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How Enterprise-Level Organizations Can Leverage the Contingent Workforce w/ Hans Dau, MMG Apr 23, 2021

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The contingent workforce industry represents over $4.5 trillion in annual spend globally. With double-digit percentage of waste every year, it is one of the largest spend optimization opportunities across the enterprise.
In this episode, we discuss the rise and rise of the contingent workforce and ways to help bigger businesses get it right. Our guest is Hans Dau, CEO of The Mitchell Madison Group (MMG), a global management consulting firm focused on improving financial and operating performance for large companies.
Over his 25-year consulting career, Hans has served C-level executives of large public companies, private equity firms, and other public and private institutions. He has worked in North America, Europe, and Asia with a focus on devising creative solutions for complex issues and unlocking economic value for his clients and their shareholders.
Recently, MMG announced a partnership with PRO Unlimited, the modern workforce management solutions provider and we'll chat about what that means for the two firms and their customers in today's chat. Learn more: https://www.businesswire.com/news/beverlyhillschamber/20210330005346/en

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Employee Experience and Communication Through Crisis w/ Chris Lee, Gallagher Apr 22, 2021

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While in some places around the world there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, for numerous others, the Covid restrictions very much continue to impact their family and work lives on a daily basis.

Bill's returning guest is Chris Lee, VP of Communications at Gallagher. In addition to working with employers across Canada on their employee communication strategies, Chris Lee is a board director, mentor, speaker, and long-time friend of The HR Gazette.
Listen as we discuss supporting employees and providing a first-rate employee experience during tough times. Hear too, about ways to imbed successful multi-channel communications strategies within your organization.
According to Gallagher’s 2021 State of the Sector report, 33 percent of employers are discussing employee experience as a clear mandate at the C-suite level. The report also reveals that many employers have significantly increased other digital communications channels and internal collaboration tools over the previous year. If your company hasn’t already explored those options, it’s a good time to start!
Hopefully, soon, we'll all be through these dark days. For companies to keep their best people after the worst of the Covid crisis passes, organizations need to demonstrate that they can provide an excellent employee experience and powerful avenues of communication. A big part of this is support for mental and physical wellbeing. "By taking advantage of every touchpoint to remind employees of your well-being program, they will have a greater appreciation of your investment in them", says Chris.
Check out Chris's other appearance on HRchat here.
We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.

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Traditional Leadership is Dead w/ David Sturt, O.C. Tanner Apr 20, 2021

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In this HRchat interview, we delve into practical, research-based advice on how to create a culture by design. Bill Banham's guest is David Sturt, Executive Vice President at O.C. Tanner, a $500+ million global recognition and workplace culture company offering a suite of employee experience apps and solutions that connect people to purpose, accomplishment, and one another.
Listen and learn why traditional ways of managing have finally been put to rest as a result of the Covid crisis, and how forward-thinking leaders can co-create thriving workplace cultures through powerful, meaningful micro-experiences.
More About David Sturt
In addition to his role at O.C. Tanner, David is the New York Times bestselling author of Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love, and Appreciate: Celebrate People, Inspire Results.
His work and interviews have been published in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and NPR, and he co-authors a weekly leadership column on Forbes.com. David has spoken at TEDx, and to over 30,000 business leaders at conferences and companies all over the world.

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How Total Rewards Data Can Help Get Your Business Through the Crisis w/ Ken Charman, uFlexReward Apr 16, 2021

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In this HRchat interview, we talk about why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 as we consider some recent findings that suggest a new focus needs to be given to the roll-out of automation and digitization of reward management.
Bill's guest this time is Ken Charman, CEO at uFlexReward, an HR and rewards data platform that collates all costs to do with employees (salary, pension, bonus, shares, etc) into one real-time platform.
uFlexReward recently published the results of the uFlexReward Digital Reward survey. The poll had responses from 30 key companies across various industries such as Engineering, Oil & Gas, and Healthcare. Findings include the suggestion that 73% of companies calculated pay equity without including all categories of reward, and the majority of respondents said their companies only generate pay equity data once a year.

Listen and learn:

Why is Total Rewards data especially critical right now for organizations trying to get out the other side of Covid-19?
How has calculating pay equity been made more complicated as a result of covid and blended/hybrid workforces and what do your findings suggest?
Why are traditional fixed salary and one-size-fits-all benefits packages archaic?

Want to learn more? You can hear from Ken and Peter Newhouse, Global Head of Reward at Unilever in episode 198. In that conversation, we focus on why total reward data is an important resource for organizations trying to respond to the impact of Covid-19 in ways that allow for the retention of employees.

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How the Pandemic Shook Up the HR Function w/ Pauline James, Anchor HR Apr 15, 2021

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In HRchat episode 280 we talk about how the goals and operations of HR departments changed as a result of the pandemic. We'll also look at ways working from home caused challenges to hiring and onboarding processes.

Bill's guest this time is Pauline James, Founder and CEO of Anchor HR Services, a firm on a mission to help organizations with implementing the solutions required to drive a great employee experience and business results during changing times.
Listen and get Pauline's take on:

How has the challenge of assessing organizational gaps and needs changed since the outbreak of Covid?
What are some of the unique obstacles (and opportunities) of trying to onboard someone in a fully remote way?
What are businesses doing right to retain as many employees as possible and pivot in order to come through the other end of the Covid crisis strong, nimble, and ready to hire again?
Anchor HR recently celebrated it's 5 year anniversary. Tell me about producing and hosting the Resiliency Re-imagined virtual conference in Q1 of 2021 to celebrate the milestone.
Looking forward - beyond the current mire we're all in - what are you hoping to see, and to support, in organizations?

More About Pauline James
Prior to launching Anchor HR, Pauline held a number of senior positions and led employee relations and labor relations in the Canadian market with large national organizations. She has supported small independent units and large complex divisions in identifying barriers to employee engagement and performance. Her track record includes working with Operations and HR divisions to build effective and sustainable programs, tailored to their needs.
We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.

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Creating and Maintaining a Company Culture That Rocks w/ Jim Knight, Knight Speaker Apr 13, 2021

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In this HRchat episode, we consider how to create and maintain a company culture that rocks. Bill's guest this time is Jim Knight, keynote speaker, facilitator, Founder at Knight Speaker, and influencer in the culture space.
A training and development veteran of 30+ years, Jim facilitates on a variety of topics, including amping up organizational culture, world-class differentiated service, building rock star teams and leadership.
Along with his business partner, Brant Menswar, Jim hosts a weekly leadership podcast called Thoughts That Rock, which includes a rock star guest and presents 2 life-changing pieces of advice in 30 minutes. Jim and Brant offer a leadership training program called, Certified Rock Star, as an 'edu-taining', Rock ‘n Roll inspired experience for leaders looking to amp up their business in a variety of areas.

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Data Security and Ways HR Can Mitigate Risks w/ Wesley Mullins, deepwatch Apr 09, 2021

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Data integration and the future of the cloud is a critical cybersecurity conversation HR and leaders need to have. According to Gartner, by 2024, 30% of digital businesses will mandate DNA storage trials, addressing the exponential growth of data poised to overwhelm existing storage technology. People are collecting exponential amounts of data, significantly more than ever collected before.
With an increase in security perimeters transitioning to a borderless enterprise model, the security conversation must be centered on data ingestion integrating fully with the cloud. Cloud-first networks and the role of security in a hybrid, multi-cloud world show we have a moment to take the current tech conversation beyond traditional cybersecurity strategies.
So what do managers and HR pros need to know about corporate data security? Listen to this interview to find out!
Our guest this time is Wesley Mullins, CIO & CISO at deepwatch, a company that delivers results-driven managed security services by extending customers’ cybersecurity teams. Wesley is responsible for Security, Risk & Compliance across deepwatch, as well as back-office systems and all customer-facing platforms used to deliver their service. He has been in IT for close to 20 years, starting out as a developer, moving into networking, and eventually landing in cyber around 15 years ago. Before joining deepwatch he was the VP of Global Cyber at Nielsen and prior to that held various roles at PwC, & TECO Energy.

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How the Pandemic Forced HR Tech Vendors to Adapt w/ Ray Wang, Constellation Research Apr 08, 2021

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In HRchat episode 277, we consider a software insider’s point of view on how to get from concept to commercialization. Listen too, as we consider how has the pandemic has forced tech vendors, vying to get business with enterprise-level clients, to adapt.
Bill's guest this time is Ray Wang, Principal Analyst & Founder at Constellation Research.
Ray is a keynote speaker, research analyst, futurist, and industry commentator. Ray has appeared in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, FoxBusiness, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, CGTN, Tech Crunch, ZDNet, and Fortune.
He's the co-host and co-founder of the widely watched DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast. As a leading futurist and authority on business transformation and technology, he’s also the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View”.
Ray has held executive roles at institutions such as Forrester Research, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He's also the author of a best-selling book, Disrupting Digital Business, published by Harvard Business Review Press.

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Giving Employees Access to Critical Workplace Learning w/ Alexandra Connell, Pluma Apr 06, 2021

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Businesses can’t afford to put capability building on hold during the pandemic. Whether the effort is reskilling at the business-unit level or a company-wide aspirational transformation, companies can’t just hit the pause button on critical workplace learning.
Digital and virtual learning programs were already on the rise before COVID-19 struck, and, as a result of Covid restrictions, we've seen a big jump in the adoption of e-learning programs.
Beyond tactical steps, there are strategic measures, such as exploring alternative digital learning strategies, that managers can develop during this time of social distancing. And the stronger learning capabilities that emerge will stand as a positive long-term outcome from this current difficult period.
In this HRchat episode, Bill is joined by Alexandra Connell, co-founder of Pluma, the first customizable platform for online and group coaching.
Pluma’s professional development and online coaching program have helped a variety of big-name brands such as Sephora and Dropbox by pairing employees of all levels 1:1 with a leadership coach. Learn more: pluma.co

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How to Have More Fun at Work w/ Gary Ware, Breakthrough Play Apr 01, 2021

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In this lighthearted HRchat episode, we embrace the essence of April Fool's Day by having some fun and talking about the power of play in the workplace.
Our guest is Gary Ware, TEDx Speaker, Facilitator, Coach, and Founder at Breakthrough Play. Gary Ware is a self-proclaimed creativity catalyst helping people reach their potential using the power of play. A sought-after facilitator, TEDx speaker, and Founder of Breakthrough Play, Gary combines his passion for improv theatre with over a decade of experience in the advertising industry specializing in digital marketing to help creative professionals develop deeper relationships to drive performance.
Gary’s obsession with learning how to use play as a transformational tool led to his own transformation, moving him out of digital marketing into a world of transformation to help people improve their business, relationships, and life.
With a belief that humans are wired for play and if you can tap into their play drive you can create magic, Gary and his team deliver training and retreats for organizations to help them increase psychological safety, reduce voluntary turnover and increase job satisfaction.
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