HRchat Podcast

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Why a Voice Culture is Essential to Employee Psychological Safety w/ Russell Robinson Jun 11, 2021

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In this HRchat, Bill talks with Russell Robinson, EdD, Founder at Amplified Research & Consulting and Senior Training & Engagement Advisor at the U.S. Federal Government.
Russell is an experienced Director of Organizational Development with a history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Employee Engagement, Empowerment, Change Management and Communications. He is a strong healthcare services professional with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) focused in Human Organizational Learning from The George Washington University.

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Recruitment Tech: Resume Parsing and Enrichment w/ Vinay Johar, RChilli Jun 10, 2021

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In this HRchat, we hear from Vinay Johar, CEO at RChilli, a tool for providing parsing, matching, and enrichment to recruitment management systems; making sure that resume data is captured, managed, and analyzed in proficient ways.
Vinay is a serial entrepreneur. Before RChilli, he ran a consultancy called e-Connoisseur Infotech Pvt. Ltd. which focused on product development outsourcing.
Typically, Rchilli's clients are ATS, job boards, and enterprises that require the ability to parse large amounts of resumes or jobs in a scalable manner. They need automated onboarding of candidates, and smarter matching and scoring systems to stay competitive in their markets.
So if you're looking for new tools and tactics to help you screen and engage the best candidates, keep listening to today's show!

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Training Teams w/ Louis Trahan, Learngistics Jun 08, 2021

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In this HRchat episode, we hear from Louis Trahan, Founder and Learning Advisor at Last Minute Training and Learngistics. The company helps HR professionals, IT departments, and Learning and Development teams find and book training for their teams. Last Minute Training has over featured 1,000s of publicly scheduled training classes from more than 100 of Canada's top training companies!
Questions include:

Supporting corporate learning has changed dramatically in the last year, how did Covid affect your clients and the ways you support them?
Delivering training virtual has become mainstream out of necessity, what did HR and Learning & Development have to do to deal with that.
Coming out of COVID what do you see happening with virtual training?
You see a lot of training being organized, what are some of the newest types of courses you see that are sought after?
You also help produce and manage virtual meetings and events. Tell us about that.
You also just launched a new SAAS product that streamlines training course procurement - tell us about that.

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Elevating Employee Wellbeing and Career Development w/ Phil Harrington and Dr. Spencer Niles, Kuder Jun 03, 2021

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In HRchat episode 301, we consider the tools and resources needed to ensure successful L&D and workforce planning initiatives. Listen as we also chat about what it takes for HR to foster an environment that successfully elevates employee wellbeing and career development.

Bill is joined this time by Phil Harrington, Chairman and CEO and Dr. Spencer Niles, Senior Vice President, Career Planning and Development at Kuder, a career guidance solutions provider. Dr. Niles is also is professor of counselor education and co-director of the THRIVE Research and Intervention Center at the William & Mary School of Education.

About Kuder
Kuder offers tools and resources for career planners at all life stages while supporting collaboration between education, business, and community stakeholders to drive economic success.
Designed by a panel of career development experts with backgrounds in psychology, education, and wellness, Kuder launched Hope Central™. The holistic system helps people cope with the emotional experience of unemployment while regaining personal and professional stability.
Learn more at kuder.com

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Episode 300: Remaining Resilient and Looking Ahead Jun 01, 2021

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We've reached HRchat episode 300! In the 299 episodes preceding this one, Bill Banham and guest hosts such as Tim Baker and Matt Burns have interviewed global experts, leaders, and those in the HR trenches.
Guests have been from brands such as NASA, SHRM, Government of Canada, Hacking HR, Ultimate Software, McLean & Company, RecruitingDaily, ADP, SAP, IBM, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Simon Sinek Inc, JDXpert, Constellation Research, Anchor HR, Unilever, JazzHR, Cegid, orgvue, Shopify, Culture Summit, DisruptHR, Talent Board, Virgin Pulse, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Coca-Cola Beverages Company.

In episode 200 we celebrated by inviting the awesome, entertaining and super popular Steve Browne back on the show.

100 episodes on from that chat with Steve Browne, we've all been through a grueling and challenging time.
For that reason, HRchat episode 300 is a medley of positive and constructive insights from a bunch of the guests featured between episodes 200 and 299.

Listen to extracts demonstrating powerful, inspiring views, experiences, and tips to help you remain resilient and come out of the crisis hopeful and better prepared for the changes ahead.

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Helping Organizations Get Clear About Their 'Why' w/ Andrew Blum, The Trium Group May 27, 2021

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In this HRchat, we delve into ways management consulting, coaching, and leadership development can inspire stakeholders and unlock the potential of systems to drive sustained breakthrough business performance.
Bill's guest in episode 298 is Andrew Blum, CEO and Managing Partner at The Trium Group, a management consulting firm that helps the world’s largest organizations plan and execute their most complex transformations involving strategy, leadership, and culture.
Andrew is a globally recognized thought leader, management consulting pioneer and sought-after C-Suite coach. He was recently named a "Top 25 Consultant" by Consulting Magazine. His mission is to change the world by changing the way business leaders think.
For nearly 30 years, he has led breakthrough engagements at many of the world’s top companies and scaling start-ups, including Activision, Cisco, UiPath, KPMG, Discord, Genentech, Robinhood, VMware, Warner Brothers, Zynga, and Nokia. He is known for his unique ability to powerfully collaborate with and unlock the potential of C-level executives and the teams they lead.

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Revitalizing Culture w/ Dr. Phillip Meade, Gallaher Edge May 25, 2021

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The last year has completely changed the workforce, especially as so many of us have transitioned to work from home and now are looking to transition back into the office. With so many changes in such a short time, it’s natural that organizational culture would falter.
Bill's guest is Dr. Phillip Meade, co-founder of Gallaher Edge. After the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia explosion, Dr. Meade was among those tasked with revitalizing the culture at the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Listen as Dr. Meade talks about why an effective culture is so vital to accomplishing overall business goals. His actions were directly connected to NASA’s return to space and in this discussion, Dr. Meade talks through some of the steps you and your leadership team can also take to put you organization-wide culture on the right trajectory.

Dr. Meade's new book, The Missing Links: Launching a High Performing Company Culture, will be available on Amazon from September 7, 2021.

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InnovateWork East Coast #6 Preview w/ Laura Tatham, Flipp May 24, 2021

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In this special episode of the pod, Bill Banham chats with InnovateWork East Coast co-host and panel moderator, Laura Tatham. Listen to this shorter-than-normal episode to get the lowdown on the speakers and format of the May 27th free online event.
Laura is also Career Development Manager at Flipp and Founder and Coach at Make Waves Coaching.
InnovateWork Speakers and Sessions:

Jennifer Bouyoukos, EVP, Global HR at Entertainment One - From Workaholic to Well-a-holic - We Have a New Hero
Russell Robinson, Founder at Amplified Research & Consulting - Why a Voice Culture is Needed More Than Ever For Psychological Safety
Rob Bromage, Founder and CEO at intelliHR - What People Metrics Do High-Performing Companies Share?
Lorena Pacheco Scott, Chief People Officer at CaseWare International - Culture Renovation vs Transformation? The Power of a Cultural Upgrade
Joelle Gargour, Pre-Sales Project Manager at Cegid - Tech to Track Needs of Employees

Check out the full agenda and register here: innovatework.co/east-coast-may-27-2021/

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Why Organizational Planning and Analysis Are So Important w/ Rupert Morrison, orgvue May 21, 2021

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Why is organizational planning and analysis important? Well, most organizations don’t remain the same. Rather, they continuously evolve, and constantly need shaping and finessing in order to perform. Research from orgvue and CEBR found that companies that invest in organizational planning and analysis have a 2x increase in productivity growth. For the U.S. economy; that's potentially worth $100 billion!

But, the current method of organizational design is falling behind the needs of the modern-day workplace. They struggle to understand where they are, let alone their plans and aspirations for the future. Most organizations invest 90-100% of HR resources in operations and only 10% in data and planning. Furthermore, most CEOs make no decisions based off HR data.

Today's guest believes "this needs to change if organizations want to be forward-proof and prosperous".
Rupert Morrison is CEO of orgvue, a global HR and organizational planning company that believes that the brightest business leaders need to "design for disruption and turn it into a competitive advantage".
More About Rupert Morrison

Rupert is an economist, recognized author and leader in organization design, human capital management and analytics. His book Data-Driven Organization Design has been shortlisted for the ‘Management Book of the Year Award’ by the Chartered Management Institute and The British Library.

He started his career as a sheep farmer in New Zealand, went on to be a management consultant (for over a decade) and later founded orgvue, whose clients include: TESCO, FEDEX and Johnson & Johnson.

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Taking L&D Strategy to the Next Level w/ Alex Tosovic, AIHR May 20, 2021

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In episode 299, we discuss how companies can shift their L&D strategy to one that's 'fully digital'. We will also be discussing how this shift can help close the growing skills gap facing many organizations.

Bill's guest is Alex Tosovic, L&D Expert and Head of Product at the Academy to Innovate HR.

Having worked in various L&D roles at a number of global organizations, Alex has now shifted to leading the product development at AIHR. He has a passion for digital learning. In particular how digital can be used to help behavioral change through experiential learning.
Want to learn more? Check out HRchat #238 with Erik van Vulpen, Founder of the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR): hr-gazette.com/hrchat-interview-with-erik-van-vulpen-why-you-need-to-upskill-your-hr-team

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