HRchat Podcast

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

Are you a candidate looking for expert help so you can ace that interview? Maybe you're a recruiter or hiring manager trying to understand how to differentiate your brand from other employers vying for top talent? Then this is the episode for you!In this HRchat, Bill talks with Tom Gimbel, founder, and CEO of LaSalle Network, a staffing, recruiting, and culture firm headquartered in Chicago, and a 12-time Inc. 5000 honoree.Tom is an expert on jobs, career management, and company culture. He speaks to these topics on CNBC Squawk Box and with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Inc. Magazine, among a list of other publications. LaSalle Network has also been recognized by more than 100 revenue and culture-based awards. Listen as Tom offers practical tips for candidates and employers during the current 'great resignation'. Questions For Tom  Gimbel Include: You shared a LinkedIn post about a recent interview you did on CNBC. In it, you say: "This is the best jobs market in 25 years. Companies are hiring because they are growing! If you want a job, there is one for you". If you've got the skills and training, exactly how easy is it at the moment for candidates to walk into their next role?How tough is it to find and attract top talent?What's changed as a result of the pandemic in terms of expectations of an employer and its culture?What are some questions candidates should - and definitely should not - ask in an interview and why?What about those hosting the interview? What do they need to ask?How can hiring managers convey their company's culture?In another recent post on LinkedIn, you say "The result of higher wages happening so quickly, with an increase of money in the system, is inflation. Thus, people aren’t seeing more money, even if they are paid more." Feel free to mention the net effect on the economy but, specifically can you explain if this current bubble of high wages to capture top talent will burst anytime soon?How can we learn more?More About Tom GimbelTom is the founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a US staffing, recruiting and culture firm. LaSalle Network has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for 12 years, Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work for in Chicago” and “Best Medium Workplaces,” Forbes’ “Best Professional ReSupport 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

We live in a world dominated by ratings. We generally prefer to purchase 5-star products, read 5-star books, eat at 5-star restaurants, and watch 5-star movies. Why then would you settle for anything less than a 5-star career? Today’s guest says you absolutely should not, and offers ways to be your best self at work and in your personal life.In this HRchat episode, we hear from Penelope Przekop, a corporate quality management expert, entrepreneur, and writer. Throughout her 30+ year career, Penelope has worked with numerous Fortune 100 pharma companies, including Pfizer, Merck, Lilly, and Glaxo Smith Kline, and held leadership positions at Novartis, Covance, Wyeth, and Johnson & Johnson.Penelope is the founder and CEO of PDC Pharma Strategy and serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for Engrail Therapeutics.She is also the author of Six Sigma for Business Excellence (McGraw-Hill), four novels: Please Love Me, Aberrations, Centerpieces, and Dust and she has a new book coming out in November called 5-Star Career: Define and Build Yours Using the Science of Quality Management: amazon.com/5-Star-Career-Science-Quality-Management/Questions Include:Let’s begin by understanding a bit about you. While struggling to overcome a troubling childhood, become the best version of yourself, and build a career, you began incorporating quality management concepts into your personal thought process at home and at work. As a result, you say you found what proved for you to be “the missing link” between all of your hard work and feeling rewarded. Tell me more.Why do people settle for mediocracy? Is it laziness (too much ‘Netflix and chill’ time)? Is it a lack of opportunity? Is it the system keeping us down? Is it something else?Why do you believe one’s career is, essentially, what we make of it? Talk to me about the concept of a person’s career being a product created by their own process. Share too, how to improve that process by learning to manage all the parts as an integrated, unified whole.In your new book, you suggest it’s possible 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

The labor market is buoyant and demand for talent is at a high. In this HRchat we focus on how to onboard salaried and hourly workers at scale and consider some of the main recruiting trends of 2021.Bill's guest is Thomas Mathew Kottukapally, Sr. Director and Partner at EMP Trust HR, a software technology company that provides HR solutions and services in 40+ countries. Questions Include:Tell us about EMP Trust SolutionsTalk to me about the complexities associated with managing employees across multiple worksites, job locations, and countries. How is it further complicated by the needs of salaried v hourly workers? Increased engagement, lower costs, improved retention, and a shorter hiring process are a few of the benefits of a shift to internal mobility. We'll talk about hiring from outside the org shortly. But first, are companies prioritizing internal hiring? If so why? - New skills are the top growth competency for recruiters. These skills are focused on diversity and inclusion, making decisions, and learning how to use an HR strategy. They need to be able to bring clear and continuous talent data to the marketplace, implement a new employer brand, and streamline the virtual hiring process. Tell me more about how recruiting has dramatically changed over the past couple of years. Organizations across the globe have reshaped their talent acquisition procedures with increased use of Automated HR tools and AI. Many employers believe that the entire recruitment process will be automated by the end of the 2020s. What's your take?In the wake of the pandemic, we have seen a dramatic increase in the hiring of recent graduates and first-timers. Wages have gone up too. "According to a recent report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the average starting salary for the college Class of 2020 was $55,260 — 2.5% higher than that of the Class of 2019 ($53,889 ) and 8.5% higher than the Class of ’18 ($50,944). Among graduates who majored in sciencSupport 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 special crossover podcast episode co-hosted by Bill Banham and Jamie Allison, host of the Big Idea Big Moves podcast, we speak with the leader of an organization that helps women professional athletes leverage the skills they’ve developed through high-level sports to transition into careers with top companies.Our guest today is Digit Murphy, President, and Head Coach at RUTH, President of the Premier Hockey Federation (formerly NWHL) Toronto Six franchise, LegendaryBrown University Coach, and member of the Cornell Hall of Fame, and a bunch more!Questions Include:Tell us about the NWHL rebrand launch and how “women’s” was intentionally removed to focus on it being a social statement by taking out gender from the title; defining them by their talent and not their gender.  You have a deep background in sports coaching and management - Why the departure into the talent space and entrepreneurship? Was that challenging for you?You have noticed a difference in the networks and opportunities available to high-level female athletes vs. their male counterparts.  Tell us about that  You are very networked in the College and University system – why do those gaps in the network exist? What do you see as the major differences and gaps and how are you trying to address them through RUTH?What is the potential value to an employer brand of having ex/current professional athletes as part of their team and acting as advocates on social media and elsewhere?You have been a strong advocate for women and women in leadership roles for a long time.  How have your own experiences shaped your approach and passion to bring RUTH to fruition?   How has it landed so far with the athletes and leaders you have spoken to?Knowing how many successful Fortune 500 leaders come from that background, What is unique about how Ruth bridges the gap between collegiate and professional athletics over to the workplace?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 IncSupport 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