HR Happy Hour Network

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'.

HR Happy Hour 337 - The 2018 HR Technology Conference Preview Hosts: Steve Boese,Trish McFarlane Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane preview the upcoming HR Technology Conference to be held September 11 - 14, 2018 in Las Vegas. Steve and Trish shared their 'not to miss' events and sessions, shared some ideas on how to have a great conference experience, and shared some details of a special 'LIVE' HR Happy Hour Show that will be broadcast at the Conference on Sep 12 at 4:30PM PT. If you are attending HR Tech next week, you definitely want to hear this show! And if you are attending, please be sure to come watch the Live show next week. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 336 - Hiring Success with Recruitment Automation Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host: Steve Boese Guest: Madeline Laurano, Aptitude Research Partners This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese is joined by Madeline Laurano of Aptitude Research Partners to discuss some new research they've recently published on Recruitment Automation. More than just a method to make recruiting processes more efficient, modern recruitment automation technologies are focused on candidates - helping to create trust, improve the method and frequency of communication throughout the hiring process, and to create more personalized recruitment experiences.  Additionally, Madeline shared specific examples of how and where recruitment automation technologies can be leveraged throughout the hiring process, and offered some advice for organizations looking to get started with these modern, innovative technologies and approaches to recruiting automation. You can find the full report we talked about on the show at www.aptituderp.com. Thanks to Madeline for joining us, it was a fun and interesting 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 HappyHour.'

HR Happy Hour 335 - Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company Host: Steve Boese Guest Co-host: George LaRocque Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by George LaRocque of HRWins and host of the HR Market Watch Podcast to talk HR Technology and preview the Discovering the Next Great HR Technology Company Competition that is underway with voting open until Friday August 24 at the HR Technology Conference's HR Tech Insiders site - www.blog.hrtechnologyconference.com. On the show, Steve and George introduced each of the seven semi-finalists in the competition, Butterfly.AI, CompensationCloud, Cultivate, DailyPay, Engage, Joyous, and Zeal. We talked about each solution, why each is interesting, innovative, and cool, and why you should consider giving them your vote for the Next Great HR Technology Company. You can learn more about each solution, see videos and screenshots, and plenty more over at the HR Technology Insiders site as well as vote for your Final Four solutions who will advance to the big stage at the HR Technology Conference  And you can also catch a live webcast where the Finalists will be announced on Monday, Aug. 27 at 4PM EDT - register for that webcast HERE. And 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 334 - Driving Engagement and Results with Performance Management Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Michael Heller, iRevu This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish are joined by Michael Heller or iRevu, an HR technology provider of performance and goal management solutions to talk about how performance management is evolving, how organizations are making the transition from the traditional annual performance review process to something more frequent and impactful, and how leaders and managers can get better at providing useful and productive feedback more regularly.  Michael also shared his insights on how organizations can still manage downstream processes like compensation and rewards in a 'no peformance rating' environment and his tips for making feedback more effective - namely, focusing on transparency, honesty, and directness. Additionally, we discussed the naming of dogs, our best bosses ever, the advice Steve was given on his first day at a 'real' job, and we celebrated a recent HR Happy Hour Show milestone - 1 Million dowloads! This was a fun and interesting show, thanks to Michael 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 Market Watch 14 - $40 Million to CultureAmp to Help Leaders Put Culture First Host: George LaRocque Guest: Didier Elzinga, Culture Amp Culture Amp recently landed a $40 million dollar D round of venture capital funding. Listen in as HRWins Founder George LaRocque interviews Didier Elzinga Culture Amp CEO and Founder about their new funding, their global community of People Geeks, what the future looks like for Culture Amp, their customers and the HR and talent functions. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Podcast Network Shows on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.  And to learn more, go to www.h3hr.com.