News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
My guest in HRchat episode 467 is Ashley Hale, HR Director at Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC and President of the Charleston WV SHRM chapter. Listen as Ashley shares some of her experiences as an HR professional over the past few difficult years. Ashley also offers some of her highlights from the recent SHRM Annual conference in New […]
Emotional Intelligence impacts workplace performance, leadership effectiveness, retention, engagement, sales, customer service, resilience, and teamwork – all outcomes that organizations are continually striving to hire for and develop. It is a measurement of our ability to recognize, respond to, and cope with emotions. While traditional corporate training programs tend to focus on hard skills, teaching […]
My guest in HRchat episode 465 is Tara Favors, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Mutual of America Financial Group. Tara is responsible for HR strategy, including talent acquisition, development, and retention; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); organizational learning; compensation programs; all aspects of employee benefits; and the development of a hybrid employee […]
In this episode of the HRchat show, we talk about skills-based hiring and new technologies that help recruiters save time and refocus efforts. My guest is Dina Bayasanova, Co-Founder and CEO of PitchMe, a skills-based talent marketplace. Questions For Dina Include: Let’s discuss ways to find the right candidate for the job and what to […]
How Programmatic Ads Can Improve the Calibre of Job Candidates In HRchat episode 463, we focus on data-driven recruiting. Listen as we talk about programmatic job ads, how ‘stack creep’ is a product of HR analytics and process automation, and why many Talent Acquisition pros, searching for job candidates, still struggle to establish a common […]
Divorce costs companies, and state and federal governments over $300 billion dollars each year. Since the start of Covid-19, divorce filings are up substantially, and the stressors keep building. A divorcing employee loses their productivity by ways of absences, errors, distractions, and presenteeism, and it’s likely costing your company more than they know. My guest […]
In this HRchat episode, we look at employee engagement and, specifically, the importance of benefits when building, and nurturing your employer brand. My guest is Lyle Griffin, President at Selerix Systems. Since co-founding Selerix in 2002, Lyle has helped establish the company as a leading provider of benefits administration technology – used by more than 10 […]
Engagement, Employer Branding and Measuring DEI Efforts In episode 460 of the HRchat podcast, we consider ways organizations measure diversity and how it can impact the employer brand. My guest is Janet M. Stovall, Global Head of DEI at the NeuroLeadership Institute, a global neuroscience-backed consultancy advising companies including Boeing, Microsoft, Netflix, and Zoom on […]
In HRchat episode 459, we look at some key considerations for cross-border benefits plus the legacy left by the pandemic on cross-border teams. My guest this time is Gianna Ricciardi, Co-Founder and Practice Leader at Vita Assure, a company that specializes in employee benefits brokerage and consulting, group insurance plans, group retirement savings plans, benefits administration […]
As the world continues to move away from a traditional office environment and toward a hybrid model or deskless/on-demand formats, employers need to find new ways to train and optimize their workforce to foster long-term engagement, motivation, and retention. In this HRchat episode, we look at this shift and consider tech that can deliver better […]