HRchat Podcast

Bill's guest this time is Dethra U. Giles, TEDx Speaker, Chief Bridge Architect at ExecuPrep, Adjunct Faculty Member at Mercer University, and one of Engagedly Inc's Top 100 HR Influencers of 2021.Her clients call her "University tested and Industry approved" and we're going to delve into some of the lessons she shares with peers, leaders and clients today. Listen and Hear Dethra's Answers to Questions Including: * You have amazing self-belief. How far can a positive outlook and confidence in one's abilities get you? * What are your top 3 tips for listeners looking to find success in their lives?* 10,000 employees recently surveyed by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago said they thought they were just as productive working from home compared to working in the office. In fact, 30% of those respondents told researchers they were more productive and engaged working from home. Do you think that WFH is really here to stay?* In a 2018 Ted Talk you asked "How is it that we are unable to discuss our differences at the most fundamental level? Race, Religion, and Politics are taboo topics in the workplace." Within the corporate world, where are we at in 2021?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

Employees in startups in the US are, according to findings published in carta.com, losing $30B every year in unexercised stock options, because 50% do not exercise their stock options upon leaving a company.Bill's guest this time is Oren Barzilai, Founder and CEO at EquityBee, a company on a mission to help startup employees obtain the capital they need to exercise their stock options.Oren is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to EquityBee, he co-founded and served as the CEO at Start A Fire, a social marketing platform, that served more than 3,000 of the world's biggest brands. Before that, he co-founded and served as the CTO at Tapingo, a mobile commerce application that was acquired by GrubHub for $150 million.Listen and Get Oren's Answers to Questions Including: Why do stock options remain major collateral when employers are trying to attract and retain top talent?Paint a picture of the impact on employees of unexercised stock optionsHow does EquityBee try to help employees extract value from the compensation they were promised?Secondary platforms allow employees who already own shares to sell their shares to investors outright. Is EquityBee the same? If not, why not?Any tips for new employees to negotiate their stock options package when they join a company?About EquityBeeEquityBee's goal is to enable employees to exercise their stock options and benefit from the value they created while employed at pre-IPO technology companies. EquityBee’s Investor Community provides the capital startup builders need to become shareholders.EquityBee was founded by Oren Barzilai, Oded Golan, and Mody Radashkovich, who have a combined 25 years of experience in technology and finance.Inspired by their own personal experience in the startup world where they witnessed countless employees, colleagues, and friends lose out on a significant part of their compensation because they couldn’t afford to exercise the options they worked so hard to earn, EquityBee’s founders started the company so they could help employees extract maximum value from the compensation they were promised while simultaneously giving investors a new way to invest in something they couldn’t before. Learn more at equitybee.comWe do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entiSupport 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

Attracting and retaining employees is top of mind for all business leaders today. The Great Resignation of 2021 has seen employees leaving their jobs in unprecedented numbers. 50 percent are naming better pay and benefits as a key reason for leaving their jobs. With our health at the forefront of much of the conversation during the global pandemic—physical, emotional, and mental—it’s a wonder that more employers haven’t yet revamped a key component of an employer’s benefits package: health insurance. In this HRchat episode, we ask how employers can attract talent with excellent benefits packages that won't break the bank.Bill's guest this time is John Butler, President at JB Benefits Consulting LLC.With over 25 years of experience in workplace benefits, John has written a new book that explores innovative approaches to healthcare that every business should consider.In his new book, Health Insurance Sucks, John uncovers the world of business healthcare and delivers new solutions that you could implement today. The book aims to provide you with an entirely new way of approaching healthcare for employees and to arm you with every weapon you need to fight against big insurance, big pharma, and the big government players that have dominated for decades. You could be on offense rather than continuing to play defense against skyrocketing premiums and deteriorating benefits.In fact, the book takes all the rules levied by insurance companies and pharmacy companies, and even the US federal and state governments, and uses those same exact rules in an attempt to beat them at their own game.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 consider how HR leaders can utilize AI for building leadership and developing company culture. Bill's guest this time is Devyani Vaishampayan, CEO at the HR TECH Partnership, an investment and digital innovation venture focused on the 'future of work'. The fund invests in AI-based HR digital start-ups and the firm also runs innovation hubs, helping organizations engage and learn about digital disruption in the workplace.She has a diverse range of experiences as a senior HR Director across a number of industries including engineering, telecoms, oil & gas, banking, professional services and technology. Devyani was previously Group HR Director at BSI and AET Tankers and has experience in large international businesses such as Citibank, G4S, AT&T, Rolls-Royce, and BG Group.Devyani was a finalist for the 2020 Asian Women of Achievement Award - Digital. She's also been listed in the 2017 Financial Times Ethnic Minority Leaders List and the 2016 Cranfield FTSE 100 Women to Watch list. Questions Include:Where do you see AI being used to support and build leadership and culture initiatives?What new tech is helping to augment work? What are some of the concerns corporate leaders have about the use of AI  solutions? Talk to us about some of the big data privacy concerns.  You are the Managing Partner of HR TECH Partnership. The firm aims to support corporate organizations with their digital innovation journeys around Talent and Workplace Productivity by helping them pilot AI & Digital solutions. Tell us about typical concerns and obstacles when starting the journey to AI and machine learning adoption with your clients.You're also Chair of the People Tech Group at the Tech London Advocates, a collection of tech leaders, experts, and investors uniting to form the most influential group in tech. With no government backing, this is the self-described "voice of the private sector in London". The group is one of nine groups in the Global Tech Advocates network of communities. Tell us about the group and its mission. 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

Compliance is a critical function of the HR department. HR is tasked with making sure that hiring practices, workplace rules, treatment of employees, and a variety of other factors all comply with the relevant laws. In today's episode, we will talk about compliance and suggest some ways that one's compliance reporting platform can lift the load and open up new insights. Bill's guest this time is Scott Lane, Founder and CEO of Speeki™, a group focused on transforming compliance hotlines and other compliance areas using Ai technologies.  Questions For Scott Include: How can we begin to build companies and workforces rich in integrity and with a common set of shared values? You recently offered ten top ways to use one's compliance reporting platform to drive value. Can you share some of those with us now? In February 2021, Speeki surveyed global compliance officers to assess what their thoughts were on the ‘value’ of compliance to a business. The survey found that only around 20% of participants effectively map against business goals, with the remaining 80% attempting to align their goals with the business but doing so poorly. What can happen to performance when goals are not mapped against the business correctly or even at all? Let's talk about the employee voice. If employees don't (feel like they) have a voice inside the company, then won't they just go outside the company to voice their concerns? E.g. Glassdoor or quitting. How important is dialogue to retention during this Great Resignation?How can companies build an ecosystem where people feel comfortable raising issues without fear of retaliation?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, Bill Banham talks with Matt Poepsel, Ph.D. about how to attract and manage a high-performing team. Matt is “The Godfather of Talent Optimization” and the Vice President of Partner Growth at The Predictive Index, a talent optimization platform. He has served in product and partner empowerment roles at The Predictive Index for the past 7 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Capella University and is a former U.S. Marine and Ironman triathlon finisher.Questions Include:Why does your team claim that "Once you start practicing talent optimization, you’ll never go back to “the old way” of leading"?How can managers help their employees be more accountable?Can you share some tips for leaders looking to better communicate with their teams both in-person and remotely? Why is it important, after you’ve pulled together the right candidates, to keep a pulse on employee engagement to nip problems in the bud? Talk to me about the benefits of ongoing feedback and engagement surveys?There's a great post on your blog called 'Dysfunctional teams: The 5 characteristics' Can you walk our listeners through those 5 characteristics? 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

One of the biggest obstacles facing leaders is how to approach DEI topics with their teams. Traditionally, meaningful DEI policies have all-too-often been either ignored, pushed to be an HR focus only, or delegated to an annual training session. Things have changed in the past two years but full equity in the workplace remains a work in progress. Bill's guest is Puneet Lath, Director at Expensify, a pre-accounting platform, and co-host of a new series of timely conversations on DE&I. The first episode stars Trevor Noah, host of Emmy and Peabody winning series, The Daily Show. Trevor is a leader in dealing with issues of race, equity and inclusion both as an orator covering these topics in his show and as a business leader working through them on a day-to-day basis. Puneet co-hosts with Joanie Wang and in collaboration with culture and diversity expert Zanele Mutepfa-Rhone. Questions Include: Expensify is a 'payments super-app that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money'. Tell me more.We've had some big names and brands on the HRchat show to date but we've never had a Daily Show host! Take a couple of minutes and tell our listeners about the mission behind the new series of conversations - one I understand includes exploring the nuanced issues relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion that continue to plague businesses globally.The series kicked off on October 12th, 2021 with an awesome episode featuring Trevor Noah. Tell us about it.Everyone has a rough idea of Trevor’s story and understands that he hasn’t had the easiest rise to the top. Coming straight from South Africa he has constantly had to deal with questions such as “Is he black enough? Is he African enough” or “Is he American enough to do the daily show?” Why was Trevor the perfect choice to host the first episode? “It’s hard to have nuanced conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace because they can be difficult and scary,” said Joanie Wang, Director of Marketing and Brand at Expensify. “Our goal was to create an intentional spacSupport 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

30% of work activities at over half of the jobs in the US, according to some sources, could be automated. That's the equivalent of a day and a half's worth of work time every week that most employees could claw back if their processes, workflows, and tasks didn’t require as much hands-on attention!While many HR pros and leaders perhaps fear the time and knowledge-transfer investment needed to set up automation, the work of planning and implementing automations doesn’t actually have to be complicated and it shouldn’t be feared. The trick, says today's guest, is knowing what you want to do, recognizing what you can do, and then figuring out which tools you need to put it in motion.If you're looking to learn about processes and tools that can give you the power to easily automate workflows and manage business processes with no coding skills required, you've come to the right place!In this HRchat, we consider tools to automate tasks. Listen too, as we consider an 8-point framework to help guide you through the steps you need to take in order to automate any process or business workflow. Bill's guest this time is Ananth Avva, President and COO at Pipefy, a workflow management software on a mission to empower 'doers' and transform the way teams work. Questions Include: Pipefy tries to help to automate lots of jobs traditionally done by humans. Can you share examples of tasks your team can help allocate - at least in part - to the robots? (e.g. Employee Onboarding, Purchasing / Procurement, Customer Onboarding, Accounts Payable, Marketing Requests, Hiring / Recruiting, and Expense Reimbursement)We've just come through 18 months of crisis. Why are companies that jump on the workflow automation train today better set to be future-proofed against further crises? Pipefy and JazzHR partnered in 2021 to empower HR professionals to streamline and augment their hiring process with custom, automated workflows. We've previously featured JazzHR on this show and love what they do. Tell me about 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, we consider five skills to develop in new and talented HR professionals. Bill's guest is Joey Price, entrepreneur, CEO at Jumpstart:HR, AI, Ethics Advisory Board Member at Arena Analytics, and Podcast Host and Executive Producer at the awesome Business, Life, and Coffee Podcast.Questions Include: Talk about the Business, Life, and Coffee Podcast. In it, you speak with industry experts and shed light on what it's like to start (and run) a successful business or career.  Can you hare who's been your favorite guest so far and why?You presented in the past on spotting the signs of an unmotivated employee. The last thing companies want at the moment is employees feeling disengaged and looking to move on. Can you share some warning signs leaders should watch out for and ways to tackle them? You're on the board at Arena - which uses predictive analytics and machine learning to help organizations find talent. Given the scramble for talent at the mo, we would love to hear from you about what's working at the moment? Now let's switch to our main focus of this chat: Skills to Develop in Rising HR Pros. Please take us through each: Skill 1: Business AcumenSkill 2: Product/Project ManagementSkill 3: CoachingSkill 4: DEI Skill 5: NetworkingWe 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 look at ensuring data privacy of employees and some dos and don'ts of managing automated verifications of employment and income. Bill Banham is joined by Bill Roy, President at Vault Verify, a company on a mission to help HR departments save time and money by providing fast and accurate data. Vault Verify is a cloud-based technology platform that helps automate the process of completing verifications of income and employment.  Questions Include:Responding manually to verification requests costs lots of money and HR hours. And frankly, in this labor market, it can be an absolute mountain to climb! Talk about your company; explain Vault Verify's 'how' and share the 'why' as it pertains to helping Talent pros, HR teams, and hiring managers. Your tech provides automated options for verification of income and employment, I-9, and unemployment claims management. Where are the big time and cost savings? Can you share stats and maybe a use case?Data Privacy: Talk to me about how Vault Verify approaches and ensures data privacy requirements are met (on the corp and employee sides) and what else is happening out there in the marketplace? (Maybe this could include findings/reports showing e.g. other companies knowingly or otherwise sharing candidate data multiple times and what that could mean for the data privacy of candidates and employees).  Follow up: What are the corporate liabilities associated with mismanagement of employee data?Customer satisfaction: You claim to have a 99% customer retention rate. Tell us about your approach.More About Vault VerifyVault Verify leverages APIs to produce a quick, easy implementation experience. Vault Verify is free to clients and Vault shares a portion of the revenue derived from commercial requesters with the client each month, making HR a profit center. The results for clients are dramatic: increased productivity, more accurate verifications and decreased liability. And HR generates monthly revenue for other HR priorities. Learn more at vaultverify.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