HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 398 – Best Practices in Streamlining Processes with HCM Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dr. Wade Larson, Director of HR for Wagstaff Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, Dr. Wade Larson joined us to talk about ways Wagstaff is streamlining their organizational processes with HCM technology.  As an Oracle customer, this 74-year old private manufacturer is seeing huge benefits to their employee efficiency and connection.  We talked about benefits of having one system vs. many, how things like goal setting and compensation planning benefit from a modern system in the Cloud, and best practices of moving your HR function to the Cloud.  Dr. Larson is not only the Director of HR for Wagstaff, he is also an esteemed author of “Doing HR Better” which is available on Amazon. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Wade for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 397 – Tips for HCM Tech Selection & Implementation from Emerson Electric Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS, Emerson Electric Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS at Emerson Electric.  We kicked off the show with Trish and Jim talking about their St. Louis connection, and quickly dove into how organizations can go through the selection of transformational HCM technology.  Covering everything from how to prepare your team to how to communicate during the entire process, we walked through some major steps of technology selection and implementation.  We also talked about how a global, decentralized organization embarks on a multi- phase implementation process. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Jim for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 396 - Insights from the Global Culture 2020 Report Hosts: Steve Boese Guest: Alex Lovell, OC Tanner This episode is sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve recorded live at the OC Tanner Influence Greatness 2019 event in Snowbird, Utah. Steve was joined by Alex Lovell from OC Tanner who shared insights from the recently released Global Culture 2020 Report, a deep dive research study that examines current culture trends, company culture statistics, and how employees feel about their workplaces. Additionally, Alex shared some ideas on organizations can begin to apply the key findings from the Global Culture report in their own organizations to help improve and shape their own organizational cultures. This was a really fun show, thanks Alex for joining us and to OC Tanner for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including on Spotify.

HR Happy Hour 395 - A 21st Century Approach to Employee Benefits Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Randy Cooper, CEO, PeopleStrategy This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Randy Cooper, CEO at PeopleStrategy, one of the most popular guests in show history, to talk about the important ways employer and employee benefits are changing and how new innovations in HR technologies are driving many of these changes. PeopleStrategy sees “employee benefits” as much more than medical and dental coverage - rather it’s about providing tools, resources, technologies, and insights to help employers create great places to work and great experiences for their people.   Additionally, Randy shared some ideas on how small and midsize organizations can get access to the same powerful tools and opportunities that were previously only available to larger organizations and how the change in HR buyers is driving a change in how HR tech and services providers are adapting. This was a fun show, thanks Randy for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including Spotify.

HR Market Watch 22 - Putting Culture First While You Scale Host: George LaRocque Guest: Damon Klotz, Work Culture Evangalist at Culture Amp Here’s one for every startup founder, co-founder, or leader. For every leader in an established business that understands that the culture they foster will impact business results more than almost anything else. In the latest HR MarketWatch FutureWork Podcast, hear from Damon Klotz the Work Culture Evangalist at Culture Amp. He came to the interview with a sense of transparency that we’ve come to expect from Culture Amp. He shares the challenges of scaling culture and employee engagement in a high growth setting, and he uses the experience at Culture Amp as his framework. He also brings real data from a real customer. Enjoy!

HR Happy Hour 394 - HR Technology and Creating Great Employee Experiences Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jennifer Kraszewski, Paycom This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Jennifer Kraszewski, Vice President, Human Resources at Paycom, to talk about employee experience and the role of HR technology in driving transformation and creating great experiences for employees and allowing them to do their best work. Additionally, Jennifer shared some details about Paycom’s award-winning “Direct Data Exchange” technology, an innovative solution that lets HR and Business leaders drive increased adoption of HR technologies in their organizations, and allows better, more accurate ROI measurement of HR tech and was one of the HR Tech Conference's "Awesome New Technologies for HR" at the 2019 Conference. This was a fun show, thanks  so much to Jennifer for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 393 - The Next Generation of HR Technology at ADP Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Don Weinstein, Head of Product and Technology, ADP This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Don Weinstein of ADP to talk about the next generation of HR technology and how ADP is developing technology for the future. This show was recorded live from New York City and the location of the ADP Innovation Lab, and was centered on how the changing nature of work, with dynamic teams becoming the driving force on how work gets done, is leading the development of new HCM technology.  Drawing from insights from the recent ADP Global Study of Engagement, ADP has been developing a new, or 'Next Gen' set of HR and Payroll tools to help enterprises and their people navigate the future of work and how work will get done. This was an interesting conversation about the new direction of HR Tech and one from which any HR and business leader can gain important insights. Thanks so much Don for joining us and thanks to ADP for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 392 - LIVE from the HR Technology Conference 2019 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Don Weinstein, ADP; Lisa Sterling, Ceridian; Ben Brooks, Pilot; Jarik Conrad, Ultimate Software Sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other. Learn more at www.octanner.com. And also sponsored by People Strategy. From intuitive hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, People Strategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. Find out more at www.peoplestrategy.com. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, recorded LIVE at the HR Technology Conference 2019 and in front of a live audience, we welcomed four of HR Tech's most interesting and influential leaders to talk about technology, innovation in HR Tech, blending technology with the human side of HR, some ways to think about diversity and inclusion in the organization and plenty more. Don, Lisa, Ben, and Jarik are some of the smartest and most interesting people in HR tech and it was fantastic to get a chance to spend some time with them at HR Tech. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 391 - The State of Artificial Intelligence for HR Hosts: Steve Boese, Karen Hunter Guest: Jeanne Meister, Future Workplace Sponsored by Culture Amp, the platform that turns your company culture into a competitive advantage. Your employee data tells you what's happened in the past, but what if it could tell you what might happen next. See how with your free Predictive Analytics report at www.cultureamp.com/happy. And also Sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other. And finally, welcome our newest sponsor, PeopleStrategy. From intuitive hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Jeanne Meister of Future Workplace to talk about the state of AI technology in HR, how HR leaders can best prepare themselves and their organizations for the adoption of AI technologies in the workplace, the barriers and challenges HR leaders may face with the introduction and adoption of AI tool, and where the future lies for the continued application and expansion of AI tech in HR. Additionally, Jeanne shared some details about the “Using AI for HR” course that is a great resource for HR leaders looking to begin working with and understanding AI in the workplace. This was a fun show, thanks Jeanne for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 390 – Enhancing Your Workplace Through Business Agility Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Emily He, SVP of HCM Cloud Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Emily He, SVP of HCM Cloud at Oracle.  We gathered at Oracle Open World 19, in San Francisco, to talk about how Oracle HCM is transforming the way business works in the Cloud.  Key highlights include a discussion around employee experience, manager experience and HR experience.  We also talked about how the Oracle Digital Assistant is connecting employees in new and exciting ways, making business agility a way of life. We also covered innovations Oracle is implementing to make AI and machine learning work for you. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Emily for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.