TalentCulture #WorkTrends
453 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★ - 26 ratingsYou've been in the HR trenches for years. Now, are you ready to look toward the future? Join host, Meghan M Biro on the #WorkTrends podcast from TalentCulture as she talks about how work is changing. You'll get all the news you need to stay current, and hear from leading experts, HR tech vendors and HR practitioners about what inspires them. Join us on Twitter every Wednesday at 1:30 pm Eastern for a live chat using the hashtag #WorkTrends.
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Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Leading High Performing Cultures In Uncertain Times
February 26, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBEmotional intelligence sounds like a buzzword, but it's far from that. It's a critical skill that lays the foundation for other important skills like empathy, kindness, listening, communicating, connecting, and influencing to be present and fully used with intentional purpose. When it comes to leadership, emotional intelligence is taking center stage, with many organizations, as a major consideration at hiring and promotion times. Going hand-in-hand with emotional intelligence is the ability...
The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations
February 19, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBThe world of work is rapidly changing. Employment laws and what constitutes a "gig" or on-demand worker are a work in process, as is how the workforce is pivoting to integrate on-demand workers into their hiring and workflows. Benefits, worker protection and wages are under scrutiny but are likewise an acceptable trade-off for many on-demand workers given the flexible and desirable nature of gig work. One of the factors leading to why the nature of the gig worker remains clearly undef...
How to Harness the Power of Introverted People in Your Organization
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBAccording to the US Chamber of Commerce, introverts have skills and behaviors that make them a great business owner. They possess good listening skills, pay attention to details with greater concern, and are thoughtful before speaking with their opinions. They also have a reputation for being strong leaders because of their ability to really listen and to bestow credit where it belongs. In the business world, they blend well into online communication venues such as chats and groups wh...
Embracing Neurodiversity: The Future of Talent Management
February 09, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 35.9 MBToday I’m welcoming Ed Thompson, CEO / Founder, Uptimize to talk about an aspect of diversity in the workforce we probably need to focus on a lot more — and that’s neurodiversity. Whatever workplace you’re in, it’s more than likely you’ve got a whole range of different thinking styles on your teams. But too often, they’re not all appreciated — let alone recognized. We do know, however, that diverse teams are far more effective and innovative — and diversity of thought is a big component in t...
Recruiting in the Age of Googlization
February 05, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBThe world of job search and recruiting has been turned upside down. What was, generally, expected from employers and job seekers has taken a turn and not for the best. Companies have laid off people and jobs are scarcer now due to the recession of a pandemic 2020. However, business still needs to keep moving forward, which means having people continuing day-to-day duties and atypical fashion. Evermore necessary is the skill of possessing great communication skills. Being able to inter...
How Child’s Play Helps Us Navigate Uncertain Times at Work
January 29, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31.9 MBIf anyone believes that incorporating play into the workplace culture is a waste of time, the research shows us differently. Child's play in the workplace actually enhances the culture of the work environment. It creates greater camaraderie, builds trust, opens up conversations that may not be broached due to fear of retribution, and develops a workplace where transparency is the norm. From the employer's perspective, they can expect higher productivity levels, greater concern and car...
How to Successfully Job Search During the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 22, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 27.7 MBFor most people, searching for a new job has never been easy. Add to this, the difficulties the current pandemic brings and now job seekers have to double up their efforts to find work. Some of the practices that have always been a part of the job search process haven't changed though. Conducting proper research and doing your due diligence to vet companies that are a good match for your skill sets and personality type is still true. The difference here is that many organizations are ...
How to Leverage Pandemic Unemployment to Launch Your Dream Career
January 15, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBIt may seem like a herculean task to find a new job during the pandemic or in times when one is unemployed. The fact is companies are still hiring and unemployed people are hirable. The advent of remote work is a fact of life for most companies. In the past, some companies, though desirable, may not have been considered because of geography, but this has now changed. The world of work has opened up many more opportunities for job seekers, so finding work in places not previously considered i...
Do Recruiters Really Care About Candidate Experience?
January 08, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBThe job candidate experience is a topic gaining momentum as younger generations enter the workforce. In modern times and with the advent of advanced technologies, people have access to more information than ever before in our history. This ability to access information has led people to seek out potential employers' inner workings and delve into what comprises their culture, how they follow the company mission if they live up to the values, and how they aspire to the vision. These self-purpo...
Hiring Hourly Employees — How to Transform the Candidate Experience
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 34.6 MBToday I’m welcoming Quincy Valencia, Vice President - Product Innovation at Alexander Mann Solutions. We’ll be talking about the importance of providing a great candidate experience not just to any employer, but to hourly employers, who often get short shrift in that department. We’re going to lay out the central factors in a positive hiring experience for hourly candidates, and look at an innovative solution in hiring that transforms the journey, end to end. Alexander Mann’s Hourly is a pla...
The Power of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
December 11, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBToday I’m welcoming LaFawn Davis, Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Indeed to look at best practices for cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. It’s not enough to aim to improve diversity or inclusion on its own — it’s when you strategically focus on all three factors that you can really transform your workplace. We’ll also look at some common mistakes leaders, managers and HR teams make when trying to address diversity and incl...
Designing Work to Meet Your Personal and Professional Goals
December 04, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBBlending personal and professional goals into a comfortable mix is gaining ground. As more and more people seek gratification in their personal lives, finding satisfaction in one's career is equally important, if not more important, than some aspects within a person's personal life. According to a research study conducted by a team of academicians at Purdue University, they discovered that some people considered their employment more important than their marriage. Ultimately, though, most pe...
Unmute Yourself: How to Be Your Own Advocate When Working from Home
November 20, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 26.4 MBThe pandemic state of 2020 has taken its toll on everyone, everywhere, and for many, it has thrust them into working conditions they did not anticipate. Millions of people who were once driving to work and being in an environment where collaboration and face-to-face contact was a common practice are, for the most part, no longer doing this. So now that we are working from home and cannot lean over the cubicle with a quick question or ask for assistance and feedback, how can we effectively pu...
How to Support the Workforce by Protecting Mental Health
November 13, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31.6 MBToday I’m welcoming Dawn Mitchell, Vice President, Human Resources, Appian to look at effective strategies for supporting your workforce and their mental health during and beyond the pandemic. Appian was a fully in-house, open-door, come-together work culture that found a way to take that work culture remote — and also make sure its employees get the support and help they need. And that includes mental health: we’ve all seen anxiety levels jump over the past 9 months. The key is to acknowl...
Leading a Successful Company Revolution with Intentional Integrity
November 06, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBCorporate integrity is not just a buzz phrase; it sits at the core of an organization's business dealings and how the organization conducts itself, both inside and outside the company. Corporate integrity applies to all organizations, whether it be a non-profit or profit-gaining business. It's like doing the right thing when no one is looking and knowing that the right thing is the most integrity filled way of conducting business. Companies that conduct themselves using intentional integrity...
The Cost of Misalignment
October 30, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBToday I’m welcoming Natalie Baumgartner, Chief Workforce Scientist, Achievers to talk about the challenge of alignment in workforces right now. Achievers’ Workforce Institute just put out the 2020 Culture report, based on their June survey of over 1100 people around the world. Culture alignment now is just as important as ever — but as with so many facets of working today, COVID-19 has had a profound effect. Culture alignment plays a key role in recognition as well as engagement. We’ll ta...
How AI is Reinventing Talent Management
October 23, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBToday I’m welcoming Brad Sutton, Strategic Accounts, EightfoldAI, to talk about how talent management — and talent acquisition as well — are being transformed by AI. AI is changing the game in everything from recruiting to team building to succession planning, and proving a powerful ally in retention and engagement initiatives as well.
Strategic Learning: Upskill, Reskill and Retrain
October 16, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBToday I’m welcoming Dickens Aubourg, Paycom Director of Client Learning, to talk more about the power of reskilling, retraining and upskilling when it comes to engaging, retaining, and developing your talent, and why that’s a key business strategy right now. Developing from within is always a smart approach, but it makes even more sense in the context of remote workplaces — and the need to engage our people and motivate our top performers.
Employee Experience 2020: Digitization, Flexibility, Benefits
October 09, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 34.6 MBToday I’m welcoming Chris Wakely, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Benify, to #WorkTrends to talk about benefits in general. We mean everything besides compensation — the perks, culture, health plans and other offerings that the employer offers. The best way to deliver them all is via a digital platform that meets the needs of employees today.
The Power of AI-Driven Collaboration
October 02, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBToday I’m welcoming Guibert Englebienne, the Chief Technology Officer & Cofounder of Globant, to talk about the power of AI-driven collaboration. This is absolutely on the leading edge of how we work, and how we manage and engage our people — using data and AI-driven tools to boost collaboration between teams and foster company culture, and enabling us to work together efficiently and creatively from anywhere in the world.
Job Description Complexities
September 25, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBLove them or hate them. Job descriptions are a fact of business life. The problem with many job descriptions is that they are boring, lack the essential information a job seeker needs to assess a company's workplace culture and are, all too often, written to benefit the hiring company and not the person considering the job. Information such as "a day in the life" is rarely provided, nor is enough information about the position and team or department where the new hire will be working....
The Power of Workplace Gratitude
September 18, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBToday I’m welcoming Liz King, the CMO of gThankYou, LLC, to talk about the importance of workplace gratitude. Sharing gratitude with employees and peers may actually be the special sauce of workplace culture. We’re going to hear about the science behind gratitude, and how it transforms the workplace. We’ll talk about how to shape a whole culture of gratitude, and what to do for the holidays that will make everyone smile.
Transforming the Healthcare Benefits Experience
September 11, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBToday I’m welcoming Justin Holland, the CEO and Founder of HealthJoy to talk about health benefits — and why it’s so important for employers to deliver a quality healthcare benefits experience for their employees, wherever they’re working, remote or on-site. Healthcare has changed radically — it’s far more complex than it ever was. And right now, employees need more help and guidance than ever.
Sexual Harassment In Virtual Workplaces
September 04, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBSexual harassment is not an easy topic, and with the advent of most employees working from home, it has taken on a new dimension of difficulty. Identifying it with concrete evidence is sometimes a feeling you get because you know the other person's behavior or comment was not appropriate. Still, the question is, was it sexual harassment. Keep in mind that sexual harassment does not always occur through physical contact. The spoken word, emails, texts, and video conferencing can all se...
Hiring Virtual Assistants
August 28, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBWorking with virtual assistants can be a great benefit to organizations of all sizes and industries, and especially useful for start-up companies and small businesses looking to grow. Using virtual assistants can take many burdens off of a business owner and can do it in an economical way. Often, business owners will take on the tasks and duties associated with all aspects of their business leaving them to become overwhelmed and over burdened, which can lead to burnout and the potential demi...
#WorkTrends: AI-Powered Financial Planning for Employees
August 21, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBHR is navigating endless changes right now, including how to best advise and equip employees with the savings and financial planning they need. What’s different: we’re not face to face. The tools and information need to be online — and in a platform that makes sense, offers simple and clear navigating, and presents the best savings opportunities there are. Employees are under enough pressure as it is. And they need a way to better support the financial stresses they’re under. And with the wo...
Aligning Around Performance Management: New Findings
August 14, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MBReflektive’s new report on performance management shows like every other aspect of how we work, there are major changes afoot. The 2020 Performance Management Benchmark Report, as it’s called, is hot off the presses.It surveyed over 1,000+ HR professionals, business leaders and employees, on the state of performance management, including trends, employee needs, and sentiment about the future. Jennifer Toton, Chief Marketing Officer at Reflektive, joins host Meghan M. Biro to download som...
Navigating the Obstacles of Remote Work
August 07, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.9 MBThe pandemic has thrown a curve ball to many people in the workplace. What was once normal is now the old way of doing things. The new normal came quickly and it didn’t give people a chance to catch up. Many employees were faced with working from home or someplace else that is not optimal for many reasons. Some find the noise distracting, the workspace inadequate, the routine disruptive or the technology lacking in ways that is causing people to fall behind in their work. In this episode ...
Building Trust in Uncertain Times
July 31, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBYou’ve worked hard to create an engaged, loyal workforce. Then 2020 hits. Overnight we are sent to at-home workspaces working in physical isolation. We balance the stresses of health and wellbeing with maintaining performance in our jobs. Civil unrest has quickly heightened emotions and anxiety. All this and we’re barely past the mid-year mark. In a work world where our teams are distributed physically and mentally, how can we build and maintain trust among our workforce? Further, how do tru...
Going Gig: Freelancing in HR
July 24, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBBefore COVID-19 one of the most popular ongoing discussions at #WorkTrends was about the gig economy — which was already breaking open the traditional 9-5 model of working and shifting the perspective from payroll to project. Coworking, freelancing, independent contractors — we were looking at generational preferences and realizing that it was highly likely that we would not be bringing talent into the workforce the same way we had before. Then came the pandemic, and suddenly we shift...
Incorporating New Hires into Work Cultures
July 20, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBThere’s so much uncertainty about what will happen to the workplace — whether we will wind up staying remote or mixing it up, or be able to return to a physical workspace. Will it be safe, will it be a best practice? There are a lot of questions facing us and we’re not going to have the answers for a while now, given what’s happening in the country with COVID-19. Against this backdrop, we still need to hire people. And we need to find a way to onboard them into a work culture that ins...
The Bigot in Your Mental Boardroom
July 10, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBThe Supreme Court recently handed down a landmark Federal civil rights law that protects gay, lesbian and transgender workers from workplace discrimination based on sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation. The ruling extends protections to millions of workers nationwide, and it’s an incredible victory for inclusiveness and diversity. But on a day to day level, we have a lot of work to do. Even in workplaces that consider themselves inclusive, coexistence can be harrowing for t...
Leading Organizations to Resilience and Diversity
July 03, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBLeaders today are grappling with very real and pressing challenges: keeping their workforce safe, balancing the need for business results with the need for compassion, staying ahead of new laws and regulations, grappling with whether or not to reopen and how to do it safely. As they put their hearts and minds into how to improve their work cultures on a very fundamental level, two factors to keep in mind: resilience — the ability to weather changes and struggles and bounce back intact, and d...
Getting Real About ATS
June 19, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAs hiring kicks back into gear with companies rebuilding workforces, adding new employees, and shifting gears to meet the needs of reopening and ramping up business, here’s the question. Are you getting the results you need to get from your hiring technology? And: Are you getting lots of leads from third party job postings, or reducing time to hire? Are you meeting your diversity goals? Does your ATS help you bring in people who join the organization and stay, and thrive? Are the new hires a...
Leading Through Uncertainty
June 12, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBLeading through a crisis used to be part of the conversation but now, in these times, it is the conversation. We’re in a health crisis, an economic crisis, and also a social crisis — and all are having a heavy impact on our workforces. And these strategies apply to any crisis — hopefully they won’t be as mammoth as what we’re facing as of late. The good news is that if leaders take the right approach they can help steer the company and their people through the maze of uncertainty, fea...
Assessing Digital Skills for Hiring Now
June 05, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 22.3 MBWhat’s happening today has thrown lives and work into turmoil, but we’ve never adapted more quickly. What’s enabling some businesses to pivot in record time is being grounded in the technology needed to keep the workflow going, and the people who possess the digital skills to make it happen. Digital skills were in high demand before Covid-19, part of the digital transformation some call Work 4.0, and that demand is increasing. As businesses scale, adjust, strategize, and aim for the f...
Improving Work Culture with VR
May 29, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBOn a granular level, work cultures are made of relationships, and relationships are made of interactions. Every interaction we make has the opportunity to benefit our relationships or potentially cause damage. In work, where relationships are the backbone of collaboration, productivity, engagement and teamwork, interactions are important to get right. But it’s not always that easy, or that simple. Even before the pandemic triggered a lockdown and work from home, we weren’t always succ...
Innovating a Culture of Wellness
May 15, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBWhat is wellness? The definition has been thrust into high contrast by COVID-19 and our changing work landscape. Working remotely or not, employers tending to employee well-being are finding themselves at the cutting edge of employee experience when their wellness offerings fit the needs and lives of their people. At #WorkTrends we’re looking at some of the companies who are focusing on wellness as a key differentiator -- in terms of employee performance and experience, and also custo...
Managing Down, Up and Across: Best Practices
May 08, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MBWork is all about relationships — you and your boss, you and your managers, you and your teammates, you and your direct reports, and everyone else. Every single one of the relationships we have at work (as well as everywhere) has to be carefully managed, or it can go south fast. At work, compound that need to manage your relationships with the pressure of the workflow, and there’s little margin for error. And teams are becoming the functional nucleus for more and more organizations. 81% of ...
Outsourcing HR: Why and How
May 01, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has triggered intense economic and social disruption and it’s far from over. And our work landscape has changed and will continue to evolve. For businesses, steering through COVID-19 and navigating this new work landscape requires savvy and careful strategizing. More than ever, HR is playing a critical role. And you need the best information you can right now — from managing a newly remote workforce, facilitating furloughs and layoffs, and helping the business leverage ...
Culture That Counts Right Now
April 24, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBRight now organizations are seeing their mettle tested and one thing that’s helping them keep their workforces aligned, engaged and supported is a great company culture. We’re going to talk with organizational culture expert Josh Levine about what makes a company culture matter now — such as how leaders play a key role, and why being there for your people may also mean shifting priorities for the duration. Messaging and zingy purpose statements aside, companies that operate from a foundation...
Remote Working: Craving Knowledge and Skills
April 17, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThe world of work is in the midst of a reckoning. From finance to retail to hospitals to energy to technology, there’s not one sector that has not felt an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of its toll on the economy . But we’re evolving, and quickly. Weeks in, many organizations are past that sudden pivot to remote teams and are now stepping back from doing triage to think about what’s truly important for supporting our people. That includes technology, security, and knowledge — as in learning...
Mapping the Future of Workforce Skills
April 10, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBOn today’s #WorkTrends podcast we’re talking about the skills our workforce will need for the future — and why we need them now. The skills we’re going to need to achieve in the workplace of the future have everything to do with attributes, behaviors, habits and mindset that support collaboration, creativity and innovation, and empathy. And the new workforce is trending to high-performing, sometimes cross-functional teams, with less hierarchy and more independence. To thrive in this context,...
The AI-Powered Leadership Coach
April 03, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBAs younger-gen (I’m not saying young gen intentionally) and Next Gen hires come into organizations and show their incredible aptitude and promise, we’re certainly justified in wanting to reward them and promote them. Continuity is on our minds right now as we search for the light at the end of the tunnel of this current crisis — and look for how we’re going to sustain our organizations for the future. And it’s the bright stars in our own workforce that may wind up leading the way. So how do ...
How to Make Your Work Culture Rock
March 27, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBEven right now, even with everything, we need to amp up our workplaces like never before. Culture keeps us together — but you can’t create a great culture if you’re not leading like a rockstar, and treating your employees like MVPs. So many organizations are morphing right now into remote and fragmented workforces — by necessity. But we’re really looking for the glue that will keep us together. Tell you what we all need to keep the beat: Culture. A culture that celebrates empathy, emotional ...
The Power of Business Readiness
March 20, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBBusiness readiness has taken on a whole new meaning right now as we grapple with an absolutely massive upheaval facing our lives as well as our work. Even a month ago we were discussing the importance of digital workspaces and remote capabilities as a key item on the wish list. Today it’s a necessity. We need to provide a structure for our employees to do their best work no matter where they are. This is a tremendous challenge for leaders and managers: how can we maintain continuity, support...
AI, VR, and the Internal Communication Revolution
March 13, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MBToday internal communication is transforming right before our eyes and ears. It’s getting a powerful boost from new technologies such as AI, augmented and virtual realities, and changing not only what we say but how we say it. The future of communication — even how we reach out to each other — and everyone in our organizations — is going to see rapid growth and radical improvements. In fact we’re already experiencing them today.. We’re talking to organizational communication expert Shel Holt...
Team Up Marketing and HR to Attract, Engage and Retain Talent
March 06, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBToday’s #WorkTrends podcast is about partnering Marketing and HR for phenomenal talent strategies. It’s a powerful alchemy that happens when Marketing and HR teams align to attract, engage and retain talent. We’ve all seen an expansion in scope and role of both the Chief Culture and Talent Officer: both roles are increasingly held accountable for strategic business growth — but we haven’t always had a great roadmap for joining them together. Well, Now’s the time. Unemployment at an all-time ...
Great Expectations: Companies Need To Live Their Employer Brand
February 28, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBToday’s #WorkTrends podcast is about employer brands: getting behind the hype and actually committing to a walking the talk. Employer brands are understood as being a key driver for attracting great talent and engaging employees, let alone inspiring them to stay with your company and feel proud of it. But we need to be a lot better about shaping a brand and maintaining it through policies, deeds and actions, not just messaging. Messaging without actionable follow-through won’t cut it. Furthe...
Why Companies Need to Value a Great Candidate Experience
February 21, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBToday on the #WorkTrends podcast we’re talking about candidate experience — and why it’s so important for companies to understand its importance and value. Companies that work on shaping a great candidate experience are notably ahead of the curve when it comes to not only employee engagement and performance, but also an increased customer base, more, and better employee referrals, higher revenue streams and a positive social presence — all of which in turn contribute to a higher profile, mor...