PSHRA's Public Eye Podcast

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Episode 25: How People Analytics is Driving Performance at Public Sector Agencies Sep 19, 2023

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Jordan Katz, Head of Employee Experience (EX) Strategy, Public Sector at Qualtrics is responsible for the growth and performance of the Employee Experience business within their Public Sector unit. He joins us to discuss whether HR has gotten better at using people analytics to make them better at what they do, how public sector agencies brand themselves as a great place to work, how to measure engagement, and what insights HR can glean from the post-employment phase of an employee’s journey.

Episode 24: The Keys to Implementing a Successful Sick Leave Program Sep 12, 2023

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Ellie Voepel, Human Resources Director with the City of Garden City Kansas, joins us to discuss the keys to a successful sick leave donation program: what prompted them to implement one, the challenges along the way, the tangible benefits the organization realized, and what surprised her most about the experience.

Episode 23: What’s In the Public Eye: the hottest topics in Public HR with Editor Mark McGraw Sep 05, 2023

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Mark McGraw, the editor of Public Eye, PSHRA's bi-monthly digital magazine, and editor of PSHRA's weekly digital newsletter, Of Public Interest, joins us for a record-setting 4th time to discuss the contents of the latest August/September issue. Topics include AI’s impact on the workforce and its growing role (some surprising tidbits), what government agencies are doing to help employees maintain their mental health, and gender identity training. Mark also gives us a sneak preview of topics he’ll be covering in the next issue.

Episode 22: Workplace Wellness That Works Aug 29, 2023

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Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, international public speaker, and author of "Workplace Wellness That Works." Laura has worked with over 15,000 CEOs and managers to implement workplace well-being strategies. Our conversation centers on the five ways employers can prioritize their employees' well-being.

Episode 21: Lessons in Leadership: a Conversation with Public Sector HR Professional Sandie Coutts Aug 22, 2023

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Sandie Coutts is the Human Resources Director for the Jefferson Center for Mental Health. We speak about what brought her from the UK to the US in 2001, the lessons on leadership she took from the pandemic, and the lure that meaningful work has for today’s younger cohort entertaining a career in the private sector.

Episode 20: Empowering Women in HR: Taking Their Seat at the Head of the Table Aug 15, 2023

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Dr. Kelly Drummond is the Director of HR for the City of Knoxville (TN). Dr. Drummond brings over 30 years of experience in developing employee relationships, succession planning, and policy development. She joins us to discuss her “sustaining” model and how it can help female HR professionals get a seat at the table and ensure they have a valued voice at the table.

Episode 19: How Public Sector Agencies Should Prepare for the "Silver Tsunami" Aug 08, 2023

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Hank Kim is Executive Director and Counsel for NCPERS - the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems. We discuss what public agencies are doing regarding retirement planning, the challenges facing HR in light of the "silver tsunami," and whether pensions are the answer to the public sector worker shortage.

Episode 18: What Public Sector Agencies Need to Know to Prepare for Labor Strikes Aug 01, 2023

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Alexander Volberding is a Labor Relations Attorney at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore. He has spent much of his 15+ year career working for and on behalf of public agencies in the State of California. We discuss labor strikes in the public sector and what agencies need to know in order to be prepared.

Episode 17: Climbing the Leadership LADDER: developing "leadership capacity" using an evidence-based assessment/coaching system Jul 25, 2023

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Dr. Leslie Blanchard is executive director of the Leadership Development Institute at Louisiana State University. She joins us to discuss the LADDER assessment and coaching system she developed to help public sector employees - at all levels - develop "leadership capacity." Dr. Blanchard talks about adapting/evolving leadership skills to meet the changing needs and expectations of today's workforce. (LADDER stands for Leadership Alphabet of Disposition Development
Engagement and Reflection.)

Episode 16: The State of the State of Public Sector Workforces Jul 18, 2023

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Cara Woodson Welch, the executive director of PSHRA, and Gerald Young, Senior Analyst with Mission Square Research Institute, discuss the State and Local Workforce 2023 report, an annual survey of human resource professionals that tracks key challenges facing state and local governments in the recruitment and retention of talented employees and the strategies being employed to manage and compensate those staff (https://tinyurl.com/3e2zyh8h). They speak to the report’s most salient – in some cases, surprising – findings, and the implications for public sector agencies going forward.

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