PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 410 - Supporting Employees with Autoimmune Disease

HR Happy Hour 410 - Supporting Employees with Autoimmune Disease

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest Holly Bertone, Founder & CEO, Pink Fortitude

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Holly Bertone, Founder and CEO of Pink Fortitude, who is also the author of “Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce Stress”, the first book to educate others on autoimmune disease as a legal disability in the workplace.

Holly shared insights on autoimmune disease, its prevalence among the US population, the challenges that people who have autoimmune diseases experience with work, and some of the ways that employers can better support and accommodate people with these conditions.  

Holly also discussed the importance of understanding these conditions, how they often can be unpredictable in their manifestation, and how flexibility in work schedules is an important consideration for people with autoimmune diseases. Finally, Holly shared her insights and advice for both employees who are wrestling with these issues and how employers and HR leaders can continue to improve how they help and support their workforces.

Additionally, we talked about recording the podcast early in the morning, the benefits of working in HR in a chocolate factory, and more.

You can listen to the show on the show page HERE, on your favorite podcast app, or by using the widget player below:

Learn more about the Pink Fortitude here. And connect with Holly on LinkedIn here.

This was a really interesting show, thanks to Holly for joining us!

PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 409 - Insights into Development and Investing in Ourselves

HR Happy Hour 409 - Insights into Development and Investing in Ourselves

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Ben Brooks, Founder & CEO, Pilot

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of Pilot, an innovative software-based coaching platform for the enterprise and the winner of the HR Tech Conference 2019 Pitchfest. 

Ben shared insights on how he and his team at Pilot are making coaching and development more accessible, more timely, and more beneficial to employees, managers, and teams. Ben shared also how often it is the most successful and highest performers are least likely to seek coaching and development and offered some ideas and strategies to encourage these employees to find and make time for development and how organizations can support these efforts.

Ben also talked about the importance and practical challenges of bringing more of your whole self to the workplace, and how being even a little more open, curious, and interested in each of our colleagues as real people can bring valuable benefits to ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Additionally, we talked about “Blue Monday”, the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, Steve was crabby about the weather (surprise), and the importance of curiosity - both about the world outside of our day to day roles, as well as curiosity about ourselves.

You can listen to the show on the show page HERE, on your favorite podcast app, or by using the widget player below:

Learn more about the Pilot here. And connect with Ben on LinkedIn here.

This was a really fun show, thanks to Ben for joining us!

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PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 408 - SHRM People Analytics and HR for the Startup Organization

HR Happy Hour 408 - SHRM People Analytics and HR for the Startup Organization

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Joey Price

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show recorded live from the SHRM People Analytics Conference in Seattle, Steve and Trish were joined by Joey Price, Founder of JumpStart HR to talk about the event, about people analytics in HR and some of the issues and challenges, as well as Joey's role as an HR advisor to startup and small businesses.

On the show, Joey shared some of the common issues and challenges he encounters when helping startups and small businesses with their HR needs, how small businesses are thinking about HR differently, and gave some insights as to where HR for small businesses might be going.

Additionally, we talked about the People Analytics event, speculated (some), on how personal work history and information may be changing and be impacted by new tech like Blockchain, the connection between sports performance and workplace performance, (including a Moneyball reset), and more. And Steve shared a very important tip about naming a new baby - you can learn more about that here.

You can listen to the show on the show page HERE, on your favorite podcast app, or by using the widget player below:

This was a really fun show, thanks Joey for joining us! And thanks to SHRM for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event.

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PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 407 - Unlocking the Potential in Your Workforce #HRHappyHour

HR Happy Hour 407 - Unlocking the Potential in Your Workforce

Host: Steve Boese

Guest: Nishika de Rosairo, CEO & Founder, Experiential Insight

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Nishika de Rosairo, CEO & Founder of Experiential Insight to talk about how organizations can think about addressing the skills and capability gaps in their workforces, and how to work towards unlocking people's potential in the workplace. Nishika is extremely curious about people, and passionate about their development, and she has dedicated her journey to helping people unlock their potential and helping their organizations succeed.

On the show, Nishika talked about her view on how work and workplaces are changing, and how people in the workplace have changing needs as well - searching for more meaning and belonging at work. Preparing people for the workplace of the future is not just about arming them with the latest set of technical skills, it is equally about helping them to adapt, be tolerant of ambiguity, and be open to embrace change. Nishika talked about how organizations can better adapt their own approaches to training and development to help employees navigate these changes and challenges. Nishika also talked about how their organization, Experiential Insight, helps groups of leaders in an organization grow and develop and transform in order to realize their potential.

You can listen to the show on the show page HERE, on your favorite podcast app, or by using the widget player below:

This was a really fun conversation, thanks so much to Nishika for joining us!

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PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 406 - HR Happy New Year 2020 - #HRHappyHour

HR Happy Hour 406 - HR Happy New Year 2020

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

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This week on a special LIVE epsiode of the HR Happy Hour Show to kick off 2020, Steve and Trish will talk all things New Year 2020 - the Rose Parade, the Pantone Color of the Year, a preview of the Oscars race and more. Additionally, we will do a review of 2019 and of the 2010s overall - what were the highlights and important developments and moments in HR, HR tech, work as well as in popular culture, sports, and even for us personally and professionally.

You can listen to the show on the show page HERE, on your favorite podcast app, or by using the widget player below:

This was a fun way to launch the New Year on the HR Happy Hour Show and we hope you can join us.

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