PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 363 - Business Transformation and Diversity & Inclusion

HR Happy Hour 363 - Business Transformation and Diversity & Inclusion 

Host: Steve Boese

Guest: Melissa Whiting, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Philip Morris International

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Melissa Whiting, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Philip Morris International to talk about the major business transformation happening at the global organization with over 75,000 employees, how PMI's Diversity & Inclusion efforts are contributing to the success of these transformation efforts, and how the D&I role has to be emphasized and valued at organizations of any size.

Melissa also shared how PMI has become the first large, global organization to achieve the Global Equal Salary certification - and how that illustrates the company's commitment to fairness and equality in the workplace. She shared what this certification entails, the rigorous and independent nature of the review process, and the value of achieving the certification for the organization and its employees.

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This was an interesting and engaging conversation on diversity and inclusion from one of the world's largest and well-known organizations. Thanks very much to Melissa for joining us. Learn more about PMI's 'Project 42' that we talked about on the show HERE.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 362 - Careers and Learning for the 21st Century

HR Happy Hour 362 - Careers and Learning for the 21st Century

Host: Steve Boese

Guest: Heidt Soltis-Berner, Managing Director, Deloitte University

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Heidi Soltis-Berner, Managing Director at Deloitte University to discuss training and development, careers, and more - with a focus on the skills needed to succeed now and in the future.

On the show, Heidi shared the vision for Deloitte University, the importance of making a commitment to learning at all levels of the organization, as well as how the fast pace of how work and workplaces are changing and evolving are challenging people and organizations to keep up.

We also talked about how organizations need to adopt programs, training approaches, and technologies to best attract, engage, and retain the newest generation of the workforce.

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This was a really fun and interesting conversation, thanks Heidi for joining us. Find the Deloitte 'Explore Your Fit' resource that we talked about here.

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PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 361 - Insights on Moving HR Systems to the Cloud

HR Happy Hour 361 - Insights on Moving HR Systems to the Cloud

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Nickoria Johnson, Alliance Data Systems

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Nickoria Johnson from Alliance Data Systems to learn more about their journey to migrate their HR systems to the cloud and what other organizations can learn from their journey.

Alliance is a lot alike many other organizations, they had a wide variety of HR and talent systems in place, a history of building custom solutions to meet very specific business needs, but also with the need to update and modernize the solutions that were needed to effectively manage business operations and provide a great expererience for their employees.

Nickoria shared how Alliance made the transition to the Cloud, the key considerations along the way, and the positive results and outcomes the organization has seen since the transition to the Cloud has been completed.

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This was a really interesting and informative show, thanks Nickoria for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 360 - Creating a More Inclusive Workplace

HR Happy Hour 360 - Creating a More Inclusive Workplace

Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese

Guest: Dr. Laura Hamill, Chief People Officer and Chief Science Officer, Limeade

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Dr. Laura Hamill of Limeade to talk about inclusion in the workplace, how it is different from diversity, and how organizations can become more inclusive.On the show, Laura shared her definition of inclusion, how it differs from diversity, even though the two ideas are almost always paired, and how inclusion needs to be something that organizations keep top of mind. 

Laura also shared some of the findings from research from the Limeade Institute on how it is the behavior of peers that matters in the workplace when it comes to worker's feelings of inclusion and this is where many organizations fall short. We also touched upon the difference between being truly inclusive and just being 'nice' in the workplace. Finally, Laura shared some ideas on how inclusion needs to fit into a holistic wellbeing program encompassiing things like wellness, engagement and innovation. 

We also talked about winter weather, dog names, and whether or not 'Friends' was really a New York show.

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This was a really interesting and fun conversation - thanks so much Laura for joining us.

Learn more about Limeade Inclusion at www.limeade.com/inclusion/

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 359 - The HR Happy Hour 2019 Oscars Preview and Predictions Show

HR Happy Hour 359 - The HR Happy Hour 2019 Oscars Preview and Predictions Show

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish return with their Annual Academy Awards Preview and Predictions Show, a tradition on the HR Happy Hour from at least 1983. Steve and Trish break down all the important Oscar categories - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Leading and Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Screenplayand share some commentary, opinions, and predictions on who will walk away with the statues on Sunday night.

In addition to sharing who we think will walk away as winners, and who deserves to be recognized, we also shared the movies we kind of checked out on, as well as the ones that were better than we expected.

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This was a tremendously fun show, as it is every year, and thanks to our loyal HR Happy Hour listeners for hanging out with us as we talk about something other than HR for a change.

Tweet us your picks for Oscar 2019 - hit us up @HRHappyHour with the hashtag #HRHappyHour.

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