HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources

Guest: Greg Portell, Lead Partner in the Global Consumer Practice, Kearney Is the 8-hour workday dead? Today’s guest thinks so and maybe for good. What will take its place? Will organizations move into new territories with grace? I am pleased to have with us today Greg Portell, Lead Partner in the Global Consumer Practice of Kearney (https://www.kearney.com), a strategy and management consulting firm. Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq). We are also now regularly uploading content to our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/BLRInc).

Employee benefits, and especially health plan costs are among the top costs that employers have. Therefore, they have a vested interest in the health and wellbeing of their employees. But there is a big difference between encouraging healthy behavior among employees, and employees actually sticking to them. That divide costs employers big every year, especially in regards to chronic diseases. In this episode, we are joined by Sean Duffy, CEO of Omada Health (https://www.omadahealth.com/) to discuss methods for creating wellness that sticks by considering the employee experience when it comes to health benefits.

Perhaps the best indicator of the current hiring crisis is the extent to which large organizations, especially those from the fast food industry have gone to try to acquire talent. That includes everything from posting pay at the drive through to offering extensive benefits; this is a symptom of a larger issue at play and one we are going to talk about briefly today with our guest. I am pleased to have with us today Andrew Hunter, Co-Founder & Economist at Adzuna (https://www.adzuna.com/), a comprehensive job search engine. You can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

Guest: Zenita Henderson, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at SCTE If you are looking for a STEM industry that got gender equity and diversity right, look no further than the cable industry. Today's guest shares how she helped create and maintain these goals over her thirty year career. I am pleased to have with me today Zenita Henderson, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at SCTE (https://www.scte.org/). In 2020, Zenita Henderson was named a “trailblazer” on the cable industry's list of Most Influential Multi-Ethnic Executives.  As the vice president of marketing and business development, Zenita also played a pivotal role in the success of SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® 2020, and there will be a 2021 expo on October 11th – 14th Atlanta, Georgia—despite circumstances driven by the pandemic—and received the prestigious Women in Technology Award in 2019. Here is the report that we discussed in the episode: https://www.wict.org/research/wict-par-initiative/

It may be odd to say there has never been a better time than now, during the recruiting crisis, to be a recruiter, but today’s guest maintains that this is true, and she can back up the claim. I am pleased to have with me today Barb Bruno, CEO of Good As Gold Training (https://goodasgoldtraining.com/). Barb will be conducting a webinar with us on August 17th at 2:00PM Eastern Time called Proactive vs. Reactive Recruiting (https://store.blr.com/recruiting-081721). The program is 1 hour long and is valid for 1 SHRM-CP or SCP Professional Development Credit and is pending HRCI credit approval. There is a link to the webinar registration page in the description. Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

Guests: Brandy Rosner, VP of People Operations and Rachel Lutz Guevara, VP of Global Wellness & Resiliency, TaskUs Today’s episode is part of the HR Daily Advisor’s HR Appreciation: Leadership Week, 2021 (https://bit.ly/3iAbGbc), which features unique content like this and online sessions and talks each day this week. There is a link with more information in the description. I’m also pleased to announce that today’s episode is sponsored Namely, the only all-in-one HR solution everyone on your team will love. Many organizations found themselves managing remote talent since the pandemic began, and the search for talent has brought others to hire nationally or even globally to fill their needs. Those situations come with a whole slew of new logistical challenges. Chief among them is the need to grapple company culture across regions and nations in a completely remote environment. Today we are going to tackle this and related challenges with two guests who know more than a little about them. Today I am pleased to have with us, Brandy Rosner, VP of People Operations at TaskUs (https://www.taskus.com/) and Rachel Lutz Guevara, VP of Global Wellness & Resiliency also with TaskUs. HR Works Podcast YouTube Channel (https://bit.ly/3lmoyEF) Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

Guest: Danny Nelms, President, Work Institute Next week is the HR Daily Advisor’s HR Appreciation: Leadership Week 2021 (https://bit.ly/3iAbGbc) during which there will be daily events and a daily offering of unique and relevant content. Today we are going to set the stage for that event with our guest, Danny Nelms, President of Work Institute (https://workinstitute.com). You can find a link to HR Appreciation Leadership Week in the description. Danny is here today to talk about what HR should be doing right now amid a hiring crisis and amid mass worker resignations. We’ll also discuss how to rethink our leadership development. Finally, Danny and the team are working on a video series called the Retention Roundup where we explore cutting-edge research conducted by Work Institute that explores everything from the reasons that employees leave their jobs to how you can tackle employee engagement. You can learn more about the Work Institute’s 2021 Retention Report here (https://workinstitute.com/retention-report/). Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

In this episode, we are going to visit a long-overdue topic: employee burnout. What is it precisely? Why is it still a problem? Do we have solutions? If we do, how do we apply them successfully? Today’s guest has dedicated herself to understanding and addressing this destructive condition. I am pleased to have with me today Paula Davis, JD, and author of her recently published book Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret of Well-Being and Resilience (https://bit.ly/3eWH6rb). Paula is the Founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute (https://stressandresilience.com/about-paula-davis/), a training and consulting firm that partners with organizations to help them reduce burnout and build resilience at the team, leader, and organizational level. Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

Guest: Guest: Kerry Unflat, Chief People Officer, Zipari Because HR is such a people-facing role, it requires a certain level of intuition and perception to master. Today's guest says her superpower is understanding people's strengths and how to leverage them for everyone's success. It's a skill she has honed over years and one that you likely will find in yourself as an HR professional. I am very pleased to have with me today Kerry Unflat, Chief People Officer, Zipari (https://zipari.com/). If you enjoy today’s episode, consider checking out the rest of the interview which I will release on our Faces of HR (https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/category/faces-of-hr/) column next Thursday, July 29th. Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).

Guest: Minal Bopaiah, Founder & Principal Consultant, Brevity & Wit It takes more than passion to create and/or maintain a successful diversity program. That is the topic I tackle in this episode with an expert dedicated to helping organizations improve their diversity and inclusion efforts. Minal Bopaiah, Principal & Founder of Brevity & Wit (https://brevityandwit.com/) is a marketing, communications, and branding strategist with 20 years of professional experience. She is an expert in using psychological principles to create brand identities and communications that win both hearts and minds. Remember you can always follow us on Twitter at @HRWorksPodcast (https://bit.ly/3l0dzP3), and we are also now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/3t8of13) and Audible (http://adbl.co/30uhdaq).