PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 194 - Small Improvements

HR Happy Hour 194 - Small Improvements

Recorded Wednesday October 29, 2014

Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese

Guest: Linda Jonas

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Linda Jonas, International traveler, and Director of Marketing for Small Improvements, an HR technology provider of tools that provide a simpler, easy to use, and more engaging approach to performance management, workplace feedback, 360-degree reviews, and more.

We talked about Linda's annual 6-week world tour where she meets with customers and partners, her Small Improvements colleagues, and attends events like the HR Technology Conference and the upcoming HRevolution (of which Small Improvements is a sponsor). 

Additionally, Linda shared some insights into emerging and ongoing trends in employee performance management, and the need for both software providers and organizations to keep these processes clear, easy to adopt, and valuable for employees, managers and organizations overall. Everyone seems to hate on Performance Management and one of the reasons is that the process has often been overengineered and over-complicated. Check out Small Improvements to get some insights into how you can change that in your organization, while improving (pardon the pun) both the process and the desired outcomes.

You can listen to the show on the show page here, or using the widget player below. And you can find and subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes or on your favorite podcast playing app. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour'. 

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This was a really fun show - thanks to Linda and to everyone at Small Improvements!

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 193 - Humanizing Data

HR Happy Hour 193 - Humanizing Data

Recorded Thursday October 23, 2014

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest: Paul Hebert

This time on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish welcomed long time show friend and expert on influence and recognition, Paul Hebert back to the HR Happy Hour Show.

Paul is the Vice President of Solution Design at Symbolist, one of the first to create a blog for the incentive and reward industry – called “Incentive Intelligence” – now hosted here at Symbolist. In addition, Paul writes for one of the top Human Resources blogs – Fistful of Talent, is a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board at the HRExaminer.

On the show. Paul, Trish, and Steve talked about the importance of the human element in things like employee engagement, recognition, and motivation strategies in organizations. While we are talking A LOT in HR about data these days, it is really critical that we don't lose sight of the human element in our organizations.

You can listen to the show on the show page here, or using the widget player below. And you can find and subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes or on your favorite podcast playing app. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour'. 

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This was a really fun show and many thanks to Paul for joining us and to Symbolist for sponsoring the upcoming HRevolution event. 

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 191 - HR Technology Conference Preview

HR Happy Hour 191 - HR Technology Conference 2014 Preview

Recorded Thursday September 25, 2014

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane gave their preview of the upcoming HR Technology Conference that is set for October 7 - 10, 2014 in Las Vegas.

Steve and Trish will  be co-moderating a panel of CHROs at the Conference, (we are not officially calling this session a live HR Happy Hour, but just between us, that is what it really will be!), and Trish will also be leading an Expert Discussion session focusing on HR technology implementations. 

In addition to previewing these sessions, on the show, Steve and Trish also previewed some of the other highlights of the upcoming Conference - the keynotes, the sold-out Expo Hall, some of the concurrent sessions that attendees don't want to miss, and even a little bit about the fun and social events that are surrounding the show.

You can listen to the show on the show page here, or using the embedded widget player below:

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Listeners of the HR Happy Hour Show can still make their plans to attend the HR Technology Conference at a discounted rate - register with code 'HHH14' (case sensitive), to receive $550 off the full, on-site Conference registration rate.

Trish and Steve hope to see and meet lots of HR Happy Hour Show listeners out at HR Tech - be sure to say Hello if you see us there!

LIVE Tomorrow - #HRHappyHour Show - 'Heartland HR'

HR Happy Hour 189 - 'Heartland HR'

LIVE Thursday August 14, 2014 at 8:00PM ET

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Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

Guest : Dwane Lay

This week the HR Happy Hour Show returns with a special LIVE show on Thursday August 14, 2014 at 8:00PM EDT. Steve and Trish will welcome guest Dwane Lay, Head of HR Process Design for Dovetail Software, author, speaker, and excellent karaoke singer to talk about his and our experiences and observations from a summer hitting up the HR circuit and talking to lots and lots of HR pros across America. Talent management, a tightening recruiting market, and even HR professionals looking to further their own personal professional development were just some of things we've heard this summer and we will hit up those topics and more in what should be a fun and lively conversation.

We will also open up the lines for you to share what is on your mind as an HR pro for the balance of 2014 and beyond.

You can listen to the show on the show page here, or using the widget player below.

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And of course you can always catch the replay on the show page, on iTunes for Apple devices, or for Android using an app called Stitcher Radio. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour' and add the show to your podcast subscriptions to be sure not to miss an episode.

It should be a fun show and we hope you can join us LIVE this Thursday August 14, 2014 at 8:00PM.

PODCAST - #HRHappyHour 186 - A Look Back, A Look Forward

HR Happy Hour 186 - 'A Look Back, A Look Forward'

Recorded Monday, June 30, 2014

Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve and Trish talked about the recently concluded SHRM Annual Conference, shared some information about the session they delivered on HR Technology selection and evaluation, and looked back over the last few years of the HR Happy Hour Show.

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The mid-year timing, and with the 4th of July long weekend and holiday coming up made it a good time to reflect back a little on some of Steve and Trish's favorite shows, as well as talk about that the rest of 2014 has in store for the show. Also, new listeners to the HR Happy Hour Show can spend some time on the long weekend, (in between hamburgers and hot dogs), to dig back through the show archives and play on-demand some of the shows that Steve and Trish mentioned, including ones with guests like Dave Ulrich, Sherry Turkle, Matt Stillman, 'Live from Gettysburg', and plenty more.

Additionally, you can subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on iTunes, or for Android device users, from a free app called Stitcher Radio. In both cases just search for 'HR Happy Hour' and add the show to your podcast subscription list. 

This was a fun look back and look forward for us, so we hope you enjoy it as well. Stay tuned, (and make sure you subscribe to the show/podcast) for more fun to come in the second half of the year.

Have a great 4th of July!