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#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), with the #TChat Twitter chat right after from 7-8 pm ET.   Last week we talked about taking entrepreneurship inside organizations, and this week, in honor of Labor Day, we're going to talk about how the front end affects the long run.   What you ask? Recruiting is marketing. Simple as that. The recruiting process contributes greatly to employee engagement, productivity, retention and improved employment brand.    Fact is, first impressions truly do make a difference and the level of accuracy, transparency, and measuring the right "marketing" metrics during the recruiting process contributes greatly to how an employee views the company, the job and their role in the organization and sets the tone of the entire employment relationship.    Recruiting is marketing -- accuracy, transparency and data can make all the difference!   Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests: David Bernstein, Vice President of the "Big Data for HR" Division at eQuest, and Chris Fields, an HR consultant, expert resume writer and HR content writer.   This will be another important show about making and measuring recruiting magic, so join us.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), with the #TChat Twitter chat right after from 7-8 pm ET.   Last week we talked about workplace flexibility as a business strategy, and this week we're going to talk about how "go-givers" far and wide make businesses grow in today's economy, and then some. These are the "intrapraneurs" if you will -- those who look inside and then elevate others -- which makes for a much better business strategy than you'd think.   You may have heard the following mantra in various iterations, including literally from this week's guest:   “All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.”   Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Bob Burg, a sought-after speaker and supporter of the free enterprise system and an empathic world of work, as well as the bestselling author of Endless Referrals and The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann).  This will be another important business show for us all, so be a go-giver and join us.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET.   Last week we talked about workplace innovation and how we can fuse disruption and adoption. This week we're going to talk about the growing number of professionals who telecommute and work from home — and who get the work done - another form of evolving workplace innovation.   Progressive companies today emphasize work-life fit (not balance, thank you) that includes some form of workplace flexibility as a “business strategy,” not an employee benefit. Workplace flexibility has been shown to reduce absenteeism, turnover, real estate costs, utilities and other expenses, while in the same breath improving attracting and retaining talent, employee engagement, productivity and much more.   Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests: Lisa Horn, Co-Leader of SHRM’s Workplace Flexibility Initiative and a SHRM Senior Government Relations Advisor, and Susan Lovegren, SVP of HR at Plantronics, a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers that recently launched their Smarter Working initiative.    This will be another important show for us all, so talk about changing the corporate mindset of clocking time in a cubicle.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET.   Last week we talked about the ingenious super heroes within all of us -- complete with Star Wars, Brady Bunch and MacGyver references.   This week we're going to try and bridge the elusive gap between ingenuity, intrinsic motivation, employee engagement, workplace software adoption and the disruptive technologies of today that supposedly enable all of the above.   According to this week's guest, disruptive workplace technologies are not new, but the impact they can have in business (and do) is something that enterprises can no longer ignore. This includes social collaboration, social learning, video technologies, gamification, 3D printing and so much more -- but the keys are the adoption and business outcomes.   Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Jim Lundy, CEO and Lead Analyst at Aragon Research Inc., a leading technology research firm.    This will be another important show for us all, so let's fuse world of work disruption and adoption. In a good way.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET.  Luke: I can’t believe it.  Yoda: That is why you fail.   Many of us remember this "Star Wars" scene. Fact is, in our world, the positive power of the "workforce culture" is within us all, yet according to dismal engagement surveys, no one believes it. That is why we fail.   Last week we talked about why collaboration today leads to successful tomorrows, and this week we're going to discuss identifying the capabilities inside each person, and the organization as a whole, that you may not even know exists, yet can be accessed easily to transform culture and attract and retain talent.    The sixth sense ability is something organizations long for, to look inside themselves, to listen to themselves and each other, to encourage their workforce to reflect and create -- and grow strong individually and together.   Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Marcia Conner, Principal of the SensifyGroup, collaborative learning thought leader and author.    Her new book, Enginuity, will be out early next year and touches on the topic above. In it Marcia demonstrates the 5 keys to revving up your ingenuity engine to find that hero inside of you, ready to look in, get out, and save the day.   This will be another important show for us all -- may the "workforce" be with you.

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET.   Even though we didn't have a radio show last week, we still had a powerhouse crowdsourced #TChat.    Segue -- according to this week's #TChat Radio guest, "Collaboration and cooperation are the only way to succeed today. It’s how we scale."   And with U.S. companies spending 39 percent more on social learning in 2012 than they did the year before according to Bersin by Deloitte, we'll discuss why this is all so critical for personal and professional growth and success.    With an explosive demand for social learning, formal and informal knowledge sharing, and increased collaboration, employers are finding new ways to enrich people’s careers, foster their engagement and retain them at the company.    Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Nick Kellet, social collaboration proponent and co-founder of List.ly, a service that curates the Web's best social lists.   This will be another important show for us all, so we hope to "hear" you here!  **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers. Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new and live this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Remember, the #TChat Twitter chat will follow from 7-8 pm ET.    We went from the big data show to July 4th and now we're back with the big summer social boom.   The social boom of being hyper-connected digitally professionally and personally, yet disrupted and starved for quality "face time" with family, friends and colleagues.    A billion work emails later and how productive are we? Add in your social footprints and what's truly the best way to interact with one another? Forget work-life balance. We're just looking for the right fit.    Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests: Judy Martin RYT, work-stress management consultant, speaker, author and founder of WorkLifeNation.com -- and Heidi Hanna PhD, health and performance coach, speaker, author and founder of SYNERGY.   This is another important show for us all, so we hope to see you here!  **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers. Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new, live, Wed June 26, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY/TIME -- just prior to our popular Wednesday #TChat Twitter chat, from 7-8 pm ET. Join us for both events!   Big data is a big deal for HR and yet shouldn't be daunting. It's all about measuring AND forecasting specific business analytics, from recruiting to outplacement and in between.    Organizations need regular access to workforce metrics that provide actionable information and insight. Data should be fluid across systems while being able to “crunch the business” with a variety of sound snapshot and predictive analytics for HR needs, including: Talent Pool Viability Skills + Competency Analysis Hire Quality + Cultural Fit Employee + Contingent Engagement Hiring vs. Workforce Development Workforce Growth Rates + Costs Talent Retention + Turnover Overall Business Impact Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome guests: Christene Pantalone, Manager of HR Analytics at Highmark, and Andrew Courtois, Workforce Analytics Consultant at Peoplefluent.   This will be "big deal" show, so we hope to see you here!  **A special thank you to our "world of work" partner Achievers.Learn more here!

#TChat Radio is all new on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at 7:30 pm ET (4:30 pm PT). "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." --George S. Patton  Even though General Patton (think WWII) was considered a stubborn, hard-ass of a leader, he certainly had the right ideas about getting people motivated and innovative to take ownership over their development.   Today, even the toughest of leaders are encouraged to show their softer, open side -- and they're the ones win the hearts and minds.    When leaders are more open, harmonious and connected to those they lead, even the most mundane of tasks are also executed with harmony between all parties regardless of rank. This kind of leadership generates higher levels of engagement, productivity and business results.    Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman welcome this week's guest, Dan Pontefract, Senior Director, Learning & Collaboration at Telus and author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization.   This will be another great "open leadership" show, so we hope to see you here!  **SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re thrilled to announce our first “world of work” partnership — with Achievers. Read about it here!