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 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 394 - HR Technology and Creating Great Employee Experiences

HR Happy Hour 394 - HR Technology and Creating Great Employee Experiences

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Jennifer Kraszewski, Paycom

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Jennifer Kraszewski, Vice President, Human Resources at Paycom, to talk about employee experience and the role of HR technology in driving transformation and creating great experiences for employees and allowing them to do their best work.

Additionally, Jennifer shared some details about Paycom’s award-winning “Direct Data Exchange” technology, an innovative solution that lets HR and Business leaders drive increased adoption of HR technologies in their organizations, and allows better, more accurate ROI measurement of HR tech and was one of the HR Tech Conference's "Awesome New Technologies for HR" at the 2019 Conference.

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

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 391 - The State of Artificial Intelligence for HR

HR Happy Hour 391 - The State of Artificial Intelligence for HR

Hosts: Steve Boese, Karen Hunter

Guest: Jeanne Meister, Future Workplace

Sponsored by Culture Amp, the platform that turns your company culture into a competitive advantage. Your employee data tells you what's happened in the past, but what if it could tell you what might happen next. See how with your free Predictive Analytics report at www.cultureamp.com/happy.

And also 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.

And finally, welcome our newest sponsor, 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.

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This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Jeanne Meister of Future Workplace to talk about the state of AI technology in HR, how HR leaders can best prepare themselves and their organizations for the adoption of AI technologies in the workplace, the barriers and challenges HR leaders may face with the introduction and adoption of AI tool, and where the future lies for the continued application and expansion of AI tech in HR. Additionally, Jeanne shared some details about the “Using AI for HR” course that is a great resource for HR leaders looking to begin working with and understanding AI in the workplace.

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

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