HRchat Podcast

In this HRchat episode, we'll consider wellbeing at work. Our returning guest this time is Gethin Nadin.Gethin is a psychology graduate who has been helping some of the world’s largest organizations to improve their employee experience and wellbeing for almost two decades. The last decade has been spent working as part of the senior leadership team at Benefex. As a frequent writer and speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in The Guardian, The Huffington Post and The Financial Times as well as major HR, Reward, and Pensions publications. Gethin is also a regular keynote speaker and guest lecturer at events, and a founding member of the Engage for Success Wellbeing Thought Action Group. He is also listed on the Employee Engagement Powerlist and one of Cardiff Life’s One to Watch In The City.In 2018, Gethin published his first book - the 5-star rated Amazon HR bestseller A World of Good: Lessons From Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience, which has gone on to inspire HR and Reward teams at some of the world’s best-known brands.His new book, A Work In Progress brings together evidence from more than 500 studies, exclusive contributions from leading global workplace experts, and captivating advice from in-house wellbeing leaders from organizations including Ocado, Philip Morris International, and Serco. Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

CareerBeacon, the leading online recruitment and talent acquisition site in Atlantic Canada, announced yesterday its acquisition of the employer branding platform, Ruutly. Ruutly powers 13,000+ job postings and 4000+ social share images and is currently active in 35+ countries and 12+ languages. Ruutly's visual job posting transformations have improved its clients' quarterly job posting view rates by up to 54% and apply click rates by as much as 152%. CareerBeacon’s acquisition of Ruutly will enable more companies to highlight their employer brand with ease and where it matters most: the job postingYves Boudreau, CareerBeacon founder and CEO says the acquisition of Ruutly's technology and hire of the company's Founder and CEO, Ryan Porter, is a core part of its investment in continuing to push the need forward in recruitment with visual, contextualized job postings that are proven to make better connections with job seekers.Listen to this conversation Bill Banham had with Ryan and Yves a few days before the big announcement. Hear firsthand what they have to say about the acquisition and what it means for today’s HR and recruitment space. About CareerBeaconCareerBeacon is one of Canada's leading recruitment and talent acquisition sites dedicated to supporting employers in finding and managing fresh new talent and helping job seekers find great career opportunities. For more information, please visit careerbeacon.com.About RuutlyRuutly is an employer branding platform for talent acquisition and recruitment teams looking to align their job postings with the consumer expectations of candidates. Ruutly empowers employers to create meaningful candidate experiences in every one of their job postings. For more information, please visit ruutly.com. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

 Many employers are struggling with ways to help, and authentically communicate with, remote employees whose consumption of substances increased during the pandemic. The guest this time is Jason Sundby, the mission-driven CEO of  Verde Environmental Technologies Inc., a company that’s committed to developing solutions to reduce drug misuse and negative environmental impact, both at home and in the workplace. Verde is the maker of Deterra at-home drug disposal and deactivation pouches and is a national business advocate for the movement to keep potentially lethal prescription medications out of the wrong hands.Jason partnered with U.S. Cong. Mary Bono and Admiral James Winnefeld to make disposal of unused opioids and other prescription drugs a top-of-mind issue and then collaborated with employers, non-profits, treatment centers and first responders to fight the opioid epidemic by reducing easy, at-home access to opioids!Questions For Jason Include: You advocate for keeping potentially lethal prescription medications out of the wrong hands. Can you explain the problem/the epidemic we're facing in the US and elsewhere? During Deterra’s last “Gone for Good” campaign in April, your company gave away 30,000 free at-home disposal pouches — and since the start of the bi-annual campaign in April 2020, it’s given away 100,000 pouches -- enough to destroy nearly 9 million opioids and unused or expired medications. You're running another campaign this month, October. Tell us about itWhy should employers care about substance misuse and safe drug disposal?What are Deterra pouches and how do they work?How can employers use Deterra as a prevention tool?What else can employers do to address the problem of substance misuse in the workplace?Where can employers find Deterra Pouches?This month, national nonprofit SAFE Project is providing the Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System free of charge to U.S. households through the Gone for Good® at-home medication disposal campaign. Learn more: deterrasystem.com/safeWe do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), nearly one in five U.S. adults lives with a mental illness. But it’s not just in our personal lives that we should be concerned about mental health. We spend the majority of our days, and our weeks, at the office. And unfortunately, work can get a bit stressful sometimes.  This means that supporting mental health in the workplace is no longer a perk but a necessity. Today is World Mental Health Day. The theme of 2022's World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'. Our returning guest today will help shine a light on the impact that poor mental health can have in the workplace. Margarida Rafael is the Head of Psychological Sciences at Workzinga, a job search and hiring platform emphasizing company culture fit. Margarida works as a researcher and assessment content creator. She continues to see patients in her own private practice for therapy and psychological assessments.Her clinical experience in administration and development of a variety of psychological tests culminated in a full-time dedication to research in the industrial and organizational field. Questions Include:So today is World Mental Health Day. Why is it important to have a day to recognize and take stock of our mental wellbeing and the mental health of those around us? Is there a stigma around sharing one's mental health?Should employees feel empowered to be open about any mental health problems/issues? What about the perception many have that admitting vulnerabilities will mean one doesn't get the job/gets overlooked for that promotion? Workzinga, in part, helps with the culture fit in the recruitment process. How can employers demonstrate to candidates that they support the physical and mental well-being of their employees? Can you offer some practical tips? Candidate questions to ask employer around support? answer includes: "what do you do for self-care?"What does it mean for the employer brand if a company can demonstrate it really cares for the mental and physical wellness of employees? Is it the job of managers to lead by example and share their own vulSupport the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

Today’s business environment – with rapidly changing employee behavior, unprecedented resignations, and evolving socio-economic conditions – has rendered traditional recruiting and retention methods ineffective. The market is showing the need for an innovative approach to employee engagement and compensation.In this HRchat episode, we consider the future of compensation. Our guest today is Kathryn Petralia, co-Founder and President of Keep Financial, a tech company with a goal to revolutionize compensation and employee engagement.Questions for Kathryn include: What's the mission of Keep Financial? At a high level, how are you helping HR pros, leaders and employees?  (recruitment, retention, and performance)How does high employee morale along with employee engagement lead to higher productivity, less turnover and ultimately increased compensation ROI for that organization?According to a report from The Conference Board, salary budgets are set to increase 3.9% this year – the largest amount since 2008: “The rapid increase in wages and inflation are forcing businesses to make important decisions regarding their approach to salaries, recruiting and retention. In particular, companies are likely to raise wages aggressively for their current employees or they will risk even lower retention rates.” Tell me more about the impact of increased wages and rising expectations around compensation.  Your team recently announced updates to the Keep Employee Engagement Platform (KEEP). How does KEEP offer an innovative way for employers to direct compensation into plans that enhance the engagement, retention, and performance of their most valuable employees? Tell me about the process and clever tech behind what you do.About Keep Financial Technologies, Inc.Keep Financial is revolutionizing compensation to directly improve recruiting, retention, and performance – aligning compensation with business objectives and ROI. Through the intuitive KeepTM Employee Engagement Platform (KEEP), employers can create and track customizable Vesting Cash Plans to deliver bonuses and incentives that attract top talent, assure retention, and increase overall employee morale and productivity.KEEP takes coSupport the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, we consider the role of higher education in empowering employees to achieve more in the world of work.Our guest this time is Dr. Marie Harper, Dean of the Wallace E. Boston School of Business at American Public University System (APUS). Dr. Harper has worked for corporations as well as in academia and is one of a handful of women of color in similar higher education leadership positions in the U.S.Questions Include: Tell us about APUS - the mission and ways it helps the world of workSo the American Public University System (APUS) delivers accessible and affordable online higher education to adult learners of all backgrounds. Why is this so vital?What are the most successful companies doing right in overcoming employee challenges amid today’s quiet quitting & great reassessment?What are some things that a private company can do to help convince job seekers that working for their company will be rewarding?How can companies ensure their workers are keeping pace with training and upskilling/cross-skilling?Let’s talk about career development and empowerment. How can this become more of a priority for a company who might not have focused on it enough?What role can higher ed play in this career development?About American Public University SystemAmerican Public University System (APUS) delivers accessible and affordable online higher education to adult learners of all backgrounds. APUS, a five-time recipient of Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC) Effective Practice Award, offers more than 200 online degree and certificate programs through American Public University as well as American Military University, the #1 provider of higher education to the U.S. military and veterans.* With over 116,000 alumni worldwide, APUS is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. APUS is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI). For more information, visit www.apus.edu.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.  Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this HRchat episode, we ask: why is the business case for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) more important than ever and how can HR pros and leaders get it right? Our guest today is Jennifer Morris, an expert in the fields of Diversity, Inclusion, Leadership, and Talent Development.  She works with a wide range of clients, helping them understand the value of diverse talent and then designing and implementing strategies to achieve it.  Jen’s research and writing have been published by Forbes, HR Magazine, HR Director magazine, the International Labour Organization, Business Disability Forum, Fairplay Talks, and Diversity Q.Questions Include:You're a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. For our audience in the US and Canada, can you talk a little about CIPD and the work it does to improve the HR field in the UK and elsewhere? Tell us about Hult EF and how it helps HR pros and leadersWhy add the B (belonging) to DEI? You have recently worked with Hult EF on creating a new report, DEIB In Action. Can you tell us a little about the report?Why is the business case for DEIB more vital than ever?Why is DEIB so challenging?What common pitfalls do you see coming up when organizations are getting started on their DEIB journey?What practical actions can organizations take?Role of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in strategizing and implementing DEIB initiatives? How can we connect with you and learn more about Hult EF and the DEIB in Action Report?More About Jennifer MorrisThroughout her corporate career, Jen worked in a breadth of industries, both in the UK and globally.  She has held senior roles and worked in complex environments, so is attuned to the challenges her clients face.  Jen is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, has an MA in People Development and a BA Dual Hons in Business and Human Resources. She holds a Diploma in Executive Coaching, is a registered member of the British Psychological Society and is a qualified practitioner in a range of psychometric tools.Jen is an advocate of intersectional inclusion and is passionate about creating a working world that is free from barriers, for all. She has a specialist interest in the lived experience of emSupport the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

Did you know that Gen Z constitutes over one-quarter of the total population of the world? This means 2 billion people are Gen Zers! Many of whom are about to join, or are already entering, the workforce. In this episode, we consider ways to engage with Gen Zers. Our guests today are Tina Zwolinski and Cynthia Jenkins, the Co-founders of skillsgapp, the first company to offer customized, location-based gaming apps focused on helping Generation Z gain career and pathway awareness along with the middle and soft skills necessary to participate in the skills-based jobs sector that includes manufacturing and other technical industries.Questions For Tina and Cynthia Include: Can you give an overview of skillsgapp?How do these games help students prepare for possible careers?In terms of engaging with Gen Zers - what's so unique about their generation?Why should the HR community take an interest in the games that skillsgapp are creating?How can skillsgapp help HR departments with recruiting and building their workforce pipelines?Let's say you are working with a company and students are playing a game specifically designed for their industry, what kind of data is available to the HR and recruiting departments? How should they interpret the data and what would the steps be in reaching out to players they might be interested in?More About Tina ZwolinskiTina is the CEO and Co-founder of skillsgapp. Prior to founding skillsgapp, Tina launched and led ZWO, a branding and marketing firm focused on economic and workforce development and generational consumer brands. Tina serves on the national board for Fostering Great Ideas, a non-profit working to improve the experience for every teen and child in foster care. She also serves on the Academic Advisory Council for the national Skilled Trades Alliance, on the South Carolina Association of Continuing Higher Education board, and on the board of Greenville Professional Women’s Forum. Tina also mentors middle and high school youth.More About Cynthia JenkinsCynthia is the CMO and Co-founder of skillsgapp. Prior to skillsgapp, Cynthia forged a decades-long career in marketing and creative development for several global brands with ZWO, Firebrand Media, and as the CEO of her own Advertising PR firm, CPJ & CO among other well-Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

In this episode, we focus on better ways to cultivate, attract and engage talent. Listen too, as we share how to identify “superpowers” within your employees. Plus we'll talk about ways managers can support the mental wellbeing of their reports.  Bill's guest this time is  Patricia Carl,  CEO & Founder of Highland Performance Solutions, a woman-owned organizational consulting firm that partners with Fortune 500 and start-up companiesQuestions Include:How can we start to build a more aligned company culture?We have seen a major shift in how companies attract, retain and support employees due to the pandemic and the Great Resignation. What do you think is not working anymore to cultivate, attract and engage talent and what should companies be really focusing on today?You say that the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) teaches us that 20% of employees drive 80% of the results. This 20% is your high performers - the team members who take on nearly any challenge and find a way to be successful. Why it is critical for leaders to cultivate and support these superstars? You talk about a critical leadership element is how to identify “superpowers” within your employees; unique talents that a person has but is not in a job description or part of their role. What do you mean by this and how can leaders go about enabling employees to uncover and leverage these superpowers in their role?You are passionate about companies and leaders embracing the intersection of mental wellness and the workplace. As a former therapist early in your career, and leading HR organizations as the CHRO, what is critical for leaders to understand and lean into when it comes to employee mental wellness? What doesn’t work from your experience?We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

 My guest in HRchat episode 488, is Simon Haigh, a negotiation expert, leadership coach, author, speaker, radio host, adjunct lecturer, and consultant. Simon says he has "been there, done it, and driven through with deeper knowledge and a strong awareness of resilience, purpose, and high-performance capabilities."Simon helps people to avoid roadblocks, pitfalls, and mistakes to unlock their potential and create transformational change so they can optimize their growth journey, whether in business (transactional, strategic, operational excellence - program, change management and process improvement), Leadership (coaching, mentoring), Brand (strategy and valuation) or Personal (wellbeing, goal-setting, life skills and resilience).He has also been endorsed by world no. 1 leadership thinker Marshall Goldsmith!Questions For Simon Include: How can organizations ensure growth and how do you help your clients with their growth journeys?You work with leaders - what are some of the key attributes of good and/or effective leaders?What stops many leaders from being great leaders?How has leadership changed as a result of the pandemic?What do staff expect from their leaders today?Are these changes caused by the generational shift in the workplace? You recently spoke at DisruptHR London. Can you tell our listeners about your session, the event, and why you got involved?We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events