HRchat Podcast

In HRchat 290, we look at recruiting and onboarding in SMBs. Our guest this time is Pete Lamson, CEO at JazzHR - the recruiting software built to help growing companies exceed their recruiting goals. Listen as Pete and host Bill Banham discuss the impact of the crisis on employees, leaders, and HR pros within SMBs. As some of us slowly start crawling out the other side, hear Pete's predictions for what a stronger future workplace and labor market will look like. Pete has been CEO of JazzHR since 2015 where he's led the company through a strategic turnaround to become the category-leader in SMB hiring technology and successful exit.  As part of a new merger,  Pete recently took over the overall leadership of Jobvite, JazzHR, and NXTThing RPO.Pete has 30+ years of experience in leadership roles with high-growth companies, spending most of his career with B2B technology solutions. Prior to JazzHR, Pete was Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Carbonite where he was responsible for all revenue and industry-leading expansion into the B2B market, which grew to exceed 100,000 customers. 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

On the face of it, product design and HR feel about as far apart as any two aspects of work can be. Yet to the leaders of intelliHR, an innovator in the HR space, there’s a method that’s emerged from product design that can inform and improve HR processes. That tool is called design thinking and it’s almost-purpose built to facilitate change in HR process.In this HRchat we'll delve into design thinking transformation. Bill's guest this time is Glenn Donaldson, Chief Customer Officer, and President, intelliHR Americas, responsible for leading the global expansion of intelliHR into North America and the United Kingdom.Glenn Donaldson is a specialist in HR technology, with expertise and passion for product strategy, customer success, and business expansion. Focusing on developing customer-centric strategies, Glenn drives business growth through the fusing of product, HR, and customer service, having worked with a range of industries across the globe in helping deliver more for their people for the past 5 years. intelliHR is applying a new mode of thinking that could be a game-changer for HR processes and we'll get into that today. Enjoyed the interview? Check out episode 259 with Glenn and his colleague Rob Bromage that focuses on the 2021 intelliHR Performance Summit. 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 episode 288 of the HRchat pod, we explore why CEOs should embrace their inner HR person and the benefits of doing so. Bill's guest is Janice Sutherland, Founder and CEO at This Woman Can and a recent InnovateWork Caribbean speaker. Described as an “exceptional career coach” and “fearless women's leadership advocate,” Janice is CEO of this awarding leadership and personal development consultancy. Passionate about supporting the next generation of female leaders, she works with companies to develop their talent resources & attain organizational goals. Janice's professional career has spanned over 25 years of leadership with prestigious multinationals in the UK and the Caribbean and she made history when she became the first female CEO in the Telecoms Sector in her ancestral home of Antigua and Barbuda, where she is also the local Chair of the Caribbean Women in Leadership.She is the author of the international best-seller This Woman Can - The no BS guide for women who lead and host of the This Woman Can Podcast, sharing the leadership journeys of Caribbean and Diaspora women. Janice also a sought-after keynote presenter for corporate and nonprofit environments and speaks on issues relating to leadership, women’s advancement, professional success and work/life alignment.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 talk about retaining top talent and the evolution of performance management. Bill's guest is Harrison Kim, CEO at Pavestep, a performance management solution designed to help companies develop and motivate their people with continuous feedback, goal management, and flexible reviews.Harrison is a former McKinsey consultant and private equity investor in the human capital management sector. He founded Pavestep to help executives and managers develop, motivate, and understand their talent. Questions tackled by Harrison include:* In what ways do you think culture and core values help make an employee want to stay at a company?* What are the biggest problems with traditional performance management/annual reviews?* How can organizations shift from traditional performance management to continuous performance management?* How has remote working shifted the future of performance management? contingent workers?  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

Matt Charney, new Head of Industry and Product Marketing at SmartRecruiters and partner in RecruitingDaily is the guest in episode 286. Listen as Matt shares tips for HR leaders looking to hire contingent workers. Matt also offers his ideas about what hiring gig workers says about a brand and he talks about the improvements made to the talent tech stack over the past year to ensure the long-term success of remote hiring.Matt is one of the top experts in the world when it comes to talent and technology. He has extensive expertise within the recruiting and HR technology industries, with over 15 years of marketing leadership experience at global talent organizations such as Monster Worldwide, Cornerstone OnDemand, Talemetry and the Allegis Group. At SmartRecruiters, Matt works closely with product and business leadership to deliver compelling core messaging, packaging, pricing and go-to-market campaigns for SmartRecruiters’ core platform, point solutions and marketplace programs. Matt is also a partner in RecruitingDaily, where he served as Executive Editor. More About Matt CharneyMatt has been recognized as one of the top HR Technology influencers by publications such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Forbes, the Huffington Post and HR Magazine, and was recognized by the Society of Human Resources Management as an “HR Gamechanger” for his contributions to talent technology. He was also named by WordPress as one of the world’s top business bloggers; an in-demand speaker, Charney has keynoted dozens of industry conferences and events all over the world, including South by Southwest Interactive, RecFest, Collision, SHRM Annual Conference, Unleash and the HR Technology Conference, and, of course, six Hiring Success conferences in both the US and Europe).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 special episode of the HRchat show, Bill Banham welcomes back Christopher Bjorling, President at Fidello Inc, a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance. Listen as Chris and Bill reflect on ways the Covid crisis impacted Performance Management and chat about a new performance-focused podcast series, produced by The HR Gazette team, coming out later in 2021.For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems. Among these processes and systems are training and development, selection and recruitment, succession planning, performance management, career management, competency management, and learning management. We chat about some of these in episode 285. Enjoyed this HRchat? You can listen to Chris's first appearance on the podcast (episode 98) here. 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 contingent workforce industry represents over $4.5 trillion in annual spend globally. With double-digit percentage of waste every year, it is one of the largest spend optimization opportunities across the enterprise. In this episode, we discuss the rise and rise of the contingent workforce and ways to help bigger businesses get it right.  Our guest is Hans Dau, CEO of The Mitchell Madison Group (MMG), a global management consulting firm focused on improving financial and operating performance for large companies.Over his 25-year consulting career, Hans has served C-level executives of large public companies, private equity firms, and other public and private institutions. He has worked in North America, Europe, and Asia with a focus on devising creative solutions for complex issues and unlocking economic value for his clients and their shareholders. Recently, MMG announced a partnership with PRO Unlimited, the modern workforce management solutions provider and we'll chat about what that means for the two firms and their customers in today's chat. Learn more: https://www.businesswire.com/news/beverlyhillschamber/20210330005346/enSupport 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

While in some places around the world there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, for numerous others, the Covid restrictions very much continue to impact their family and work lives on a daily basis.Bill's returning guest is Chris Lee, VP of Communications at Gallagher. In addition to working with employers across Canada on their employee communication strategies, Chris Lee is a board director, mentor, speaker, and long-time friend of The HR Gazette. Listen as we discuss supporting employees and providing a first-rate employee experience during tough times. Hear too, about ways to imbed successful multi-channel communications strategies within your organization. According to Gallagher’s 2021 State of the Sector report, 33 percent of employers are discussing employee experience as a clear mandate at the C-suite level. The report also reveals that many employers have significantly increased other digital communications channels and internal collaboration tools over the previous year. If your company hasn’t already explored those options, it’s a good time to start! Hopefully, soon, we'll all be through these dark days. For companies to keep their best people after the worst of the Covid crisis passes, organizations need to demonstrate that they can provide an excellent employee experience and powerful avenues of communication. A big part of this is support for mental and physical wellbeing. "By taking advantage of every touchpoint to remind employees of your well-being program, they will have a greater appreciation of your investment in them", says Chris. Check out Chris's other appearance on HRchat here. 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 interview, we delve into practical, research-based advice on how to create a culture by design. Bill Banham's guest is David Sturt, Executive Vice President at O.C. Tanner, a $500+ million global recognition and workplace culture company offering a suite of employee experience apps and solutions that connect people to purpose, accomplishment, and one another.Listen and learn why traditional ways of managing have finally been put to rest as a result of the Covid crisis, and how forward-thinking leaders can co-create thriving workplace cultures through powerful, meaningful micro-experiences.More About David SturtIn addition to his role at O.C. Tanner, David is ​the New York Times bestselling author of Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love, and Appreciate: Celebrate People, Inspire Results.His work and interviews have been published in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and NPR, and he co-authors a weekly leadership column on Forbes.com. David has spoken at TEDx, and to over 30,000 business leaders at conferences and companies all over the world.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 interview, we talk about why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 as we consider some recent findings that suggest a new focus needs to be given to the roll-out of automation and digitization of reward management.Bill's guest this time is Ken Charman, CEO at uFlexReward, an HR and rewards data platform that collates all costs to do with employees (salary, pension, bonus, shares, etc) into one real-time platform.uFlexReward recently published the results of the uFlexReward Digital Reward survey. The poll had responses from 30 key companies across various industries such as Engineering, Oil & Gas, and Healthcare. Findings include the suggestion that 73% of companies calculated pay equity without including all categories of reward, and the majority of respondents said their companies only generate pay equity data once a year. Listen and learn: Why is Total Rewards data especially critical right now for organizations trying to get out the other side of Covid-19?How has calculating pay equity been made more complicated as a result of covid and blended/hybrid workforces and what do your findings suggest? Why are traditional fixed salary and one-size-fits-all benefits packages archaic?Want to learn more? You can hear from Ken and Peter Newhouse, Global Head of Reward at Unilever in episode 198. In that conversation, we focus on why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 in ways that allow for the retention of employees. 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