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HR Happy Hour 444 - Sustaining Innovation in the Modern HR Function Sep 15, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 444 - Sustaining Innovation in the Modern HR Function Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Melissa Harper, Senior Vice President of HR Innovations, Bayer This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker This episode of the HR Happy Hour is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. The fourth annual 2020 Paychex Pulse of HR Survey provides an in-depth look at how HR professionals are contributing to the success of the companies they serve, go to paychex.com/pulse2020 today to download your copy of the 2020 Paychex Pulse of HR Survey report. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Melissa Harper from Bayer, a global life science company with over 100K employees in over 100 countries to talk about innovation in HR and how to keep your employees engaged during a tough operating environment. Melissa shared how Bayer HR supports the global workforce by listening to employees as they craft the “Next Normal” - encompassing decision making, personalization, and engaging employees in creating the way forward. Additionally, Melissa shared the makeup of the Bayer HR innovation function, and some of the roles and skills that encompass HR innovation and modern HR. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Melissa for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 443 - Inclusion: More Than a Buzz Word (Part 2) Sep 08, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 443 Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform. This week on the HR Happy Hour, we are sharing part 2 of a conversation with Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney. On the show, we talked about how podcasting can grow your audience, as well as the issues that affect diversity in the workplace. We also discussed the upcoming HROI Summit and ways you can be involved. Check it out! Thank you, Sarah, for a great show! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 442- Learning Along the Digital Journey with Honeywell Sep 03, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 442- Learning Along the Digital Journey with Honeywell Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Mark Burgess Sr. Director, HR Technology Solutions at Honeywell Sponsored by Oracle Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and was joined by Mark Burgess, Sr. Director of HR Technology Solutions at Honeywell. The episode was recorded at Oracle Open World 2019. On the show, Mark shared how Honeywell approached and planned for their digital journey. He shared insights they gained from having clean, contextualized data. He detailed many of the steps they made, and continue to make, with Oracle as they transform to the Cloud. They are now branching out into using the ODA (Oracle Digital Assistant) and plan to have all 120K employees using it in 2021. Mark talks about the importance of natural language processing, how to hire for AI data roles, benefits of a digital assistant, and more! This was a fun and interesting show, thanks so much Mark for joining me. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show wherever you get your podcasts. And add the HR Happy Hour Show to your Amazon Echo device's Daily Flash Briefing - just search for the HR Happy Hour skill on your Alexa app.

HR Happy Hour 441 - Inclusion: More Than a Buzz Word Sep 01, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 441 - Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform. This week on the HR Happy Hour, we are sharing part 1 of a conversation with Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney. On the show, we talked about the effect of social media on the path of an HR professional, as well as how to navigate the space as an introvert. We also discussed ways to engage in your work community during the pandemic and how many positives have emerged during this time. Next week, stay tuned for part 2 of this engaging conversation! Thank you, Sarah, for a great show! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 440 - The Impact of Coronavirus on HR and the New Normal of Work Aug 21, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 440 - The Impact of Coronavirus on HR and the New Normal of Work Hosts: Steve Boese Guests: Jeanne Meister, Managing Partner, Future Workplace; Alison Stevens, Director of HR Services, Paychex This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we are sharing a conversation with Jeanne Meister of Future Workplace and Alison Stevens from Paychex from a recent Human Resource Executive Ask HRE Live Stream hosted by Steve. On the show, we talked about how the ongoing Coronavirus crisis has challenged and stretched HR leaders, how organizations continue to adapt to this new normal, and how HR may evolve in the future, touching on Jeanne’s “HR Jobs of the Future” research. This was a really interesting show, thanks Jeanne and Alison and to our friends at HR Executive. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 439 - Leadership Lessons from Gettysburg Aug 13, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 439 - Leadership Lessons from Gettysburg Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Dick Richardson Co-founder & CEO, Experience to Lead; Rebecca Ray, Executive Vice President Human Capital, The Conference Board This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Dick Richardson and Rebecca Ray to talk about the Gettysburg Leadership Experience, an amazing experiential learning experience for leaders and teams, some of the important lessons about leadership that we can learn from the actual Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and how they can apply to our careers and organizations today. This was such a fun discussion on a subject all four of us are super passionate about. Learn more about the Gettysburg Leadership Experience here. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Dick and Rebecca for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

HR Happy Hour 438 - Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: Everest Aug 05, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 438 - Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: Everest Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Cecile Alper-Leroux, VP Products & Innovation, Ultimate Software This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by long time friend of the show Cecile Alper-Leroux to talk about the 2015 movie “Everest” in the return of the Workplace Movie Hall of Fame series. We dug into the many workplace, team dynamics, and leadership issues raised in “Everest” as well as some of the learning and development experiences from Cecile’s mountain adventures around the world. Additionally, we talked about our favorite “ologies” - listen in to see what we picked! This was a really interesting show, thanks to Cecile for joining us! Learn more about “Everest” here. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 437 - Communication and Workforce Engagement During a Crisis Jul 28, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 437 - Communication and Workforce Engagement During a Crisis Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Regine Buettner, Global SVP of HR, DHL Express This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Regine Buettner of DHL Express, a global company with presence in 220 countries and 104K employees, to discuss the importance of focusing on employee communication during a crisis and working to make sure the front-line workforce feels safe and informed. Regine also shared her ideas on how leadership needs to adapt when times are challenging, and how HR and business leaders need to continue to focus on employee recognition and shared purpose throughout the organization. Additionally, we talked about our preferred apps for listening to podcasts, and some of our favorite non-HR podcasts. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Regine for joining us! Learn more about DHL Express here Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

Radical Research 5 - Improving Quality of Hire through Recruiting Enablement Jul 23, 2020

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Host: Madeline Laurano Guest: Jeanette Leeds Maister During this episode of Radical Research, Madeline Laurano talks with Jeanette Leeds Maister, Head of America’s at Oleeo, about how recruiting enablement and automation gives companies the tools they need to be more efficient and improve quality of hire- especially during today’s uncertainty. They also talk about the challenges companies are facing today in talent acquisition, the challenge of working with kids home for the summer, and how one company used the word “strong” twelve times on a job description.

HR Happy Hour 436 - Enabling Virtual Hiring with Modern HR Technology Jul 21, 2020

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HR Happy Hour 436 - Enabling Virtual Hiring with Modern HR Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Vivek Ravisankar, CEO & Co-Founder, HackerRank This episode of Happy Hour is made possible by Workhuman®, now introducing Moodtracker™, a FREE modern Voice of the Employee tool built by data scientists, making it fast, easy, and actionable to get to the heart of organizational issues. Learn more at workhuman.com/moodtracker And thanks to Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Paychex also hosts The HR Leadership Series podcast that provides insights around the latest trends in our profession, and it features a variety of expert guests and influencers, including the both of us! You can listen and subscribe at paychex.com/podcasts, or look for them on your favorite podcast platform This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Vivek Ravisankar from HackerRank to discuss the rapid shift to 100% virtual hiring, how modern HR technology tools can support HR and TA leaders with fully remote hiring, and how remote work will enable many more companies to build deep and diverse teams and reduce bias. Vivek also shared his best tips and ideas for making better technical hires, especially for HR leaders who may not be tech experts themselves. Additionally, we talked about our favorite junk foods that we still admit to eating. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Vivek for joining us! Learn more about HackerRank.. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

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