PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 386 - Leadership Lessons from the Apollo Program

HR Happy Hour 386 - Leadership Lessons from the Apollo Program

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Dick Richardson

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Dick Richardson, Founder and CEO of Experience to Lead, a firm that offers unique, immersive experiences to improve the leadership skills of senior business executives. He is also the author of Apollo Leadership Lessons, a book on how the leadership and decison making processes of the legendary Apollo Space Program's leaders can be applied in business today, from the C-suite to the front line. Dick shared his insights on the Apollo program and how he and his firm create incredible leadership development and learning opportunties for companies and executives that combine amazing access to historical places and events with modern thinking about business, leadership, culture and more.

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Dick is one of our favorite guests we've had on in ages, I am sure you will enjoy the show.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 385 - The State of Recruiting in 2019

HR Happy Hour 385 - The State of Recruiting in 2019

Host: Steve Boese

Guest: Jim Stroud, Talent Acquisition Thought Leader

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by recruitment industry legend Jim Stroud, an expert in sourcing, recruiting, candidate attraction, branding and more to get the state of recruting in 2019 and the overall labor market and how that impacts organizations. Jim shared his insights on how the lack of candidates in particular industries like in trucking and in caregiving are impacting recruiting efforts for organizations in these fields. Jim also discussed how soft skills like empathy and interpersonal skills are increasingly important for candidates in almost all fields and especially for those in recruiting or who are aspiring to be in recruiting. Jim shared some tips for how to best improve and develop those skills as well. Finally, we talked about some of the newer tools and technologies that are emerging and evolving in recruiting in 2019 and beyond.

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This was a fun show, thanks so much to Jim for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 384 - The Critical Role of Managers in Employee Engagement

HR Happy Hour 384 - The Critical Role of Managers in Employee Engagement

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Jim Harter, Chief Workplace Scientist, Gallup

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Jim Harter to talk about Gallup's most recent research, it's largest workplace study to date, and how the job of management has probably never been more complex. Jim is the co-author of 'It's the Manager', a look at how the role of manager has changed, how it remains critically important for employee engagement and organizational success. Jim shared several interesting findings from the research and the book, which all managers and leaders should understand as their workplaces evolve.

Additionally, Trish shared her excitement with the recent St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup victory, Steve admitted he has not watched a hockey game in years, and we discussed whether or not it is ethical to A/B test management theories on your kids.

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This was a really interesting and fun conversation, thanks to Jim for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 383 - Improving Health and Wellbeing at Work and in the Community

HR Happy Hour 383 - Improving Health and Wellbeing at Work and in the Community

Hosts: Steve Boese

Guest: Tim State, Senior Vice President of Associate Health and Wellbeing, Humana

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Tim State of Humana, to talk about workplace health and employee wellbeing, and how Humana approaches wellbeing both inside their organization, and with the member organizations and employees they serve. Humana's 42K employees are focused on people, their wellbeing, and provides products and services to millions of people in the US and strives to help people reach their best health and life long wellbeing.

On the show Tim shared some of the innovative approaches they utilize with their associates - seeing wellbeing as a personal and individual journey to help each associate reach their wellbeing goals.At Humana they have developed a common language and mindset to holistic wellbeing, which has helped people understand their own journey. Their four dimensions of wellbeing - purpose, health, belonging, and security - which is the foundation of overall wellbeing have helped the organization define, program, measure, and improve wellbeing at work. Learn more about Humana here.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 382 - Workplace Learning in 2019

HR Happy Hour 382 - Workplace Learning in 2019

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Tanya Staples, Vice President of Learning Content, LinkedIn Learning

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show Trish and Steve were joined by Tanya Staples, Vice President of Learning Content, LinkedIn Learning to talk about learning in the workplace, advances in enterprise learning technology, and what HR and learning leaders should be thinking about and doing to help address the learning needs of their workforces. LinkedIn recently published their latest Workplace Learning Report, which takes a deep dive into the current state of enterprise learning, what are some of the key drivers of learning in the workplace today, and offers advice for HR and learning leaders to make their programs and efforts more effective.

It has perhaps never been a better time to be a learning leader, and the learning function in the enterprise is more important than ever - with skills development, career development, and upskilling all being on the top of the list of HR and talent management priorities in 2019 and beyond.

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This was a really interesting conversation about an important topic in HR, learning, and talent management, thanks so much to Tanya for joining us.

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