HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 345 - WorkInspired: How Leaders Can Build Great Organizations Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Aron Ain, CEO, Kronos Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish welcomed Aron Ain, CEO of Kronos, and author of WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work, On the show, Aron shared the remarkable story of Kronos, one of the largest and most successful Human Capital Management technology providers of the last twenty years, and a consistent recipient of 'Best/Great/Amazing' Places to Work awards around the world. Aron talked about the journey at Kronos, what it takes to move from just a 'good' place to work, to one that has been recognized globally as one of the best places in technology for employees. We discussed the commitment of leadership, the importance of openness and transparency, and the many of the lessons Aron has learned along the way as he has helped lead Kronos through many interesting and not always easy transitions. This was an interesting and enlightening look at how one successful CEO has helped develop and grow a successful organization, one where employees truly 'love to come to work'. Thanks Aron for joining us! Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour.'

HR Market Watch 16 - When Will The Robots Start Scheduling The Interviews? Host: George LaRocque, HRWins Guest: Maran Nelson, Clara Labs Join HRWins Principal Analyst and Founder George LaRocque as he looks at one of the most surprisingly complex parts of the hiring process: interview scheduling. Learn why it's so complex and hear from Maran Nelson Co-founder and CEO of Clara Labs, as they discuss how the process can be automated ensuring a great employer and candidate experience by taking a new "human-in-the-loop" approach. Subscribe to all the HR Happy Hour Podcast Network shows on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts or on your favorite podcast app – just search for ‘HR Happy Hour’. And to learn more go to www.h3hr.com.

HR Happy Hour 344- Make Work Simpler, Smarter and More Agile Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host: Trish McFarlane  Guest: Emily He, SVP of Marketing for Human Capital Management at Oracle This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish recorded live from Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, to talk with Emily He about themes Oracle is embracing in developing solutions to support the workplace of the future. How are they approaching this? There are a few ways: Make Work Simpler: Artificial intelligence and machine learning deliver an easier and more familiar user experience for employees. Oracle is innovating with scalable HR Concierge with digital assistants, a mobile- responsive experience and configurable action lists for represented worker processes. Make Work Smarter: Powerful AI-based tools help organizations make smarter, more strategic business decisions by taking a data-first approach to talent management. Oracle is using smart sourcing with Best-Fit Candidate and self-Learning Risk Management with Advanced HCM Controls. Make Work Agile: New innovations help employees collaborate, improve skills and experience a unique, consistent company culture across all platforms. This was a really interesting and fun show - thanks to Emily and everyone at Oracle for having the HR Happy Hour Show at their event. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

The Human Friendly Workplace 6 - How Trust Enables Great Company Culture Host: Jason Lauritsen Guests: Chris Hutchins and Michael Krebs, Software Developers for Menlo Innovations Have you tried to adopt an “agile” workplace in your organization and have it fail? Do you have enough trust within your organization to have a lunch with your peers and hear feedback on your performance? On a scale of 1 to 10, where would you rank your organization on Trust? In today’s episode we will explore how trust plays an integral part in the culture at your organization. In today’s episode, Jason interviews Chris and Michael from Menlo Innovations. Menlo provides innovative consulting to the tech industry through; Education and training, Cultural transformation, Software design work to achieve user adoption and Software development work that maximizes quality and project management agility. In the discussion, Chris and Michael share that the types of fears that exist at other organizations are a lot less here at Menlo. There is a heightened level of trust, the ability to be vulnerable and there is a collaborative element in the culture. It’s ok to not know everything, it’s ok to say “no”, and you won’t be shot down on your ideas. You can read more about the culture of Menlo in the book Joy, Inc. that was written by Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations. Today’s episode is being powered by Small Improvements. Small Improvements is a feedback platform that helps employees grow and succeed. From Performance Check-Ins, Goals and 360s, it combines both ongoing and structured feedback to facilitate meaningful development. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Podcast Network shows wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 343 - Taking on Today's Talent Acquisition Challenges Host: Steve Boese Guest: Susan Vitale, CMO, iCIMS Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve recorded live from the iCIMS Influence event in the iconic Bell Works building in New Jersey, the new home for the talent acquisition technology provider iCIMS to talk with iCIMS Chief Marketing Officer Susan Vitale about how organizations are tackling today's talent acquisition challenges. On the day this show was recorded, the BLS released their monthly JOLTS report which showed that open jobs in the USA hit 7.1 million, an all-time high for this data series. Simply put, more organizations have more job opening than ever before in the US. iCIMS sits at the center of this challenge, helping their customers to find, attract, engage, recruit, and onboard talent in this incredibly tight labor market. Susan shared how some of iCIMS customers are attacking their unique talent acquisition challenges with a combination of strategy, process improvement, and innovative applications of new technologies. From global process improvement and efficiencies at a large company like Hertz, to high-touch, high impact recruiting of highly sought after researchers at St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, to engaging with thousands of front-line candidates at scale using texting as a primary communication medium at Advantage Solutions - every company's recruiting challenge is unique and iCIMS is helping thousands of companies in these efforts.  Thanks to Susan and iCIMS for joining us and for hosting the HR Happy Hour Show. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 342 - Sports and HR with The 8 Man Rotation Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host:Steve Boese  Guests: Kris Dunn, Lance Haun Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by two of the founding members of the 'Sports and HR' crew known as The 8 Man Rotation. Kris, Lance, and Steve broke down three recent HR and workplace issues taken from the world of sports. The crew discussed the recent harassment and hostile workplace charges at the NBA's Dallas Mavericks organization, how the City of Pittsburgh is implementing a form of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to try and improve diversity and representation of underserved populations in City's workforce, and how one innovative technology is moving from the football field and into corporate America. Sports were the source of these topics, but the true topics were harassment in the workplace, the responsibility of leaders to respond to harassment reports, diversity in sourcing and hiring, and how modern technology is changing workplace training - all 'real' HR issues. This was a fun, interesting, and engaging conversation about how these important workplace issues have originated in the world of sports, but have relevance and importance in the 'real world' too. Additionally, we broke down budget hotels in the southeast, the best dining options at Publix, and Tim Sackett's shameless use of exclamation points in blog post titles. Thanks Kris and Lance for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 341 - The Evolution of Talent Branding and Candidate Experience Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host: Steve Boese Guest: Kathryn Minshew, The Muse This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Kathryn Minshew, CEO and Founder of The Muse, a career platform used by over 50 million people to navigate their careers and by hundreds of companies looking to attract, hire and retain great talent. She’s also the author of "The New Rules of Work," a Wall Street Journal national bestseller. On the show, Kathryn discussed how candidates have become increasingly discerning in their careers, how they expect more and more authentic information from prospective employers, and how organizations can leverage new technology and media to deliver these talent brand messages and create better candidate experiences. Kathryn feels we are in the 3rd phase of the talent branding and candidate experience journey - where employers have to be specific, accurate, and use their 'real' people to tell the organization's stories and deliver an authentic message about how they experience their work environment. She also shared how some of the more effective employer attraction strategies have parallels to marketing - by sourcing great stories to share with prospective candidates, inserting more information and authenticity when interacting with candidates on sites like LinkedIn and email, and by making job descriptions more thoughtful and interesting to candidates.  This was a great conversation, thanks to Kathryn for coming back on the show! Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 340 - Creating the Employee Driven Learning Organization  Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane  Guests: Helen Rossiter, West Marine; Connie Costigan, Saba This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish recorded live from the Saba Insights 2018 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona to talk with Connie Costigan from Saba and  Helen Rossiter from West Marine, a 250+ location retailer on how they have created an employee centric learning organization. By empowering employees to take control of their career planning and learning and development opportunities, West Marine has created a culture that enables and supports continuous learning, collaboration, and has created opportunities for employees to expand their skills and grow their careers. Instead of seeing retail, hourly employees as fungible assets, West Marine has invested in learning and development and has seen the beneifts of these investments. It seems really simple, but most organizations still have not made the connection between people, development , and business results as West Marine has experienced. This was a really interesting and fun show - thanks to Helen, Connie and everyone at Saba for having the HR Happy Hour Show at their event. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 339 - Using Culture and Feedback to Evolve Performance Management Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host: Steve Boese Guests: Keri Smith, Director of Human Resources, Business Partner and Organizational Development, HH Hunt; Joshua Howland, Director of Product, OC Tanner Labs This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve recorded live from the OC Tanner Influence Greatness Conference in Park City, Utah and learned how HH Hunt, a 2,000 employee organization is evolving their performance management practices. On the show, Keri Smith of HH Hunt shared their journey from the classic, annual, highly structured, formal, ratings-based, and pretty much hated annual performance review processes, to a newer approach centered around the 1-1 relationship between a manager and an employee. She discussed how the organization prepared to change their performance management practices, how they have set up a framework and structure for managers to lead impactful and engaging conversations with their employees, and how these new methods have served to solidify and strengthen both organizational culture and individual performance. Joshua shared how the newly released capabilities in the OC Tanner Culture Cloud have supported Keri and HH Hunt in these initiatives and how they are working with all kinds of organizations to enable and empower culture-centered change. You can learn more and sign up for a free trial of these new capabilties at www.octanner.com. This was an interesting show and great look at 'life after performance reviews.' Thanks to Keri and Joshua for joining us and thanks to OC Tanner for inviting the HR Happy Hour Show to the event. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 338 - LIVE from the 2018 HR Technology Conference Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Don Weinstein, ADP; Gretchen Alarcon, Oracle, Cecile Alper-Leroux, Ultimate Software This week on a special LIVE HR Happy Hour Show recorded at the HR Technology Conference Steve and Trish welcome back show legends Don Weinstein, Gretchen Alarcon, and Cecile Alper-Leroux to talk HR Tech, innovation, women in technology and much more. We had a great live audience at the HR Tech Pitchfest Theater who watched the show live, joined in on true HR Happy Hour fun, and heard from three industry leaders and legendary HR Happy Hour Show guests talk about some of the most important topics in HR tech and in workplaces. Thanks so much to Don, Gretchen, and Cecile for taking some time from their busy HR Tech Conference schedules to join us on this special HR Happy Hour Show! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.