
The HR Huddle
Welcome to the HR Huddle, the ultimate resource for all things HR. This podcast is comprised of two unique mini-shows where we will be: Spilling The Tea On HR Tech with Chief Research Officer and HR tech market influencer, Stacey Harris and Cliff Stevenson, Sapient Insights Group, Director of Research, AND breaking down the messy stories that everyone in human resources has in HR - HR We Have a Problem, with Teri Zipper - global HR consulting expert and Sapient Insights Group CEO featuring weekly industry co-hosts. Cause when the shit goes down. You've got to huddle up.
Latest episodes

Dec 17, 2021 • 41min
HR, We Have A Problem - Pulling no punches on the real cost of poorly written job posts
Send us a textAre your job posts full of cliches, lies, and costing you qualified candidates?In this episode of HR, We Have A Problem, host Kim Seals takes on the worst offenders in your hiring process to help you tap into top talent. Yes, even in this labor market.Katrina Kibben, one of the nation’s foremost experts on writing job posts, pulls no punches on the problem with your recruiting strategy and shares tactical advice, including:
The secret formula for writing job posts
Removing writer’s block forever
How to nail job titles every time
Trading buzzwords and biased language for radical empathy
Understanding the difference between a job ad, post, and description
Why the corporate ladder is obsolete
Meeting candidates with vulnerability
Want to help your recruiting teams write better job postings?
Head to threeearsmedia.com
Follow Katrina on Twitter @katrinakibben
Keep up with the host in real-time:Kim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Dec 8, 2021 • 33min
HR, We Have A Problem - Coming to terms with your digital HR strategy and the denial of the new world of work
Send us a textThink your digital HR strategy is the tech department's problem? Think again.In this episode of HR, We Have A Problem, host Kim Seals challenges everything you thought you knew about digital HR, including who is responsible for it at your workplace.Joining her in the HR Huddle is the Cofounder and CEO of Leapgen, Jason Averbook who calls out companies in denial about the new world of work.Averbook, consistently named one of the world’s top HR influencers and thought leaders, passionately makes the case for organizations to:
Come to grips with digital HR
Scrap meaningless engagement surveys
Quit buying irrelevant HR tech
Understand implementation vs. deployment
Acknowledge employee engagement drives customer engagement
Stop using the bait & switch approach when hiring
Close the "cultural chasm" between recruiting & working at your company
Want to hear more of Jason’s powerful perspective?
Connect via Linked at Jason Averbook
Head to Leapgen.com
Keep up with the host in real-time:Kim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Nov 30, 2021 • 16min
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech - Venture capital & the HR Tech market, biggest deals & news
Send us a textForget making it rain, because venture capital is flooding the HR Tech market with investment money, but will all this investment be a wash for the organizations who purchase it? On this episode of Spilling The Tea On HR Tech, industry experts and hosts, Stacey Harris and Kim Seals serve you a fresh brew of the biggest deals and news happening now.Plus, can Cornerstone OnDemand’s new employee development experience, Cornerstone Xplor help your workforce level-up their skill sets? Sign up for your all access pass today.Follow the hosts for real-time tea:Stacey Harris – @StaceyHarrisHRKim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Nov 16, 2021 • 36min
HR, We Have A Problem - HR's role: a hindrance to healthy and authentic culture?
Send us a textIf your company’s culture is solely HR’s responsibility, it's broken. In this episode of HR, We Have A Problem, host Kim Seals tackles the controversy surrounding HR’s role in setting an organization’s culture.Joining her in the HR Huddle is the Chief People Officer at SmartRecruiters, Lisa Sterling who believes Human Resources is actually the biggest hindrance to healthy and authentic culture at most companies.Sterling has helped take two companies public in the last three years and argues that in order to become a talent magnet, organizations need to:
Stop trying to lure employees back to the office
Offer less gym memberships and more freedom of wellness options
Admit leadership has unconscious biases before attempting to fix it
Expand parental leave benefits to include caretaking and family addiction
Allow employees to choose student loan repayments instead of 401k contributions
Be radically transparent with workers during an IPO
Want to hear more of Lisa’s powerful perspective?
Follow on Twitter @LisaMSterling
Connect via MamaLlamasWorld.com
Keep up with the host in real-time:Kim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Nov 2, 2021 • 17min
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech - Biggest deals and news; Microsoft (Ally.io), Workday's borderless workspace & 24th Edition HR Systems Survey
Send us a textIs Microsoft's acquisition of Ally.io the missing piece in its enterprise tech puzzle?On this episode of Spilling The Tea On HR Tech, industry experts and hosts, Stacey Harris and Kim Seals serve you a fresh brew of the biggest deals and news happening now:
Microsoft purchases Ally.io, the OKR startup that raised $76 million
Workday announces its borderless workspace experience for employees, Workday Everywhere
Out Now: 2021 HR Systems Survey, 24th Edition
Plus, want to know where you peers are investing?Listen for the new top five HR tech spending categories from this year's white paper.Sign up for your all access pass today.Follow the hosts for real-time tea:Stacey Harris – @StaceyHarrisHRKim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Oct 19, 2021 • 31min
HR, We Have A Problem - Eerie HR horror stories and more
Send us a textEvery HR professional has on-the-job experiences that will haunt them forever.In this episode of HR, We Have A Problem, host Kim Seals celebrates spooky season by swapping horror stories from the human resources department, including: eerie employee behavior, petrifying policy violations, and bosses from the netherworld.Joining her around the HR Huddle campfire is the Managing Partner and Principal of HR and People Strategy at Peridus Group, Robin Schooling. Schooling clears the cobwebs to leave you with strategies you can use should you ever find yourself or your organization in similar spine-chilling situations.Need Robin's help navigating your HR nightmares?
Head to PeridusGroup.com
Connect via RobinSchooling.com
Follow on Twitter @RobinSchooling
Keep up with the host in real-time:Kim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Oct 12, 2021 • 35min
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech - The Top 5 Hottest Takeaways from HR Tech Conference 2021
Send us a textOn this episode of Spilling The Tea On HR Tech, industry expert and host, Stacey Harris and the Sapient Insights team serve you The Top 5 Hottest Takeaways from the HR Tech Conference.Tune in for critical insights on:
Vendors
The two new wellness areas
Systems that impact workforce planning
Where to invest for 2022
Want the freshest brew & news?Join us for a live webinar on Oct. 27th to exclusively review cutting-edge results with our team.Sign up: https://bit.ly/3i1uQHuFollow the hosts for real-time tea:Stacey Harris – @StaceyHarrisHRSusan Richards – @SRRAtlantaPam Jeffords – @pamjeffordsJoe Almodovar – linkedin/joealmodovarSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Sep 28, 2021 • 14min
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech - Key takes from the Annual HR Systems Survey and the return to HR Tech
Send us a textOn this episode of Spilling The Tea On HR Tech, industry experts and hosts, Stacey Harris and Kim Seals serve you a fresh brew of the hottest news and insights from Sapient Insights Group's Annual HR Systems Survey, including:
Key spending trends
Vendor feedback
Where to invest for 2022
How you can access the data too
Plus, the return of The HR Tech Conference this Fall.Not attending HR Tech this year?Join us for live webinars on Oct. 7 or Oct. 27 to exclusively review the results with our team.Sign up: https://bit.ly/3i1uQHuFollow the hosts for real-time tea:Stacey Harris – @StaceyHarrisHRKim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Sep 21, 2021 • 26min
HR, We Have A Problem - ESPN leak, DE&I and 70's style corporate rules
Send us a textIs your organization’s risk mitigation strategy actually jeopardizing it?This is part two of our conversation on the fallout at ESPN.In this episode of HR, We Have A Problem, host Kim Seals breaks down the network’s bungled attempts to mitigate the leaked audio of reporter, Rachel Nichols, who is White, complaining she was replaced by Black colleague, Maria Taylor, as a "diversity play.”Joining her in the huddle is Ball Corp's Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion and former college athlete, Charles "CJ" Johnson, along with co-host, Pam Jeffords.Johnson calls out obsolete “70’s style” corporate rules, that ignore historical and societal context, often leaving employees with an impossible choice: Violate current procedures in order to expose workplace discrimination and injustice? Or risk HR sweeping it under the rug?Tune in to Per My Last Email, to hear part one of this discussion from the DEI perspective.Keep up with the hosts in real-time:Pam Jeffords – @pamjeffordsKim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights

Sep 14, 2021 • 13min
Spilling The Tea On HR Tech - The hottest deals & news on iCIMS, Paylocity, UKG & Microsoft
Send us a textIs iCIMS going public and planning a name-change? Does UKG’s latest acquisition mean they’re squaring off with Microsoft? Are U.S.-based multinational companies on the hunt for a better global payroll platform?On this episode of Spilling The Tea On HR Tech, industry experts and hosts, Stacey Harris and Kim Seals serve you a fresh brew of the hottest deals going down:
Talent cloud company iCIMS files for IPO
UKG is acquiring Great Places To Work
Paylocity acquires Blue Marble
Can't wait for the next cup? Follow the hosts for real-time tea:Stacey Harris – @StaceyHarrisHRKim Seals - @ksealsSapient Insights Group – @SapientInsights