HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 385 - The State of Recruiting in 2019 Host: Steve Boese Guest: Jim Stroud, Talent Acquisition Thought Leader 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 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by recruitment industry legend Jim Stroud, an expert in sourcing, recruiting, candidate attraction, branding and more to get the state of recruting in 2019 and the overall labor market and how that impacts organizations. Jim shared his insights on how the lack of candidates in particular industries like in trucking and in caregiving are impacting recruiting efforts for organizations in these fields. Jim also discussed how soft skills like empathy and interpersonal skills are increasingly important for candidates in almost all fields and especially for those in recruiting or who are aspiring to be in recruiting. Jim shared some tips for how to best improve and develop those skills as well. Finally, we talked about some of the newer tools and technologies that are emerging and evolving in recruiting in 2019 and beyond. This was a fun show, thanks so much to Jim for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 384 - The Critical Role of Managers in Employee Engagement Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jim Harter, Chief Workplace Scientist, Gallup 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 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Jim Harter to talk about Gallup's most recent research, it's largest workplace study to date, and how the job of management has probably never been more complex. Jim is the co-author of 'It's the Manager', a look at how the role of manager has changed, how it remains critically important for employee engagement and organizational success. Jim shared several interesting findings from the research and the book, which all managers and leaders should understand as their workplaces evolve. Additionally, Trish shared her excitement with the recent St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup victory, Steve admitted he has not watched a hockey game in years, and whether or not it is ethical to A/B test management theories on your kids. This was a really interesting and fun conversation, thanks to Jim for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 383 - Improving Health and Wellbeing at Work and in the Community Hosts: Steve Boese Guest: Tim State, Senior Vice President of Associate Health and Wellbeing, Humana 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 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Tim State of Humana, to talk about workplace health and employee wellbeing, and how Humana approaches wellbeing both inside their organization, and with the member organizations and employees they serve. Humana's 42K employees are focused on people, their wellbeing, and provides products and services to millions of people in the US and strives to help people reach their best health and life long wellbeing. On the show Tim shared some of the innovative approaches they utilize with their associates - seeing wellbeing as a personal and individual journey to help each associate reach their wellbeing goals.At Humana they have developed a common language and mindset to holistic wellbeing, which has helped people understand their own journey. Their four dimensions of wellbeing - purpose, health, belonging, and security - which is the foundation of overall wellbeing have helped the organization define, program, measure, and improve wellbeing at work. Learn more about Humana here. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts, just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 382 - Workplace Learning in 2019 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Tanya Staples, Vice President of Learning Content, LinkedIn Learning 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. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show Trish and Steve were joined by Tanya Staples, Vice President of Learning Content, LinkedIn Learning to talk about learning in the workplace, advances in enterprise learning technology, and what HR and learning leaders should be thinking about and doing to help address the learning needs of their workforces. LinkedIn recently published their latest Workplace Learning Report, which takes a deep dive into the current state of enterprise learning, what are some of the key drivers of learning in the workplace today, and offers advice for HR and learning leaders to make their programs and efforts more effective. It has perhaps never been a better time to be a learning leader, and the learning function in the enterprise is more important than ever - with skills development, career development, and upskilling all being on the top of the list of HR and talent management priorities in 2019 and beyond. This was a really interesting conversation about an important topic in HR, learning, and talent management, thanks so much to Tanya for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 381 - Building a Culture First Organization Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Damon Klotz, Work Culture Evangelist, Culture Amp 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. This week on the show, Trish and Steve were joined by Damon Klotz of Culture Amp to talk about what it really means to be a 'culture first' organization, how values in the organization drive behavior and form culture, and how strategy and talent must work in combination with culture to create the best business and people outcomes. Additionally, we teased the next upcoming Workplace Movie Hall of Fame show, discussed boating on the Great Lakes, and we set the record for the longest pre-show pre-amble in HR Happy Hour Show history. This was a really fun and interesting conversation - thanks so much Damon for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts and learn more at www.h3hr.com.

HR Happy Hour 380 - Modern Approaches to Learning and Finding Knowledge   Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Sam Crumley, VP of Employee Experience, Panopto Sponsored by Panopto, or businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish welcomed Sam Crumley, of Panopto to talk about what it is like leading the people function at a company that actually provides tools to other organizations and HR and people functions. Sam also shared how HR leaders and organizations have to respond to the new ways employees are seeking knowledge and how they want to learn new skills. It is no surprise, video has emerged as the primary media of choice for the modern workplace, and Sam shared some of the benefits and  added analytical value that modern technology Panopto can provide. Additionally Trish shared some of her observations from her role as Chairwoman of the recent HR Tech China in Shanghai. This was a fun and interesting conversation, thanks to Sam for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 379: Making the Most of Benchmarking and Best Practices Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Harry Osle, Principal and Global Human Resources Practice Leader at The Hackett Group This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by returning guest, Harry Osle, from The Hackett Group.  He shared data from their recent report, the HR Agenda for 2019.  The discussion revolved around how business requirements are changing and the pace and need for agility is increasing.  Harry gave tips on how HR leaders can stay current with those demands.  They also talked about digital transformation and what is important for HR pros to know.   As part of ADP's new service program, ADP Advantage, the tools you need to keep these implementation worries at bay are now standard for ADP's customers.  This will drive greater success through the implementation process, "Go Live", and beyond. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode.  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 378 - The HR Tech Systems Landscape - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Stacey Harris, Sierra-Cedar Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the last of a three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by Stacey Harris of Sierra-Cedar for a conversation about the big themes, trends, and findings from the most recent HR Systems Survey from Sierra-Cedar. Stacey talked about some of the important ideas for HR leaders to think about when creatings their HR Tech strategies, the nees to concentrate on change management, and some of the more specific results and key findings for the Asia Pacific region. This was a fun and interesting conversation - thanks so much to Stacey for joining us. And also thanks to LRP and DLG China for having the HR Happy Hour Show in Shanghai.  For more information and to participate in the 2020 HR Systems Survey please visit Sierra-Cedar's survey home page. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 377 - Building a Resonant Organization - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Cecile Alper-Leroux, VP, HCM Innovation, Ultimate Software Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the second episode of a special three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by the most frequent guest in HR Happy Hour Show history, Cecile Alper-Leroux who joined us live in China to talk about her new book titled 'From Dissonance to Resonance: Bringing your people and organization into sync.' Learn more and pre-order the book HERE. On the show, Cecile shared her perspectives on the modern organization and workplace, the challenge and opportunity for HR professionals to help create truly resonant workplaces, and how new and innovative technologies play a key supporting role in helping drive these transformations. There can be a lot of disillusion and doubt in HR and in workplaces - with an increase in automation and many organizations still operating in a transaction based mindset. Resonance means finding a place where things feel 'right' and where people, and HR, and organizations amplify each other. This was a fun and interesting show, thanks Cecile for joining us.  Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 376 - HR and Digital Transformation - Live from HR Tech China Host: Steve Boese Guest: Jason Averbook, CEO and Founder, LeapGen Sponsored by Panopto - For businesses and universities, Panopto is everything YouTube isn’t. With enterprise-grade security, built-in recording and live streaming, and a unique search engine that finds any word spoken in any video, Panopto is how professionals share knowledge. On the first of a special three show series recorded LIVE at the recent HR Tech China Conference in Shanghai, Steve is joined by Jason Averbook, CEO and Founder of LeapGen and intrernational speaker, advisor, and HR Tech though leader. On the show, Jason shared some of the key highlights and themes of his recent presentations in China as well as at the HR Festival in Singapore all about HR Transformation, Digital Transformation, and the way forward for HR and HR tech professionals. Jason talked about the importance of employee-centered approached to HR tech design and deployment, how 'technology' does not equal 'digital' and offered some advice as to how to best prepare HR and the organization overall for change and for digital transformation. This was a fun and interesting conversation - thanks so much to Jason for joining us. And also thanks to LRP and DLG China for having the HR Happy Hour Show in Shanghai.  Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.