdoses) to make sure you have coverage should administration of Narcan goes poorly. Another example involves ensuring that a well thought out plan for h...
HR Works 96: VP of Learning at LinkedIn Weighs In on Latest Learning Trends
October 08, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBEven if you onboard the best employees, if you don’t train them well (or at all), everything suffers from the employees right down to the bottom line. In this episode of HR Works, we are lucky to be joined by learning expert Tanya Staples, VP of Product, Learning Content at LinkedIn. Over 10 years ago, Tanya was an author and online video creator at lynda.com, a LinkedIn property. Driven by her passion for education, she joined the company full-time, and has worked closely with co-founder L...
HR Works 95: Organizations Can't Thrive Without Civility In the Workplace
September 24, 2019 09:00 - 41 minutes - 31.4 MBWhen a workplace lacks civility, it creates fear, anxiety, a lack of transparency, and the whole place descends into a dark place. Our guest in this episode of HR Works specializes in workplace civility training. Colleen Passard is a writer, mediator and coach. She has a Masters in Humanistic Counseling Psychology and is certified in many areas of conflict resolution, circle processes and restorative justice. Colleen has facilitated empowerment workshops and conflict resolution trainings to ...
HR Works 94: Confronting and Overcoming Unconscious Bias
September 10, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 25.7 MBWe all have unconscious biases. Without awareness and tools for confronting these biases, organizations will develop or extend major problems. The effects of such bias impact everything in an organization including recruiting and promotion decisions as well as heavily influencing company culture. This episode's guest is an expert when it comes to confronting and eliminating unconscious biases. Brad Federman is the Chief Executive Officer of Performance Point, as well as an author, speaker, a...
HR Works 93: Are Your Company Culture Efforts Making an Impact?
August 27, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 25.8 MBCompany culture is the name of the game in HR, but experts wonder how best to create that culture. Is it enough to just announce your mission objectives and print them on the wall? The guests for episode 93 of HR Works would argue that that does not go nearly far enough. They instead suggest implementing a purpose driven culture. What exactly is that? I’ll let our guests explain. We are happy to have Keith Goudy, Managing Partner at Vantage join us today. For over 20 years Goudy has been a l...
HR Works 92: Mental Health Is a Hidden, Stigmatized, and Serious Problem
August 13, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode of HR Works, we discuss the very serious issue of mental health in the workplace. Mental health discussions have a tendency to focus on mental illness. While mental illness is certainly a critical concern of mental health, everyone is susceptible to poor mental wellness and HR managers need to address the concerns of every one of their employees. Our guest had a first-hand experience with the world of mental health that profoundly impacted him and set him on a path towards hel...
HR Works 91: What Happens If You Don't File Your EEO-1 Component 2 Compensation Data?
August 06, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBIn Episode 91 of HR Works, we discuss the EEO-1 Component 2 Compensation Data reporting rule, which is due for submission on the 30th of September of this year. We have two attorneys joining us to discuss this: Partner Maggie Spell and Senior Partner Mark Adams of Jones Walker LLP. They both work in the great City of New Orleans in Louisiana in one of Jones Walker’s 15 locations. For more than 30 years, Mark has represented employers in disputes before federal and state courts and regulato...
HR Works 90: Great Leaders Generate Excellent Employee Engagement
July 30, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MBEveryone knows how critical employee engagement is for the success of any organization. Despite awareness and vast amounts of money being spent on solving this problem, engagement rates are still low across the United States. Today's guest is a CEO that has won Glassdoor's Top CEO for multiple years, and the New York Times has profiled him in an article titled, "The Incalculable Value of a Good Boss." Aron Ain, CEO of Kronos, attributes truly believes in making work a better place, and that ...
HR Works 89: What to Do When Leadership Doesn't Listen to HR
July 23, 2019 11:34 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBGetting leadership to listen to HR is critical for the success of your HR department as well as for the success of your organization. But it can be very challenging to get them to really hear you. We discuss this, aligning goals across leadership, avoiding and correcting silos, and much more with our guest, Ed Muzio. Below is a partial transcript of this episode. For a complete transcript, go here: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/08/07/getting-senior-leadership-to-truly-listen-to-hr/ Ji...
HR Works 88: What Is U.S. Soccer Getting Wrong About Equal Pay?
July 16, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this episode of HR Works we discuss equal pay surrounding the Women’s U.S. soccer team—especially in the light of their recent World Cup victory with two experts Tom Cunningham and Charles Bendotti. Following is a partial transcript. For the full transcript of this episode, go here: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/07/24/discussing-equal-pay-and-the-u-s-womens-soccer-team/ Jim: Hello, everyone, and welcome to HR Works, the podcast for HR professionals. We really appreciate you taking ...
HR Works 87: This Is What Leadership Looks Like in 10 Years
July 02, 2019 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBWhether it's failing fast or being agile, leadership has already changed a lot from more traditional approaches. Our guest in this episode brings a lot of expertise surrounding what leadership and the workplace look like today, and what it will look like in 10 years. We are pleased to have Lisa Rueth, the Senior Partner and CEO of Cultivate Leadership, a consulting firm that is dedicated to leadership science, organizational design, and executive coaching. With over 20 years of experience,...
HR Works 86: Vulnerability Is Required for Successful Engagement and Leadership
June 18, 2019 13:11 - 47 minutes - 45.9 MBWith organizations losing unbelievable amounts of money to poor employee engagement, I always wonder what stops leaders from properly addressing this problem. In this episode of HR Works, we find a critical ingredient to successful leadership and employee engagement: vulnerability. Today's guest is Jason Treu, an executive coach who helps executives, managers, and employees to maximize their leadership and management abilities and perform at the highest levels. He provides coaching, worksho...
HR Works 85: How Leadership Can Navigate Chaotic vs. Ordered Employees
June 04, 2019 13:03 - 42 minutes - 35.4 MBIf I’ve learned one thing since taking on this podcast, is that change in an organization literally cannot happen without leaders being on board. How can HR managers make that happen? It’s the 100 million dollar question, and we are thrilled to have two experts from Rose Group Int’l to help us answer it. The first of our two guests is Meg Manke, Senior Partner at Rose Group Int’l and culture and leadership expert. Meg has years of experience in leading through transition. From major changes ...
HR Works 84: LinkedIn Weighs In on Recent Workplace Trends
May 21, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBWhen it comes to workplace trends, it helps to get the research and opinions of the largest professional network: LinkedIn. To that end, our guest for this episode is LinkedIn's Vice President of Talent Solutions, Mark Lobosco. Mark is responsible for leading the global pre-sales, sales and customer success team for LinkedIn’s Talent Solution business, which helps employers find, attract and hire the best people. Mark also leads a number of company-wide Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DI...
HR Works 83: Joy Makes a Powerful Currency
May 07, 2019 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBEveryone knows that when employees are stressed out about meeting deadlines, budgets, and extreme expectations that they tend to shut down or leave. In this episode of HR Works, which is sponsored by https://www.incognea.to/ we discuss one woman's approach to solving this problem: making joy the currency of the workplace economy. Shani Godwin, an entrepreneur, author, blogger, speaker, and radio host. She is the founder of the marketing project support service, Communique USA. Founded in 2...
HR Works 82: Next Level Sexual Harassment Training
April 23, 2019 12:59 - 36 minutes - 36.3 MBOrganizations are working hard to meet the challenge of sexual harassment in the workplace head-on. However, the efficacy of sexual harassment training leaves a lot to be desired. How do employers make this training stick? Part of it boils down to creating an emotional investment in trainees, a subject that our guest excels in. Morgan Mercer is the Chief Executive Officer of Vantage Point, an organization that strives to leverage virtual reality immersive technology to tackle complex trainin...
HR Works Special Episode: Making Sense of the Proposed Overtime Regulations
April 16, 2019 13:26 - 24 minutes - 20.8 MBThe Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule that is expected to make more than one million more workers eligible for overtime pay. Currently, the DOL is accepting comments until May 21st. In this special episode, sponsored by Kronos, we discuss the proposed overtime regulations in detail with Kara Shea, a Partner with the Butler Snow Law Firm in Nashville, Tennessee. Kara is a member and former Practice Group Leader for Labor and Employment. She regularly counsels clients in financi...
HR Works 81: It Takes More Than Training to Stop Workplace Bullying
April 09, 2019 13:30 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we explore the real problem of workplace bullying. A shocking number of employees have experienced bullying and even more have witnessed it. The problem has a powerful effect on employees and therefore on organizations, including everything from engagement and retention to damaging a company’s culture. How organizations deal with bullying plays a critical role in whether that damage done can be stopped and repaired or allowed to continue. Our guest, Catherine Mattice Zundel...
HR Works 80: Great Culture Requires Conscious Leadership
March 26, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBThe people of an organization generate that company's culture. That includes all of the people from the employees through middle management right up to leadership and to a degree, even the customers. When part of that culture producing chain fails, the whole culture suffers—it doesn’t disappear, it just decays. Naturally then, if an organization’s leadership does not consciously contribute positively to the company’s culture, that culture can become disastrously problematic for every aspect...
HR Works 79: We Might Just All Be in the Wrong Jobs
March 12, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 24.1 MBHow are employers supposed to keep people in their roles if large percentages of people are in the wrong job? What could that mean? Luckily our guest is in a great position to answer that question. In this episode, we are joined by Jamie Schneiderman. Jamie is the Founder and CEO of Career Spark, the leader in Predictive Career Mobility that helps organizations to understand what drives success and to easily and consistently select, develop, and promote top talent. He believes job performan...
HR Works 78: No More Bad Hires
February 26, 2019 10:00 - 27 minutes - 27 MBEvery HR professional and recruiter knows the cost of a bad hire. Time and money spent on the hiring and training go down the tube and now you are left with nothing but that same vacancy. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could avoid making bad hires in the first place? In this episode, we are joined by Jeff Hyman. Jeff is the Chief Talent Officer at Recruit Rockstars, an organization with a simple mission: no more bad hires! Mr. Hyman is author of the bestselling book “Recruit Rockstars: The 10 S...
HR Works 77: One DJ's Novel Approach to Team Building
February 12, 2019 10:00 - 21 minutes - 21.6 MBImagine an organization filled to the brim with great individual talent. Now imagine that organization has no formal methods for bringing those people together as a team. Likely, many of you don’t have to imagine that at all because that just might be the case at your organization. Well so what? If individuals strive for individual success, how bad can it really be? To answer that question, we talked with a team building expert with an unusual background. Amani Roberts, aka DJ AmRo is a prof...
HR Works 76: 10 Minutes of Recognition Makes All the Difference
January 29, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 30.3 MBToday we are going to talk about engagement. The term gets used a lot, and for good reason. Organizations spend so much money, time, and training getting the right people onboard. All of that vanishes when that employee walks out the door. In many cases, retaining employees is achievable with the right set of tools aimed at employee engagement. Today we are lucky enough to be joined by Gregg Lederman, President of Employee Engagement at Reward Gateway, the employee engagement people! He is a...
HR Works 75: The Importance of Stress Resilience in the Workplace
January 15, 2019 13:42 - 45 minutes - 40.3 MBI want you to imagine an organization filled with just the right combination of top-quality talent. By all measures, these are the people who should be delivering quality results. Now imagine that both the work and the work environment are stress filled. Instead of delivering results, those stressed out employees are underperforming and maybe even looking elsewhere for a less stressful job. Luckily, we have a guest today that excels in solving workplace stress. We are pleased to have Laurie ...
HR Works 74: Giving Mentoring the Modern Treatment
January 02, 2019 13:28 - 45 minutes - 45.1 MBWe know that employers spend a lot of time and energy on the entire employee lifecycle: from sourcing to onboarding straight through retention, engagement, and, of course, exit interviews. Part of making sure that your workforce is not only successful but is also engaged surrounds mentoring. You could have the best product, the most modern workspace, and have hired the best talent: but if you aren’t mentoring your employees, your organization could still perform poorly or even fail. Fortuna...
HR Works 73: What Will HR Look Like in 2025?
December 11, 2018 15:00 - 40 minutes - 41.8 MBWe know that employers spend a lot of time and energy on the entire employee lifecycle: from sourcing to onboarding straight through retention, engagement, and, of course, exit interviews. How can HR professionals grapple with that lifecycle if they can’t predict the terrain of the HR landscape 5 or even 10 years from now? We are very fortunate to be joined by Ira Wolfe to explore just that: what HR might look like by 2025 and 2030. Ira is the president of Success Performance Solutions, whi...
HR Works 72: Getting The Most Value Out Of Your Reference Checks
November 27, 2018 13:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBEmployers invest considerable time and money in hiring and training new employees and therefore want to ensure a job candidate is going to be the right fit. Information gleaned from references – in contrast with a polished interview and resume – is pure gold for employers who are working hard to find the ideal matches for their positions. After all, the best indicator of future success is past performance. Employers have a number of options with regard to checking the references of a prosp...
HR Works 71: Suicide Prevention—An Overlooked But Crucial Workplace Wellness Initiative
November 13, 2018 13:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIn Episode 71, we're diverging slightly off our typical subject matter, but with good reason. We want to discuss something even more important than strategic HR best practices or company profitability—we're going to talk about how HR can literally help save lives. Our guest, Anna Mittag, Vice President of Operations at LifeSpeak, believes that the workplace is the ideal venue to address mental health issues and suicide prevention. She's going to tell you why, and, more importantly, what you...
HR Works 70: A Powerful Community Can Transform Your Business
October 29, 2018 14:36 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBOur guest for Episode 70, international business coach Howard Partridge, says the solution to engagement and organizational success is rooted in community--something that's ultimately achieved by tapping into the human need to connect and feel valued by others. Howard provides us with 6 steps leaders can take to build community and transform their organizations, the 3 keys to a great community, how a powerful community ties to engagement, retention, and recruiting, and more. And for those w...
HR Works 69: How AI Can Improve Your Recruiting and Candidate Experience
October 16, 2018 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB"A new revolution has begun and AI is providing a new way of interacting with technology in a much more fun, enjoyable, and human way," explains our guest on episode 69 of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources. That's right: Emily He, Senior Vice President, Human Capital Management Cloud Business Group at Oracle says Artificial Intelligence can humanize the workplace, perhaps the opposite of what most of us would think. He joins us for an enlightening discussion in which she provides i...
HR Works 68: Create a Culture of Excellence by Embracing Failure (Yes, Failure!)
October 02, 2018 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWe often talk about how HR professionals can help their workforce achieve success and how to drive success in this podcast—but today’s guest is going to talk with us about failure, and how important it can be to an organization’s success. Courtney Branson is Director of People and Culture at Square Root, an Austin-based technology startup that creates Store Relationship Management software for some of today’s leading automotive and retail enterprises. Courtney brings her creativity to everyth...
HR Works 67: Thoughts on Great Culture with Patty McCord, Former Netflix Chief Talent Officer
September 11, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBWe talk a lot about culture these days, and one of the companies that often comes up in those discussions is Netflix, renowned for its special culture. Today’s guest, Patty McCord, is the architect of that culture and the creator of the Netflix Culture Deck, a popular resource that has over 20 million views. Sheryl Sandberg called the Deck perhaps “the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley.” Patty has since moved on from Netflix, but she continues to leave a strong and th...
HR Works 66: How Your Cross-Functional Teams Can Achieve Extraordinary Results
August 28, 2018 12:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBOld hierarchies and organizational silos are disappearing—today work is often done on an ad hoc basis, based on collaboration and accomplished by teams formed and reformed to address changing priorities and needs. However, as many of us have found, forming teams is easy; forming productive, collaborative teams is hard. Our guest on Episode 66 of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Professionals is CEO of Verus Global Craig Ross. Craig has invested over 20 years of his career observing and study...
HR Works 65: Increase Productivity & Profits by Focusing Your Workforce on the Right Things
August 14, 2018 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBToday, we accept distracted as the norm, says our guest, keynote speaker and author Neen James. We are so focused on technology, our never-ending to-do list, and our lack of time, we fail to pay attention to the people, priorities, and passions that are truly important to us. But it’s not a time management crisis, Neen says— it’s an attention management crisis. The title of her new book is Attention Pays, and she explains why following her suggestions will boost workplace productivity, incr...
HR Works 64: Social Media, Video & Mobile Recruiting Best Practices
August 01, 2018 12:03 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSuddenly it’s slim pickings for top candidates—nobody’s having an easy time recruiting. And for hard-to-fill roles, it can seem to border on the impossible. But there’s hope! Today’s guest, Lindsay Stanton, Chief Client Officer for Digi-Me, is an expert in recruiting technology. She talked with us at BLR’s RecruitCon conference about trends and best practices in use of video, social media, and mobile for recruiting.
HR Works 63: Use Persuasive Messaging To Increase Responses from Job Candidates
July 17, 2018 12:07 - 16 minutes - 15 MBRecruiting is on every HR manager’s front burner these days, yet many organizations find they can’t get candidates they want to recruit to engage with or respond to them. Today’s guest, Angie Verros, founder of Vaia Talent, is going to help—she’s got suggestions for creating compelling messages that get the responses you’re looking for. She also shares her insights on various other talent acquisition strategies. Note: This episode was recorded live at BLR's RecruitCon conference in Nashvill...
HR Works (E62): How Can HR Combat Unconscious Bias?
July 03, 2018 12:22 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBFollowing protests and a firestorm of controversy after two black men were arrested inside a Philadelphia Starbucks, the coffee purveyor closed its U.S.-based retail stores and corporate offices on May 29 to provide racial-bias training to its workforce. Incidents such as this one, as well as similar issues that have since involved LA Fitness, AirBnB, and a Pennsylvania golf course, reveal that hidden, unconscious, and systemic bias are costly issues that employers cannot ignore. While most ...
HR Works (E61): Attract Top Candidates with Visual Job Postings & Storytelling
June 19, 2018 12:09 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWe’re all posting job openings, and our postings are competing with hundreds of others to grab the attention of top candidates. How do you fight through to be sure your posting gets in front of the kinds of candidates you seek, and then entices them to respond? Today’s guest, Elena Valentine, CEO at Skill Scout, has advice on how to add the “Wow Factor” top all your posts. A workplace storyteller and design researcher, Elena spends her days leading the team at Skill Scout to bring jobs to li...
HR Works (E60): Is Your Engagement Problem Really a Hiring Problem?
June 05, 2018 12:29 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBEngagement and retention. We’ve covered these twin topics many times, generally agreeing that if you have an engagement problem, you’ll have retention problems—as well as productivity issues, morale issues, and so on. Best-selling author and consultant Bob Kelleher has a different perspective he says in most companies with which he has consulted, it’s not an engagement problem—it’s a hiring problem. In this episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, Bob walks us through how a com...
HR Works(E59): Improve Your Organization's Culture Through Change Marketing
May 22, 2018 13:01 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBNeil Bedwell and Andrew Osterday often describe themselves as reformed marketers. Their company, Local Industries, is a change marketing consultancy. Put simply, they apply consumer-grade marketing expertise to drive real cultural change inside organizations by focusing on their most important asset—people. In this episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, Bedwell and Osterday explain their approach for improving engagement and company culture—a marriage of HR and marketing.
HR Works (E58): 'Engagement' Is Elusive—Focus on Driving Business Outcomes Instead
May 08, 2018 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWe’ve talked about engagement a lot on HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, and the general thrust of our discussions has focused on engagement as a cure-all for all organizational woes. Today’s guest has a different take on this—he says the approach is misguided and he has data to prove it. Dr. Scott Mondore is a predictive analytics expert, technology innovator, best-selling author, and speaker with over 17 years of experience in the areas of HR technology, analytics, strategy, talen...
HR Works (E57): Manage Performance to Foster an Employee-Centric Organization
April 24, 2018 11:58 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBEveryone’s talking about engagement and retention, but many of us aren’t sure what steps to take to create meaningful change in our organizations. Our guest on Episode 57 of HR Works is the CEO of a company that’s achieved “best Places to Work” status, and has a 5-star Glassdoor rating. Rajeev Behera is co-founder and CEO of Reflektive, the modern performance management startup. He leads the company’s innovation, investment, growth and business development strategies, and—importantly—sets t...
HR Works (E56): Want To Improve Workplace Transparency? Have a Strategy
April 10, 2018 12:13 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBTransparency—an issue that many organizations struggle with—how much to reveal, when to reveal it, how to reveal it. To help us sort this out, we’ve asked Dan Harris to join us on Episode 56 of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources. A Workplace Insights Analyst at Quantum Workplace, Dan aggregates data to tell stories. Currently working on his Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, he hopes to facilitate and promote meaningful changes for e...
HR Works (E55): Why Content Marketing Should Be Part of Your Recruiting Strategy
March 20, 2018 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBTalent acquisition has quickly moved front burner for many organizations and most realize that they’re going to have to do more to attract—and keep--top candidates than they’ve had to do the past few years. Our guest has some great ideas and practical tips to help us with that--and one key component is the role of about content marketing. John Hall is co-founder and CEO of Influence & Co., a content marketing agency that helps companies and individuals extract and leverage their expertise to ...
HR Works (E54): Uncover the Real Issues Behind Your "People Problem"
March 06, 2018 13:42 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBMany times, HR managers and executives know that something’s wrong—the organization is not functioning at as high a level as it should. Departments are butting heads and pointing fingers. But what’s really to blame? Do you have a people problem? Or is something else at the root cause? Today we’ve got an expert at diving into organizations, finding the real problem, and fixing it. With over 20 years’ experience in leadership and team building, Lisa Rueth leads the team of consulting prof...
HR Works (E53): Employees Want to Learn on their Smartphones—Are You Ready?
February 27, 2018 13:03 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBL&D—learning and development—is moving to the forefront for HR managers, not just for the importance of developing skills, but to maintain engagement and retention of employees who demand to stay up with new developments in their fields. Of course, there are new developments in L&D as well, and one of the most challenging today is the fact that the consumers of our training increasingly want to access it through their smartphones. Here we’ve finally perfected our interactive, PowerPoint, and ...