News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
In HRchat #231, we consider practical ways for employees to stay engaged, and how employers can support mental wellbeing throughout their organization. The guest this time is Dr. David Batman, member of the Virgin Pulse Science Advisory Board and a Consultant Occupational Health Physician who has served 50 years in the field of medicine.
Many of us are experiencing restrictions to our day-to-day lives as a result of the pandemic. Lockdowns, layoffs, and the virus contribute to what’s available to employees to maximize their emotional and physical wellbeing. In HRchat #230, Bill Banham talks with Jason Crowe, Precision Nutrition about maintaining the mental and physical wellbeing of employees.
In HRchat 229, we hear a whole bunch of recruitment and talent management-related tips from Serge Boudreau, Director of Talent Acquisition at Robots and Pencils. Serge has spent over 15 years in the recruitment space including working as Director for Western Canada at Workopolis and Indeed.
In HRchat #228, we consider how to better engage with employees and ways to help them feel proud of the employer brand they work under. Our guest this time is Sona Khosla, Vice President of Marketing at Benevity, the platform firms are using to attract, retain & engage employees in powerful ways.
In this HRchat, we will discuss the importance of organizational culture and ways to measure it. The guest this time is Mary Marzec, Senior Strategy Health Scientist at Virgin Pulse. Listen to this episode to get Mary’s take on how tech can help corporate wellbeing efforts and why measuring the effectiveness of your company culture is key to achieving investment-driven results like high job performance, resilience, and reduced healthcare costs.
As we ramp up for the holiday season, hourly hiring is beginning to increase to meet seasonal demands. But with 65% of hourly employees only giving their temporary employers one week’s notice or less – how do you find qualified candidates that want to stay for the full holiday season or beyond?
In this HRchat episode, we consider this seasonal dilemma. Our guest to help us do just that, and spread a bit of seasonal cheer, is Jim Buchanan, CEO of Cadient Talent, the North Carolina based hiring technology for distributed workforces.
In this HRchat interview, we consider ways companies can help their employees by offering them channels to education and more skills. This in turn can lead to more engaged and knowledgeable employees plus the obvious benefits to an organization’s bottom line.
In this HRchat episode, we hear from Jerome Ternynck, author of Hiring Success: How Visionary CEOs compete for the best talent. He is also Founder & CEO of SmartRecruiters, the hiring success company that offers a talent acquisition suite serving over 1,000 large enterprises.
In HRchat episode #223, we consider employee nutrition in relation to health equity and weight management for chronic conditions.
My guests this time all partner, in different ways, with our show sponsor Virgin Pulse – the well-being solution helping workers create habits that matter so they can be their best at work and at home. They are Dr. David L. Katz, CEO at Diet ID and Founder of True Health Initiative, Dr. Dexter Shurney, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Zipongo Inc. and Misa Nuccio, MPH. former Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer at Blue Mesa Health and current Product Marketing Manager at Virgin Pulse.
The HRchat show guest this time is Bobby Umar, CEO of DYPB – Discover Your Personal Brand. Bobby suggests that “we are now in the ‘Eye of the Storm’ and doing our best to navigate the uncertainty, overwhelm and changing workplace and business cultures”.