Category: Interviews and Opinion

A year into the Covid crisis, many employees have ‘hit the pandemic wall’, and burned-out workers have said stress and depression is costing them work time. With so many more workers increasingly feeling the strain of pandemic anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty we need better tech and tools to help workers get out the other side of a very difficult period. My guest in HRchat episode 265 is Dr. Monika Roots, Chief Medical Officer at Sanvello Health, a leading digital mental health care provider of in-app therapy to a network of +90 million people!

In this HRchat, we’ll consider the why and how of moving out of the HR “trenches” and into an HR consulting role. We share ways AI will continue to change the HR function over the coming years. My guest on episode 263 is Ben Eubanks, HR analyst, author, fellow podcaster, Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, and most recently, Founder of the HR Tech Awards.

Freelancing is set to become the majority workforce in North America by 2027. Currently contributing over $1.4 trillion to the U.S. economy, the steady increase in the number of skilled individuals taking up freelancing every year means there is a paradigm shift in the way work, “works”, as organizations are choosing to collaborate more with […]

While many of us don’t believe that work will ever quite be the same again, we’re at a stage where vaccines are being deployed in many places en mass and, hopefully, sometime soon, the majority of desk-based employees will be able to return to the office. In HRchat episode 261, we talk about how the […]

My guest this time is Hesse Coleman, Vice President of People at SEDNA Systems a global firm used in 80 countries, offering communication software that brings all conversations, data, and documentation together in one focused, accessible place.

The current Covid restrictions have placed stress and restrictions on the channels available to leaders and HR pros seeking to develop more inclusive and connected company cultures. In this HRchat episode, we consider what it means to be truly inclusive in your efforts to engage employees and communities whilst living under Covid restrictions.

Ways to Tackle Stress and Presenteeism at Work Many leaders and HR professionals working with high-performing teams are under lots of pressure and stress right now. So too, are the employees they manage. Trends that come from stress and burnout include low productivity, low employee engagement, turnover, irritability, presenteeism, and greater frequency of mental health […]

In this HRchat we consider data that shows how working from home has changed the expectations of employees, the role of managers and which rules we actually need to stick to while working from home. 

Over 40% of HR leaders say that keeping company culture alive in 2021 is their single biggest priority. In HRchat episode 254, we talk about ways to build employee trust and engagement during extreme times. My guest is Amy Kruglak, Vice President of Human Resources at Rave Mobile Safety, a provider of critical communication and collaboration technology used to help save lives, manage crisis incidents, and increase resiliency.