PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 398 – Best Practices in Streamlining Processes with HCM Technology

HR Happy Hour 398 – Best Practices in Streamlining Processes with HCM Technology

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Dr. Wade Larson, Director of HR for Wagstaff

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Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance.

On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, Dr. Wade Larson joined us to talk about ways Wagstaff is streamlining their organizational processes with HCM technology.  As an Oracle customer, this 74-year old private manufacturer is seeing huge benefits to their employee efficiency and connection.  We talked about benefits of having one system vs. many, how things like goal setting and compensation planning benefit from a modern system in the Cloud, and best practices of moving your HR function to the Cloud.  Dr. Larson is not only the Director of HR for Wagstaff, he is also an esteemed author of “Doing HR Better” which is available on Amazon.

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This was a fun and informative show, thanks Wade for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 397 – Tips for HCM Tech Selection from Emerson Electric

HR Happy Hour 397 – Tips for HCM Tech Selection & Implementation from Emerson Electric

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS, Emerson Electric

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Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance.

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS at Emerson Electric.  We kicked off the show with Trish and Jim talking about their St. Louis connection, and quickly dove into how organizations can go through the selection of transformational HCM technology.  Covering everything from how to prepare your team to how to communicate during the entire process, we walked through some major steps of technology selection and implementation.  We also talked about how a global, decentralized organization embarks on a multi- phase implementation process.

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This was a fun and informative show, thanks Jim for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 396 - Insights from the Global Culture 2020 Report

HR Happy Hour 396 - Insights from the Global Culture 2020 Report

Hosts: Steve Boese

Guest: Alex Lovell, OC Tanner

This episode is sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other.

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve recorded live at the OC Tanner Influence Greatness 2019 event in Snowbird, Utah. Steve was joined by Alex Lovell from OC Tanner who shared insights from the recently released Global Culture 2020 Report, a deep dive research study that examines current culture trends, company culture statistics, and how employees feel about their workplaces.

Additionally, Alex shared some ideas on organizations can begin to apply the key findings from the Global Culture report in their own organizations to help improve and shape their own organizational cultures.

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This was a really fun show, thanks Alex for joining us and to OC Tanner for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 395 - A 21st Century Approach to Employee Benefits

HR Happy Hour 395 - A 21st Century Approach to Employee Benefits

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Randy Cooper, CEO, PeopleStrategy

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This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent.

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Randy Cooper, CEO at PeopleStrategy, one of the most popular guests in show history, to talk about the important ways employer and employee benefits are changing and how new innovations in HR technologies are driving many of these changes. PeopleStrategy sees “employee benefits” as much more than medical and dental coverage - rather it’s about providing tools, resources, technologies, and insights to help employers create great places to work and great experiences for their people.  

Additionally, Randy shared some ideas on how small and midsize organizations can get access to the same powerful tools and opportunities that were previously only available to larger organizations and how the change in HR buyers is driving a change in how HR tech and services providers are adapting.

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This was a fun show, thanks Randy for joining us.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 393 - The Next Generation of HR Technology at ADP

HR Happy Hour 393 - The Next Generation of HR Technology at ADP

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Don Weinstein, Head of Product and Technology, ADP

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Don Weinstein of ADP to talk about the next generation of HR technology and how ADP is developing technology for the future. This show was recorded live from New York City and the location of the ADP Innovation Lab, and was centered on how the changing nature of work, with dynamic teams becoming the driving force on how work gets done, is leading the development of new HCM technology. 

Drawing from insights from the recent ADP Global Study of Engagement, ADP has been developing a new, or 'Next Gen' set of HR and Payroll tools to help enterprises and their people navigate the future of work and how work will get done. This was an interesting conversation about the new direction of HR Tech and one from which any HR and business leader can gain important insights.

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Thanks so much Don for joining us and thanks to ADP for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event.

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