HRchat Podcast

In this HRchat episode, we look at the latest analysis of the labor market and the factors that can drive employee experience.Bill's guest this time is Ben Kalevitch, Executive Vice President at United Minds, a Weber Shandwick consultancy that helps organizations deliver positive, lasting change by combining data-fueled strategies and creative communications solutions.As the leader of United Minds’ insight and strategy function, Ben develops plans that support their clients’ people and business objectives.Questions For Ben Include:The employee experience is top of mind for everyone right now. It seems like every business conversation revolves around The Great Resignation or the Big Quit or the Talent War. The language is very dramatic. What’s going on?In general terms, how different are the movement of labor and the ways employees want to work post-Covid compared to other big shifts? United Minds recently published a global research report on the factors that really drive employee experience. Presumably, The Great Resignation was the impetus for the study? Can you tell us a little about it -the structure, the size, the sample?What were the most surprising things you saw in the results?Fairness is something you noticed in the study. Can you talk more about the definition of fairness today? How universal are the findings – do they apply to certain markets or certain employee segments, or to everyone?Based on what you learned, what would you advise organizations to start doing?About United MindsUnited Minds is a management consultancy that specializes in transformation. Leveraging a deep bench of specialists, the company helps organizations deliver positive, lasting change by combining data-fueled strategy and creative communications solutions, engaging stakeholders in every part of the process. United Minds is part of Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading communications and marketing solutions firms. For more information, visit www.unitedmindsglobal.comWe 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 episode, we focus on interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and using the language of purpose and social impact. Bill's guest is Cecilia Crossley, founder of the social enterprise From Babies with Love, a not-for-profit that donates 100% of its profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. From Babies with Love provides services to HR Leaders, such as its flagship parental leave gift service, and through this work, Cecilia realized that HR professionals and social entrepreneurs are working in the same areas, towards the same goals, albeit in different ways. From Babies with Love, together with its clients, support over 26,000 vulnerable children in 39 countries to be cared for and educated, going on to lead independent lives, breaking the cycle of poverty. Cecilia is also the host of the How HR Leaders Change the World podcast, featuring leaders passionate about creating positive change through the work of HR. They share actionable steps they’ve taken to drive social and environmental change, contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Questions Include:What does Corporate Social Responsibility mean to you?Tell us about From Babies with Love and how it is helping HR with their goals. More generally, perhaps you can share how HR can deliver commercial goals and social change by partnering with social enterprises?You believe that all HR professionals are change-makers; they are all contributing to positive social change, but not necessarily thinking about the connections or using this language in their work - or enjoying feeling rewarded by it! Can you share examples and explain how this led to you launching the How HR Leaders Change the World podcast? What examples or themes are HR Leaders sharing with you about how they contribute to sustainable development goals? What are the challenges? What are CHROs telling you on the podcast?What is your vision for the role of HR professionals?  Want to learn more? Check out the free guide by Cecilia and her team: Exceptional Experience - Returning to Work 5 Key Elements for Talent Retention.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivitSupport 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 do a deep dive into the world of talent attraction and recruitment marketing to understand what worked pre-Covid and what's making a difference during The Great Resignation. Bill's guest this time is Jennifer Henley, an authority in recruitment solutions and consultative client services. As a candidate experience advisor with NAS Recruitment Innovation, she partners with talent acquisition leadership to optimize candidate attraction through storytelling, technology, and strategy. Jennifer is a featured speaker at HR communications industry conferences and events across the US and she possesses the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and SHRM-CP designations, a Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Certified (LGBC) professional and proud member of both NAHCR and SHRM.Questions For Jenn Include:The NAS Recruitment site suggests employment branding can lead to 50% more qualified applicants, decrease cost per hire by 43%, and reduce employee turnover by 28%. That seems like an attractive business case. Can you share more stats and trends HR can use to build their business case for investment in employer branding and recruitment marketing programs? It's much harder during this Great Resignation to attract top talent. What's changed when it comes to telling the story of a brand / attracting candidates and why? (demands of employees around e.g. flexible hours, DEI initiatives, remote work)"An astounding 94% of professional recruiters use social media in their talent recruitment efforts". Why does social media continue to play such an important role in employer branding and TA? Have you seen changes in which platforms get the most results when comparing Gen Zers with Millennials? Recruitment Marketing that still generates an ROI: What's working today? What tech, job boards, and other avenues are still getting results in the war for talent?NAS aims to "uncover a firm's employment value propositions and create an employment brand that serves as the centerpiece of your candidate attraction strategy". So my follow-up question is: How can companies position themselves as an attractive employer brand in 2022 and beyond? What are those 'PR efforts' that HR teams can support to demonstrate that the organization is the right destination for candidates? 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 podcast episode, we talk about media coverage of the world of work and look at the need to reboot and redefine leadership for a post-pandemic world. Bill's guest this time is Alan Hosking, Publisher at HR Future magazine and CEO at Osgard.Alan has previously been named by US website Disruptordaily.com as one of the "Top 25 Future of Work Influencers to Follow on Twitter". He's also been listed as one of the “Top 200 Global Power Thought Leaders to watch in 2021” by peopleHum in India.Questions For Alan Include:You believe there's a need to reboot and redefine leadership for a post-pandemic world. What do you mean by that? Tell us about your publication, HR Future. We understand it's aimed at helping HR Directors, HR Managers and all HR Professionals share knowledge and network with a greater vision of helping companies and the community with the future of work?Follow up: Covid aside, what have been the biggest topics of the past 12-18 months? What's getting read the most and why? In 2005, you were asked by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to undertake the redesign of the late former President Mandela’s personal website, nelsonmandela.org, a project which lasted 18 months. What did that mean to you and did you get to meet Mr Mandela? You're an Age Management Coach for Senior Executives in their late forties and older, helping them to manage their age as an asset rather than allow it to become a liability. Tell me about this role and why it matters.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 of the HRchat show, we consider the art of video interviews during 'The Great Resignation'. Bill's guest this time is Sean Fahey, CEO and Founder at VidCruiter, the video interviewing specialists offering a suite of products designed to increase the overall quality of hires and drastically reduce time-to-hire.  Sean is, according to Neri Basque, VP of IT Minacs, “a game-changer in the world of HR. He's always pushing the limits of what is possible.” Questions Include: VidcCruiter’s business case seems pretty strong – you claim your tech can reduce clients' annual turnover by nearly 30%, automate many hiring processes, improve applicant quality and your clients can interview twice as many candidates in 20% of the time. Tell me about the clever tech behind your platform and what makes it different to other vendor options in the marketplace. Vidcruiter helped a Fortune 500 company hire 2,000 people in just two weeks! Can you share a bit about that case study? What are some of the challenges faced by HR and hiring managers created by The Great Resignation? How is the preparation needed by candidates and employers for a video interview different to the in-person experience? We’ve all been pulled into a digital work environment since early 2020. While many have now returned to the office, many of the technologies and practices adopted during the pandemic are here to stay. Yet uncertainty about the value of video interviewing remains in some organizations. Take a couple of minutes to share some of the big video interview misconceptions that persist and what you see as the realities.We have talked before on this show about the need to remove biases from the sourcing and hiring process. At a high level, what do you think are some steps recruiters can take today to reduce bias through better use of HR technology? Many industry experts believe that the recruitment process will be fully automated by the end of the 2020s. One topic you were keen to discuss today was around why recruitment should wait on using AI. Can you share your thoughts on where the industry is at with the use of AI and what more needs to happen before the bots and algorithms can take over? More About VidCruiterVidCruiter saves HR teams time, money, and headspace by modernizing outdated hiring processes. They specialize in video interviewing bSupport 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 HRchat #362, we talk about how to reach your highest potential at work. Bill's guest is Kathy Caprino, an internationally-recognized career and leadership coach, writer, speaker, and educator dedicated to the advancement of women in business. A former corporate VP, she is also a trained therapist, seasoned executive coach, Senior Forbes contributor, top media source on careers, and the author of two books -- Breakdown, Breakthrough and her new book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss.Questions Include:In a recent post on LinkedIn, you say: “As a career coach, writer, and researcher, I’ve had the opportunity to observe key trends among thousands of professionals around the world, particularly about how they get stuck and stay stuck in careers they dislike, and how to effectively change directions to a new path that's more rewarding and successful.” How did the pandemic give pros the time to reflect and change up their career paths? Can you point to folks in your network who’ve made a leap into the unknown and are so far thriving as a result?Your research over the past 10 years has revealed the 7 most damaging power gaps that hold 98% of professional women (and 90% of the men) from reaching their highest potential at work. Please can you now take us through each? Power Gap 1: Not recognizing your special talents, abilities, and accomplishmentsPower Gap 2: Communicating from fear, not strengthPower Gap 3: Reluctance to ask for what you deservePower Gap 4: Isolating from influential supportPower Gap 5: Acquiescing instead of saying “Stop!” to mistreatmentPower Gap 6: Losing sight of your thrilling dream for your lifePower Gap 7: Allowing past trauma and challenges to define youMore About Kathy CaprinoWith her Finding Brave podcast, books, assessments, coaching programs, courses, and other key resSupport 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

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