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Let’s Fix Work Episode 72This week’s episode is a bit different. Why? Well, I am the guest (and the host). I have some important things to share with you about Human Resources and I felt compelled to switch up the format a bit to get my message to you uninterrupted. I dive into what Human Resources is and how some people may have a different view of what Human Resources is supposed to look like. I also share about the four quadrants of Human Resources (what they are and why they’re needed), and what makes a great Human Resources professional. What could the world of HR be if we had nothing to lose? Find out in this unique and high energy episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: What Human Resources is (and what it should be) Some problems in HR and where they stem from The Four Quadrants of Human Resources What to do if you’re struggling in your career Resources from this episode:Read more from LaurieWork with LaurieLaurie on Instagram***EPISODE CREDITS:If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

Let’s Fix Work Episode 71This week I get to introduce you to a dear friend of mine, Victorio Milian. Some people refer to him as the most disruptive man in human resources. Is that hyperbole? Is that true? Well, on the surface, Victorio is a human resources consultant, a father, a husband, and a volunteer. He also is a hobbyist photographer. So yes, he's got a normal life. But he is also the founder of a movement called #fixitSHRM. SHRM is the Society for Human Resource Management. Why does it need to be fixed? Well, that's exactly what we're talking about today.What would you do if an association that represents you starts to behave in a way that you don't agree with? Do you stay with it? Do you leave it? Do you speak up? What happens when you try to reach out to the leadership and they don't respond? Victorio was faced with this dilemma, he made his choice and the #fixitSHRM movement was born. I will let you decide whether or not you believe Victorio is in the right or wrong. But this is for sure, our conversation is one worth listening to and worth having, without a doubt. So if you're interested in a conversation about ethical leadership and hearing about one man’s attempt to fix an organization he feels is misrepresenting HR, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why people describe Victorio as disruptive in the world of human resources Victorio’s definition of ethical leadership, what is it and why it matters Leadership begins with us, it starts at a local level SHRM and how Victorio feels about it We discuss whether or not people need a seat at the table in Washington to truly affect change Why Victorio feels his battle with SHRM is important The HR workforce’s role and responsibility in the world of HR Some parallels Victorio sees between the world of HR and the world of photography Resources from this episode:Victorio on TwitterVictorio on LinkedInHumareso Creative Photography ConsultingSkyword Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Articles of interest:Well-known advocate to lead White House board on historically black colleges  SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. Named to Commerce Department’s American Workforce Policy Advisory Board‪#fixitSHRM - What It Is, And Is Not  SHRM-Koch Institute Research Identifies Value of Considering People with Criminal Records for Employment***EPISODE CREDITS:If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

Let’s Fix Work Episode 70This week's podcast features a guest who was a real treat for me. I’d like to introduce you to my friend, Jeff Gordinier, Food and Drinks Editor at Esquire Magazine. Jeff is also the author of a book about the most famous and most celebrated chef in the world, René Redzepi. The book, Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World, is about leadership, innovation, creativity, and saying, “Yes,” to experiences that can change your life. I mean, come on, if that doesn’t say, “Let’s Fix Work,” I don’t know what does! Whether you are reading what Jeff is writing in the New York Times or listening to our conversation about risk-change transformation and René Redzepi, you are bound to be transfixed by his witty, engaging, and creative demeanor. So if you want to hear from a disaffected Gen-X writer, go on a road-trip food tour, and enjoy a conversation about risk-change transformation, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: Who René Redzepi is and why Jeff decided to write a book about him About being drawn to peak experiences and to the prospect of enlightenment Leadership in the kitchen and how it could be modeled in other businesses The importance of creating a connected and natural work environment, and how it affects the employee experience Why it’s good to have more diversity and inclusion in the workplace About it being a golden moment for women and black chefs in gastronomy  How Jeff defines visionary chefs When work is at its best, it does feel like a community Resources from this episode:Jeff on Instagram Jeff on LinkedInJeff as Food & Drinks Editor, Esquire MagazineHungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the WorldHere She Comes Now: Women in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking René RedzepiPoetryFoundation.orgNoma Restaurant (Denmark)Eleven Madison Park (NYC)Downtime: Deliciousness at Home, Nadine Levy Redzepi and René RedzepiDavid Chang and Momofuku SEIŌBO (Australia)Via Carota (NYC)Meson Sevilla (NYC)Angus Barn (North Carolina)Brooklyn MuseumHangar Studios ***EPISODE CREDITS:If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

Let’s Fix Work Episode 69Bill Perry is the founder of The Innovatus Group. Bill was referred to me by one of the listeners of the show. They described him as a Sherpa. Yes, a Sherpa. While that phrase is often overused, Bill is the real deal. He offers extremely personalized executive development, coaching, and team training. The people who work with him rave about their results. Bill comes at his work from the heart. He is plainspoken. He does not use any buzzwords and he believes in a better you, better teams, better business, and better life. Bill truly believes that in order to be a good employee, you have to live with integrity. If you want to be a leader, you have to live from the inside out. Today we talk about working human and leading from the heart. So if you're interested in listening to a conversation about consulting and leadership and hearing from someone who brings his whole heart to the conversation, I know you're going to enjoy this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: Over-indexing on careers when things are broken at home or under-indexing on their careers when things are broken at work and why it happens A conversation about integrity, Bill’s personal take on it and how he makes it a part of his work The biggest challenge leaders are facing in order to restore integrity to themselves, plus what is holding leaders back How self-care is important, including getting quality sleep, moving more, and eating healthy  The biggest challenges small teams face and how Bill is helping to solve them As a coach, when do you know it’s time to send someone to a therapist versus continuing to stay along with them We talk about how appreciation is the language of engagement, discuss our different love languages and how it all plays into fixing work Resources from this episode:TheBillPerryShow.comInstagram: thebillperryshowTwitter: @innovatusgroupGrab Bill’s PDF Download: How To Tell If Your Top Performers Are Ready to Leave***EPISODE CREDITS:If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

Let’s Fix Work Episode 68This week I welcome Dan Cockerell to the show. Once upon a time, Dan was the VP of Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. He is now an Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Leadership Mentor. Because this is a podcast about leadership and work, it was only fitting to have an ex-Disney executive on to talk about leadership. In this episode, we talk about how and why Disney became the gold standard of employee experience, training, and development. Then we talk in-depth about dilemmas versus problems, as well as professional detachment and some ways Dan is currently fixing work. So if you want to learn from someone who knows a thing or two about the gold standard of work and how to fix it, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: What makes Disney the gold standard regarding employee experience, training, and development About corporations that provide such great wealth but also struggle at the bottom end of the spectrum to meet certain basic needs and why it happens The difference between a problem and a dilemma How Dan looks at dilemmas and some ways he is currently fixing work What do you do if the labor pool isn't meeting your standards Dan’s advice to the 20-year-old version of himself  Resources from this episode:DanCockerell.comTo receive Dan’s article of the week, text DANAOW to 44222Dan’s Podcast: https://dancockerell.com/blog/podcast/Dan Cockerell on LinkedIn

Let’s Fix Work Episode 67This week’s guest is Mandie Brice. She's a hair and makeup artist, a model, and the host of The Bold Moves Podcast. I first met Mandie when I needed a hair and makeup artist for an event. When Mandie came into my hotel room, I didn't know a thing about her. I soon found out she's a phenomenally talented individual who's a former Milwaukee Public School teacher. She didn't like the political system in Milwaukee, the state of Wisconsin, or America and decided to transform her side hustle into her full-time job. This episode represents a moment in my life when I was curious enough about someone to just shut up and listen to them tell a story. While she was doing my hair and makeup, I played podcast host without even realizing it, I asked her some questions and she told me her life story. It was so interesting and fascinating that I knew I needed to ask her to be a guest on Let’s Fix Work to do it all over again. So if you've ever wondered how to make a move from the thing that you're doing today to something else that you love and still pay your bills, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: The reason why Mandie decided to leave her career as a teacher to become a makeup artist How and why she chose makeup and beauty as her entrepreneurial journey What Mandie deems the most surprising about the makeup and beauty industry Mandie turns the tables and picks my brain on public speaking What I love and don't love about speaking How to get paid to speak or rather how to get started Why currency isn't just cash currency Resources from this episode:www.MandieBrice.com www.MakeupByMandieBrice.comwww.facebook.com/BetterWithMandieBrice  www.MandieBrice.com/writing @MandieBrice on Twitter &Instagram + @MakeupByMandieBrice on Instagram

Let’s Fix Work Episode 66My first guest of the summer is Danny Fahey, owner of Castle Fitness. He also happens to be my personal trainer. Danny isn't just a strength coach and personal trainer, he’s an entrepreneur too. One of the reasons I love Danny is because he's not afraid to tackle the myths of wellness and wellbeing. And he is also not afraid to create unique training experiences for his clients. Through his company, he is providing virtual exercise via a Facebook portal. I've done it and it’s amazing. He is trying to disrupt the experience we get at the gym by bringing you the best of personal training and strength coaching, but also allowing you to do it in your living room, your basement, your dining room, or wherever you hook up to your Facebook portal. In today’s episode, we talk about his creative use of an interesting and emerging piece of technology for health and wellness. I'm honored to be his friend, I'm honored to talk about his business, and I really hope you enjoy this episode with Danny Fahey. In this episode, you’ll hear: The concept of strength and why it's so important Some common myths around fitness, strength, and wellbeing Is there a right way or optimal way for people to eat in this world or should eating be an individualized approach? The supplement market - what’s the real deal? The difference between Planet Fitness and Lifetime Fitness and whether or not this type of gym membership is effective Can people actually get strong without the help of a coach? Danny shares his thoughts  Home-based training (aka virtual exercise), the advent of technology and how it is reshaping the fitness industry  Resources from this episode:Castle Fitness website: https://www.castle.fit/Castle Fit Live: https://www.facebook.com/CastleFitLive/

Namely believes there’s one team that can help make your workplace great: HR. When their days are filled with administrative to-dos, they can’t focus on the big stuff—like parental leave and promotions. Namely’s all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform makes their lives easier, saving them an average of 11 hours each week. Over 1,000 companies use Namely to build a better workplace. Get a free demo at Namely.com/podcastLet’s Fix Work Episode 65Up until recently, I was using the words job description and job posting interchangeably. They are two very different things. A job description is a technical document and it includes some high-level esoteric stuff, like competencies, abilities, and requirements. You cannot have a fair and equitable work environment unless you have a clear and specifically delineated job description. And well, a job posting is what you put on the Internet (or back in the “olden” days, in the newspaper).In this episode, I speak with Don Berman, COO of HRTMS. HRTMS is evangelical about belonging, inclusion, and diversity in the workforce. You may have guessed, their perspective focuses on getting the job description right from the get-go. Because, if you get the job description right, you can't help but pay, treat, and consider people in a fair and just way.I was so fascinated by this conversation. It’s really about getting things right and about operational and organizational excellence. So if you're looking to tackle job descriptions, find out what they really are and what they are not, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let’s Fix Work.In this episode, you’ll hear: The differences between job descriptions and job postings Why recruiters and HR teams are not spending time and money on job descriptions Writing job descriptions: the need to remove the incumbent or the person who's doing the work from the individual description itself Why a job description needs to be used as a tool by which we measure performance Over 70% of those surveyed said they were unhappy with the state of their job descriptions and why people have resigned themselves to the idea that job descriptions will always be a mess How we can fix job descriptions for today’s workforce “The job description has the responsibility to be the empirical piece. The piece that says this is what the job should be. And this way it gives you a way to measure people who either under or overachieve.” Don Berman, COO, HRTMSResources from this episode:Thanks to our sponsor: Namely.com/podcastConnect with Don Berman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donberman/HRTMS website: https://www.hrtms.comA free download of our eBook “10 Ways To Improve Your Job Descriptions” -  https://www.hrtms.com/10- ways-ebook---promo 

Namely believes there’s one team that can help make your workplace great: HR. When their days are filled with administrative to-dos, they can’t focus on the big stuff—like parental leave and promotions. Namely’s all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform makes their lives easier, saving them an average of 11 hours each week. Over 1,000 companies use Namely to build a better workplace. Get a free demo at Namely.com/podcastLet’s Fix Work Episode 64This week I welcome Eric Knudsen to the podcast. Eric is the Manager of People Analytics at Namely, the all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform built for today’s employees. Namely is also the sponsor and underwriter for Let’s Fix Work for the month of June, so I am thrilled to welcome Eric to the show.In today’s show, Eric and I talk all about data. We talk in-depth about the world of data and its effect on informed decision-making in human resources today. So if you love hearing about organized data, messy data, or HR data, then stick around for this episode of Let’s Fix Work.In this episode, you’ll hear: How we should be using data to make decisions in the workplace Some positive examples of companies doing some smart things with HR data Being focused on optimizing client decision-making Messy data is a reality, whether you're 50,000 employees or 50 employees, it’s always there Eric’s thoughts on whether or not work is broken Data in the world of human resources “I love helping people see through perceived obstacles. I think there is a strong perception that data is for companies and bigger folks. The reality is, despite the fact that small and midsize businesses do often have a lower volume of data and sometimes even lack of skills or resources to really execute on a strong and long-term vision for data. It's actually the most critical time, when you're small or midsize to put the foundational pieces in place for a data practice later.” Eric Knudsen, Manager of People Analytics, NamelyResources from this episode:Thanks to our sponsor: Namely.com/podcastConnect with Eric on LinkedIn8 Tips to Nail Your Next HR Presentation: How to give a killer presentation that showcases your people data and drives business results from Namely

Namely believes there’s one team that can help make your workplace great: HR. When their days are filled with administrative to-dos, they can’t focus on the big stuff—like parental leave and promotions. Namely’s all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform makes their lives easier, saving them an average of 11 hours each week. Over 1,000 companies use Namely to build a better workplace. Get a free demo at Namely.com/podcastLet’s Fix Work Episode 63This week I welcome Lindsey Pollak to the Let’s Fix Work lounge. Lindsey is a multigenerational workplace expert, keynote speaker, and author of the book, The Remix. She is one of the earliest people to talk about the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory. She does not like generational shaming or stereotypes. I just love Lindsey and we have a super fun show in store for you today.In this episode, we talk about how five generations are working in the workforce right now. Plus, we talk in-depth about how we can take the best from all five generations, learn from one another and actually have some fun in the world of work. So if you'd like to hear two Gen Xers being a little nostalgic and talking about work, you're going to love this episode of Let’s Fix Work. In this episode, you’ll hear: What inspired Lindsey to write her book, The Remix “Rules” of the workspace, one size fits none philosophy and the “solution” for workspaces Current trends in the workforce, including personalization and transparency Some assumptions made about today’s workforce, like everyone wants to work from home What we are missing from work in today’s society Shaming and blaming of generations, and re-entering the workforce after some time  Resources from this episode:Thanks to our sponsor: Namely.com/podcastLindsey’s websiteThe Remix Drop This Beat: Lindsey Pollak Is Remixing The Workplace