Transform Your Workplace

Every year, companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to increase employee engagement. But is it working? And why is it so important anyway? Dr. Bob Nelson, author of 1,001 Ways to Engage Employees, joins us to answer these questions and more. We’ll cover simple but impactful methods for increasing engagement, the areas you need to focus on the most, and new strategies for empowering your people to grow and stay engaged on their terms.   Did you enjoy this episode?  Support this Show. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com   About Dr. Bob Nelson

Angela Perkins and Brandon Laws discuss how the DISC assessment and DISC InterACTION Guide can help colleagues or people in a manager/employees relationship first discover their personality traits and also how to best work together. This episode covers a brief overview of DISC and then Angela and Brandon share an actual example of how a manager and employee might review their DISC profiles together, by using their own profiles. Did you enjoy this episode?  Support this Show. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Connect with Angela Perkins

Ever thought about the link between company culture and growth? Shawn Busse certainly has. The CEO of Kinesis and author of Marketing from the Inside Out: Transformational Growth for Purpose-Driven Leaders joins us to discuss the ways that a clear mission, shared values and growth are connected and crucial to a company’s success. We’ll talk vision, how culture impacts companies for better (and worse), and how any company can use his approach as a powerful tool of transformation. To win a copy of Shawn's book, review us on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher and send a screenshot of the review to brandon.laws@xeniumhr.com How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter and LinkedIn Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com  About the Guest:  Connect with Shawn Busse on LinkedIn  Buy Marketing from the Inside Out Learn about Kinesis

Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss several mind-blowing statistics from the Glassdoor Statistical Reference Guide for Recruiters, including why most millennials expect to leave their current organization by 2020, the factors related to CEO approval, and how many employees prefer additional benefits over a pay increase.  Resources referenced in this podcast: 50 HR and Recruiting Statistics for 2017 Have a topic for us? Email Brandon Laws at brandon.laws@xeniumhr.com  How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter and LinkedIn Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com  About the Guest:  Connect with Lacey on LinkedIn | Instagram    SPECIAL OFFERS:  e-learning courses at Xenium -www.xeniumhr.com/courses - promo code "POD" for 10% off all courses.

Are you someone that works to live or lives to work? That's what James Sudakow, business owner and author of the new book Out of the Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search For The Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance asked himself as his work and life priorities got severely out of balance. In this episode, Sudakow reveals the traps he fell into as he was running a business while also needing to be present for his large family, and he shares the secrets to achieving balance in work and life that anyone can put to practice. JOIN - The Xenium Executive Community Email Brandon.Laws@XeniumHR.com How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Learn more about James Sudakow Buy Out of the Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search For The Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance  

Paige Tamlyn, HR Generalist at Xenium HR, provides a first-hand look at the differences between in-house HR professionals and external HR consultants, told from her own perspective as someone with a hybrid HR role as an in-house HR Generalist for a 100-person construction company two days a week and as an HR consultant three days a week at Xenium HR.   SIGN UP  - 2018 What People Want from Work Survey JOIN - The Xenium Executive Community Email Brandon Laws   How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Connect with Paige Tamlyn on LinkedIn | Instagram

Every company experiences it at some point—the changing of the guard. And with the current generational shift from boomers in leadership to Gen-Xers and millennials, there’s never been a better time to talk about succession. Leo MacLeod, executive trainer and coach, joins us to share his thoughts on succession planning—who should do it, when you should start and how to find the right successor. Listen in to get some insights on how to make this change an opportunity rather than a challenge.   SIGN UP  - 2018 What People Want from Work Survey Email Brandon Laws   How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com   About Leo MacLeod Connect with Leo

  If you love someone, set them free. Old advice for the lovelorn, but also, a great way to treat your employees. Lee Caraher, author and CEO of Double Forte, returns to discuss her latest book, The Boomerang Principle. We’ll discuss the new norm of “job hopping”, what it means to “boomerang” and how you can embrace it to bring former employees back as customers, clients, partners, even returning employees. SIGN UP  - 2018 What People Want from Work Survey Email Brandon Laws   How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com   About Lee Caraher Buy The Boomerang Principle Buy Millennials and Management  

Continuous, active employee development is a crucial part of employee retention and success. But in our modern, technology-dominated world, it can be difficult to get employees to engage with outdated, clunky modes of learning. How can we keep people interested when everything else around us (our phones, our email) is so distracting? Isaac Tolpin, CEO of the microlearning platform ConveYour, is on the podcast this week to talk about how to socialize learning even when it’s online, keep learning programs interesting with gamification, and develop unique approaches to learning, even on a small budget.   SIGN UP  - 2018 What People Want from Work Survey   How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com   Learn about Isaac Tolpin

In fast-paced, commoditized industries, it’s easy to lose sight of bigger company values when we’re intently focused on getting to our next transactions. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Brad Compere, CEO and founder of Capstone Title, a full-service title insurance company based in Austin, Texas, joins us to talk about how to shift company culture to focus more on relationships—with coworkers, clients, and the community—even in transactional industries like real estate.    How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com