PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 212 - LIVE from Cornerstone Convergence 2015

HR Happy Hour 212 - LIVE from Cornerstone Convergence 2015

Recorded Wednesday May 13, 2015

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guests: Denise Domian, SVP Human Resources, Bon-Ton Stores

Jason Corsello, VP, Corporate Strategy, Cornerstone OnDemand

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This week on the show Steve sat down live at the Cornerstone Convergence 2015 Conference in Los Angeles with Denise Domian, SVP of Human Resources from Bon-Ton Stores, a national chain of department stores with 275 locations and more than 26,000 employees to talk about some of the challenges facing the modern HR leader today, and how Denise and her team at Bon-Ton are leveraging new technologies and strategies to help meet these challenges. Denise shared some great insights on how a deliberate focus on company culture, linking culture to strategic actions, and creating an environment where employees are empowered to connect and collaborate has led to some substantial and positive business outcomes.  You can check out Denise's most recent piece on the Bon-Ton #LOVESTYLE blog here.

Additionally, Jason Corsello from Cornerstone shared news of some recent and new Cornerstone OnDemand innovations to help enable organizations to gain more insights from their Talent Management data and to make more informed talent decisions based on making better predictions from their data. The next wave of Talent Management technology is all about how to create value and generate positive outcomes from their people data.

Steve and Denise also commiserated on their shared love of T-accounts and Steve tried to get Denise to validate a Bon-Ton Stores credit he's been holding since 1997.

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This was a really fun event and a really fun show. Thanks to Denise, Jason, and the team at Cornerstone for hosting the HR Happy Hour Show this week!

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 211 - The NBA Playoffs Prediction Show

HR Happy Hour 211 - The NBA Playoffs Prediction Show

Recorded Monday April 20, 2015

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Featuring: Ben Eubanks

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Fresh off the fun that was the HR Happy Hour Oscars Preview Show a few weeks back, Steve and Trish take a a look at and make their predictions for the just-started 2015 NBA Playoffs, in HR Happy Hour Show style. Translated: As in the Oscars show, one of your fearless hosts knows probably too much about the NBA, while the other brings a unique style and perspective to making their selections and predictions as to which NBA team will be raising the championship trophy in June.

Let's just say things like local cuisine, team tie-ins to 'Keeping Up With the Khardashians', Las Vegas wagering, and where people we know reside all play an important role in the selections. NBA fan or not, you will not want to miss Steve and Trish's takes on the NBA playoffs.

Additionally, Ben Eubanks stops by with Ben's HR Book Review, Steve and Trish discuss what states are actually in the 'midwest', we get a German Rondo reference, and we all learn if actually having seen an NBA basketball precludes someone from betting on basketball games. Hint: It probably does not.

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This was a really fun show, and we hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording the show!

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 210 - LIVE from Equifax Forum 2015

HR Happy Hour 210 - LIVE from Equifax Forum 2015

Recorded Live from New Orleans on Wednesday April 15, 2015

Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese

Guests: Dann Adams, Mike Psenka, Scott Collins, Equifax Workforce Solutions

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish recorded a special show LIVE from the Equifax Workforce Solutions Forum 2015, an annual event for Equifax customers and community. We were joined by Dann Adams, Mike Psenka, and Scott Collins from Equifax for a fun, informative, and wide-ranging conversation on some of the most important challenges facing HR leaders today - managing compliance in a complex environment, the continuing need to stay on top of evolving ACA requirements, and how modern technology solutions and approaches are enabling HR leaders to move from simply collecting data, to gaining valuable business insights from that data.

Additionally, we learned about how two Equifax customers, Tyson Foods with their amazing support of disaster-hit areas, and Team Rubicon, who have engaged significant numbers of returning veterans in their disaster relief efforts are doing incredibly valuable and important work in the communities they serve.

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The Equifax Workforce Solutions team not only has developed a powerful set of HR technologies, they also understand the importance of true partnership - with their customers, their employees, and their communities. This was a fantastic, fun, and very informative event, and many thanks to everyone at Equifax for the warm hospitality.

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We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did recording it! 

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 209 - Castlight and Enterprise Healthcare Management

HR Happy Hour 209 - Castlight and Enterprise Healthcare Management

Recorded LIVE from the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference April 9, 2015

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Maeve O'Meara, VP Products Castlight Health

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US organizations spend about $620B annually on employee health and benefits programs and up to 30% of this enormous spend is wasted according to some estimates. For most employers, health and benefits is a Top 3 cost, but most have also only managed these as costs, i.e., as needing to be controlled, managed down, and to be shifted more to employees in the form of greater employee contributions towards care and benefits. But for many organizations, employee benefits have moved from a cost to be managed towards an important asset to be leveraged for employee well-being and organizational success. 

Today on the show, Steve was joined by Maeve O'Meara, VP Products from Castlight Health, an HR technology solution provider that has created a platform for what is becoming known as 'Enterprise Healthcare Management'. The Castlight platform helps employees access and utilize benefits and health programs and provides them better information, educational resources, and transparency to guide them in actively managing their care. For employers, the platform provides rich analytics about employee use of benefits, trends that are impacting and indicative of workplace challenges and tools to better predict what will happen next with employee benefits utilization. This leads to better experiences for employees and better outcomes for employers.

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Thanks to Maeve and Castlight Health for joining us!

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 208 - LIVE from Ultimate Connections 2015

HR Happy Hour 208 - LIVE from Ultimate Connections 2015

Recorded Wednesday March 25, 2015

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Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Cecile Alper-Leroux, Ultimate Software

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish recorded LIVE from the Ultimate Software Connections 2015 Customer Conference in Las Vegas. Our guest was Cecile Alper-Leroux from Ultimate, one of the most interesting, influential, and engaging leaders in the HR Technology industry. And quite frankly, Cecile is one of the HR Happy Hour Show's favorite guests too.

On the show, Cecile talked with Steve and Trish about designing HR technologies from a person-centric viewpoint, the importance of creating technologies that are simple to use while still providing the depth of functionality that most organizations need, and finally around some really interesting and innovative concepts like thinking about the organization's health more holistically and 'culture as a service.'

Additionally, Steve talked about a $175 million journal entry, Ben Eubanks makes a cameo appearance, and Trish shared some 90s music memories.

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This was a fun and engaging show - many thanks to Cecile and to everyone at Ultimate Software for hosting the Happy Hour once again!

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