HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 413 - Leading with a Servant’s Heart Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Giovanni Gallo, Co-CEO, Compliance Line The HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all sizes to pay and manage their employees. They make payroll easy and automatic and they handle benefits programs. Paychex guides businesses through their human resources challenges by keeping them up to date with ever-changing laws and regulations. Online and mobile. Over the phone. In-person. Or any combination of the above. With Paychex, they work with you the way you want to work. Learn more at paychex.com. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Giovanni Gallo, Co-CEO of Compliance Line, a provider of case management, exclusion screening and whistleblower hotline solutions for leaders to gain visibility and clarity to care for their people. On the show, Giovanni shared his view on Servant Leadership, its definition, the key differences between Servant Leadership and more traditional leadership approaches, and how HR and business leaders can begin to explore using Servant Leadership principles in their organizations. We discussed the importance of imbibing values of caring in the workplace, how servant leadership is really about making other people’s lives better and more fulfilling, and some of the challenges and barriers that make adopting Servant Leadership a challenge at times. We also talked about keeping cool under a tornado warning, recording a podcast on your birthday, and more. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Giovanni for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 412- Should We Keep the Merit Matrix Model? Host: Trish McFarlane Guest Stephen Bruce, Managing Director at PeopleFluent This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by Stephen Bruce, Managing Director at PeopleFluent.  Steven is responsible for leading the PeopleFluent business.  He's been in the software industry for over 20 years, many of which were spent as a HR leader.  Stephen draws on this experience to guide him now as he leads PeopleFluent to designing world-class enterprise HR technologies and talent management software that help companies build and power a productive workforce.  Stephen begins by sharing how someone working in human resources can parlay that career into other related fields, such as HR technology and software design.  Trish and Stephen then move to discussing the merit matrix and why it is a flawed process.  Stephen shares insights on how organizations can enhance their approach using workforce analytics.  It's a great episode for anyone practicing HR who goes through the annual compensation process with your leaders. Learn more about PeopleFluent here, and connect with Stephen on Linkedin here. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Stephen for coming on the show and sharing his insights with us!

HR Happy Hour 411 - The HR Happy Hour 2020 Oscars Preview and Predictions Show Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane The HR Happy Hour show is supported by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all sizes to pay and manage their employees. They make payroll easy and automatic and they handle benefits programs. Paychex guides businesses through their human resources challenges by keeping them up to date with ever-changing laws and regulations. Learn more at paychex.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish return with their Annual Academy Awards Preview and Predictions Show. We will break down all the important Oscar categories - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Leading and Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Documentary and share some commentary, opinions, and predictions on who will walk away with the statues on Sunday night. This will be a tremendously fun show, as it is every year, and thanks to our loyal HR Happy Hour listeners for hanging out with us as we talk about something other than HR for a change. Tweet us your picks for Oscar 2020 - hit us up @HRHappyHour with the hashtag #HRHappyHour. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 410 - Supporting Employees with Autoimmune Disease Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest Holly Bertone, Founder & CEO, Pink Fortitude This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Holly Bertone, Founder and CEO of Pink Fortitude, who is also the author of “Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce Stress”, the first book to educate others on autoimmune disease as a legal disability in the workplace. Holly shared insights on autoimmune disease, its prevalence among the US population, the challenges that people who have autoimmune diseases experience with work, and some of the ways that employers can better support and accommodate people with these conditions.   Holly also discussed the importance of understanding these conditions, how they often can be unpredictable in their manifestation, and how flexibility in work schedules is an important consideration for people with autoimmune diseases. Finally, Holly shared her insights and advice for both employees who are wrestling with these issues and how employers and HR leaders can continue to improve how they help and support their workforces. Additionally, we talked about recording the podcast early in the morning, the benefits of working in HR in a chocolate factory, and more. Learn more about the Pink Fortitude here. And connect with Holly on LinkedIn here. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Holly for joining us!

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, Pilot This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of Pilot, an innovative software-based coaching platform for the enterprise and the winner of the HR Tech Conference 2019 Pitchfest.  Ben shared insights on how he and his team at Pilot are making coaching and development more accessible, more timely, and more beneficial to employees, managers, and teams. Ben shared also how often it is the most successful and highest performers are least likely to seek coaching and development and offered some ideas and strategies to encourage these employees to find and make time for development and how organizations can support these efforts. Ben also talked about the importance and practical challenges of bringing more of your whole self to the workplace, and how being even a little more open, curious, and interested in each of our colleagues as real people can bring valuable benefits to ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Additionally, we talked about “Blue Monday”, the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, Steve was crabby about the weather (surprise), and the importance of curiosity - both about the world outside of our day to day roles, as well as curiosity about ourselves. Learn more about the Pilot here. And connect with Ben on LinkedIn here. This was a really fun show, thanks to Ben for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 408 - SHRM People Analytics and HR for the Startup Organization Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Joey Price This week on the HR Happy Hour Show recorded live from the SHRM People Analytics Conference in Seattle, Steve and Trish were joined by Joey Price, Founder of JumpStart HR to talk about the event, about people analytics in HR and some of the issues and challenges, as well as Joey's role as an HR advisor to startup and small businesses. On the show, Joey shared some of the common issues and challenges he encounters when helping startups and small businesses with their HR needs, how small businesses are thinking about HR differently, and gave some insights as to where HR for small businesses might be going. Additionally, we talked about the People Analytics event, speculated (some), on how personal work history and information may be changing and be impacted by new tech like Blockchain, the connection between sports performance and workplace performance, (including a Moneyball reset), and more. And Steve shared a very important tip about naming a new baby - you can learn more about that here. This was a really fun show, thanks Joey for joining us! And thanks to SHRM 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 407 - Unlocking the Potential in Your Workforce Host: Steve Boese Guest: Nishika de Rosairo, CEO & Founder, Experiential Insight This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Nishika de Rosairo, CEO & Founder of Experiential Insight to talk about how organizations can think about addressing the skills and capability gaps in their workforces, and how to work towards unlocking people's potential in the workplace. Nishika is extremely curious about people, and passionate about their development, and she has dedicated her journey to helping people unlock their potential and helping their organizations succeed. On the show, Nishika talked about her view on how work and workplaces are changing, and how people in the workplace have changing needs as well - searching for more meaning and belonging at work. Preparing people for the workplace of the future is not just about arming them with the latest set of technical skills, it is equally about helping them to adapt, be tolerant of ambiguity, and be open to embrace change. Nishika talked about how organizations can better adapt their own approaches to training and development to help employees navigate these changes and challenges. Nishika also talked about how their organization, Experiential Insight, helps groups of leaders in an organization grow and develop and transform in order to realize their potential. This was a really fun conversation, thanks so much to Nishika for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 406 - HR Happy New Year 2020 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane This week on a special LIVE epsiode of the HR Happy Hour Show to kick off 2020, Steve and Trish will talk all things New Year 2020 - the Rose Parade, the Pantone Color of the Year, a preview of the Oscars race and more. Additionally, we will do a review of 2019 and of the 2010s overall - what were the highlights and important developments and moments in HR, HR tech, work as well as in popular culture, sports, and even for us personally and professionally. This will be a fun way to launch the New Year on the HR Happy Hour Show and we hope you can join us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 405 - Payroll Innovation and End of Year Preparation Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese Guest: Tom Hammond, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Product Management, Paychex This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Tom Hammond of Paychex, to talk about innovation in Payroll technology and how HR and Payroll can prepare for end of year 2019 and new regulations coming in 2020. Some of the key points Tom discussed were how Paychex works with hundreds of thousands of small and medium sized businesses to understand their challenges, and delivers modern and innovative solutions to help them meet these challenges in Payroll, HR, Benefits and more. Self-service, advanced workflows, using analytics to make better people decisions, and delivering user friendly user experiences are just some of what HR and Payroll leaders and employees demand from modern HR tech, and we talked about how these can be delivered to organizations of all sizes. Plus, Tom dove into some of the most important issues facing HR and Payroll leaders as we end 2019 and move into 2020, like the new form W4. You can learn more about these challenges at paychex.com/hrhappyhour. Additionally, Steve and Trish talked about the Pantone Color of the Year for 2020 - "Classic Blue", aka "Paychex Blue". This was a fun show, thanks so much to Tom for coming on the show. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 404 - Utilizing a Learning Platform Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Ben Eubanks Guests: Mark Onisk, Skillsoft; Wynn Schollum, Datacom On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, recorded live at the Skillsoft Perspectives 2019 event in Orlando, FL, Trish and Ben talked with Mark Onisk and Wynn Schollum. Wynn is the  L&OD Group Manager of Datacom, based in New Zealand.  They are a digital IT solutions provider.  He talked about how people are using the Skillsoft system and how they decided to partner with them.  Wynn also spoke about the importance of the brain science behind this platform and how it works for them.  Mark is the Chief Content Officer at Skillsoft.  He brought in information on Skillsoft's approach to learning and the importance of having consumer-led content.  Additionally, they covered how a partnership with Skillsoft works and what to look for when searching out a partnership. This was a fun and informative show, thanks to Mark and Wynn for joining us and thanks to the team at Skillsoft for having us at the event. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.