HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 248 - Generational Influence VS. Life Stages: The Battle! Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish talk about one of their favorite reports.  The KPCB Internet Trends Report by analyst Mary Meeker came out last week. In the report, Ms. Meeker examines macro trends in technology, economics, demographics and more.  Trish and Steve talk about a few of the major items, one being the impact of generations on the workplace and behavior.  There is a heated debate regarding what impacts behavior most. This was a fun and interesting converstaion -many thanks to our HR Happy Hour Show sponsor Virgin Pulse, www.virginpulse.com. Finally, remember to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and all the major podcast apps - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to add the show to your subscriptions and you will never miss a show.

HR Happy Hour 247 - Greenhouse and the Future of Recruiting Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Daniel Chait, Co-founder and CEO, Greenhouse This week on the show, recorded live in San Francisco on site at Greenhouse Open, the customer event for recruiting technology provider Greenhouse, Steve sat down with Greenhouse Co-founder and CEO Daniel Chait to talk about how companies can become great at recruiting and how modern recruiting technology can help them achieve this goal. Turns out, at least some of the process changes that companies can implement, like going into candidate interviews with a structured plan, or making sure you understand which are the key elements or attributes that are likely to make a candidate successful can elevate an organization's recruiting function into the top 10%. Additionally, Dan and Steve talked about the market for recruitment technology, why it might be so crowded with solution providers, and why most recruitment technology providers have made a mistake by trying to make recruiting simple and somehow 'not core' to the business. Dan and Greenhouse feel that recruiting is hard, important, and are creating tools to make organizations successful at these tough challenges. This was a fun and interesting show - many thanks to Dan and the entire team at Greenhouse for having the HR Happy Hour out at the event. And also, many thanks to our HR Happy Hour Show sponsor Virgin Pulse, www.virginpulse.com. Finally, remember to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and all the major podcast apps - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to add the show to your subscriptions and you will never miss a show.

HR Happy Hour 246- Do You Need a HR System? What Leaders Need to Know Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane First, Steve and Trish are THRILLED to welcome our new partner and sponsor, Virgin Pulse to the HR Happy Hour show!  Virgin Pulse, part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, designs technology that cultivates good lifestyle habits for your employees. Please visit them at www.VirginPulse.com for more information.   This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish talked with Dave Fiacco, President and COO of PeopleStrategy. As President and Chief Operating Officer of PeopleStrategy, David Fiacco sets the bar high and ensures the company upholds its promise to deliver exceptional solutions coupled with extraordinary service. Dave talked with us about a topic that leaders everywhere struggle with.  Do you need a HR system?  Do you need to upgrade your system?  If so, how do you know and what are the steps?  Some of the issues we tackled on the show: -What considerations should HR think about during the process of moving from using Excel or other home grown tools to an actual HR system? -How do HR leaders (or other leaders) decide if a suite or point solution is what they need? -How does the type of solution you choose tie into pricing? Remember to download and subscribe the the HR Happy Hour on iTunes, or using your favorite podcast app for iOS or Android - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to never miss an episode.

HR Happy Hour 245 - Talking about Talent, Culture, and Technology (on the Radio) Recorded Friday, May 6, 2016 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane This week on a fun twist on the HR Happy Hour Show, we are replaying/reposting an appearance Steve made recently on the Win-Win @ Work Radio Show that is broadcast weekly on WSCA FM, 106.1 in Portsmouth New Hampshire, Steve was interviewed by Win-Win @ Work host Kristi Baxter and Michael Cameron, (who are fantastic), and the conversation touched upon innovation in the HR technology marketplace, how technology is helping HR leaders and organizations with talent management, succession planning, and career development, and finally, on the ongoing debate of hiring for culture fit vs. hiring for raw talent. This was a really fun and interesting conversation, and we thought it would be a great idea to share this interview with the HR Happy Hour Show community as well. Big thanks to Michael and Kristi for having Steve on the Win-Win @ Work show!

HR Happy Hour 244 - Global HR Technology Trends from HR Tech China Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane This week on the HR Happy Hour show, join hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane as they talk with Madeline Laurano, co-founder of Aptitude Research Partners.   Fresh from the HR Technology Conference in Zhuhai, China, the three talk about the trends in HR technology and how they are similar around the globe.   Specifically, the conversation covers having Talent Acquisition as a priority and the Chinese focus on services.  With that focus, there is great interest in aquiring and using the best and most relevant HR technologies.  We also talked about the way that China officials brand their city and the benefits US organizaitons could gain by having that focus.   We also talk about the way that China uses social media in their organizaitons.  The perception is that they ban most of the sites we use in the US.  And while that may be true, they have alternatives that may be just as effective.  In fact, the US contingent all embraced WeChat and loved it.   This was a really fun and lively show, and we hope you give it a listen. And many thanks to everyone at LRP Publications and China Star for putting on the HR Technology China conference and for inviting us to participate as speakers. Reminder: You can listen and subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes, and all the major podcast player apps for iOS and Android - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to subscribe and never miss a new episode.

HR Happy Hour 243 - Live from Oracle HCM World Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Recorded LIVE at Oracle HCM World 2016, Chicago  This week on the HR Happy Hour show, join hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane live from Oracle HCM World 2016 in Chicago. At the event, Steve and Trish talked about some of the themes and ideas from the conference including how technology continue to disrupt HR and HR leaders, the challenges of integration across HR technology platforms, the need for HR technologies to provide consumer-grade user experience, and how the migration of enterprise technologies to the cloud creates opportunity for HR leaders and their organizations. Additionally, Steve shared his pro tips on how to describe your professional experiences, the major stages of enterprise technology innovation, (featuring a Y2K reset), Trish explained the difference between employee engagement and employee commitment, and Trish scored a major point be beating Steve to the punch when discussing the need for HR and Financial systems to work together seamlessly. This was a really fun and lively show, and we hope you give it a listen. And many thanks to everyone at Oracle and the Oracle HCM team for welcoming the HR Happy Hour to the event! Reminder: You can listen and subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes, and all the major podcast player apps for iOS and Android - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to subscribe and never miss a new episode.

HR Happy Hour 242 - Big Ideas for Employee Benefits in 2016 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Nate Randall, President &Founder, Ursa Major Consulting Recorded live at the 4th Annual Health & Benefits Leadership Conference, Las Vegas This week on the show Steve sat down at the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference with Nate Randall, President & Founder at Ursa Major Consulting to talk about three big ideas and trends in employee benefits that Nate is seeing as he works with organizations around the country.  Nate shared some ideas around managing benefits in a global and distributed environment, and the challenges that can present. We also talked a little about use of Private Exchanges for employee benefit coverage, and some considerations that employers should take into account when evaluating this model. Finally, we spent some time discussing the new trend of employers offering Financial Wellness programs for their employees, and some important factors employers need to consider before deploying these kind of programs. Nate also shared some insights from one of his former roles at Tesla Motors, and the challenges they faced in scaling up the organization from under 1,000 employees to over 13,000 in a very short time. This was an interesting and informative show with one the the industry's leading experts and thinkers on employee benefits - we hope you will check it out. Reminder - you can subscribe to the show on iTunes and all the podcast player apps for iOS and Android - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to subscribe and never miss a show.

HR Happy Hour 241 - Tackling Recruiting Challenges with Modern HR Technology Recorded Wednesday March 23, 2016 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jon Bischke, CEO and Founder, Entelo This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve are joined by Jon Bischke, CEO and Founder of Entelo, a leading provider of innovative HR and recruiting technology solutions that help organizations find and assess talent as well as help them improve the diversity of their talent pools and pipelines. Entelo technology helps organizations not only unearth candidates by building comprehensive candidate profiles that are far more complete than what can be found on a simple resume or LinkedIn profile, but it also enables organizations to spend their limited time and resources focusing on learning more about the very best candidates. Entelo has innovated in the area of diversity, and has built what are the industry's first set of solutions explicitly designed to help organizations enhance and expand the diversity of their candidate pools. Listen to the show to learn more about how Tech can help HR leaders in this important area. Additionally, Steve lamented the fact that resumes still are not dead as yet., we pitched (once again) the impending Diet Dr. Pepper show sponsorship, and the idea of recruiting for 'Culture Add' instead of 'culture fit'. This was an interesting and informative show with one of the HR and recruiting technology industry's most innovative leaders, many thanks to Jon and Entelo for joining us. Reminder, you can find and subscribe to the show on iTunes or any major podcast app for iOS and Android - just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to add the show to your playlist.

HR Happy Hour 240 - Oracle HCM World Preview: Big Bets for HR Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Bertrand Dussert, VP, HCM Transformation & Thought Leadership, Oracle Recorded Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve welcomed back the show Oracle's Bertrand Dussert, one of our Top 5 all-time HR Happy Hour guests, to talk about some of the 'Big Bets' CHROs and HR leaders are making in 2016, as well as previewing the upcoming Oracle HCM World event in Chicago taking place April 5-7 in Chicago. Bertrand spends tons of time meeting with senior HR leaders from some of the world's largest organizations and this gives him fantastic insight and perspective on what the major issues are that are facing CHROs today, and how the best performing organizations are tackling these challenges, supported by modern HCM technologies.  We talked data and analytics, the desire to reinvent performance and talent management, and how HR leaders are moving to improve the overall employee experience. Additionally, we debated Steve's position on the HR Happy Hour Show's 9-box grid, and whether or not he will ever live up to his potential. This was a fun, interesting, and thought-provoking show, we hope you enjoy it.  You can learn more about Oracle HCM World here. If you will be there, be sure to find the HR Happy Hour Show team, as we will be in attendance as well, doing some interviews on site. Reminder, you can find and subscribe to the show on iTunes, or any podcast app for iOS or Android. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to subscribe and never miss a show.

HR Happy Hour 239 - The Human Jukebox Project, #EntryLevelBoss and Other Stories Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Join us for the HR Happy Hour Show this week as we welcome Alexa Shoen to the show.  We are thrilled to have Alexa on the show because of her diverse background.  Whether in her role as a freelance Content Strategist & Communications Advisor in Berlin, her newly released album The Human Jukebox Project, or her highly successful #EntryLevelBoss movement, Alexa is on the move.  She uses her creativity to inspire others, not only her fellow Millennials, but a whole new generation of people who are looking for inspiration in their careers.   We chat with Alexa about the impact of music and how it's possible to collaborate via social using that medium.  We also talk about the ways the #EntryLevelBoss movement is training people to think about work differently.  Please  join hosts Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane and our guest, Alexa Schoen, this week for what will be an interesting and important topic. Be sure to listen to and subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes, or via your favorite podcast app. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to download and subscribe to the show and you will never miss a new episode.