Every single person in your organization, whether they’re part of the team for a year or their whole career, will move through the employee life cycle. Are you prepared to engage them at every stage?

Listen to this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast with Dr. Jessica Sharp, founder and CEO of Sharp Brain Consulting, to learn why it’s important to consider employee life cycle management and how to set your organization up for success at every stage.

Dr. Sharp has spent years helping organizations take a neuroscience-based approach to strengthening cultures. Her insight and experience bring a unique perspective that may prove to be the catalyst your workplace is looking for as you craft a culture that attracts, engages and retains the people who help you succeed.

Dr. Sharp and our host will discuss:

·       the importance of consistent training throughout the employee life cycle

·       ways to sustain long-term engagement

·       factors to consider around employee promotions

·       tips for a smoother offboarding process

Every workplace experiences change. It can be small, like a slight tweak to a longstanding policy. Or it can be more significant, like an abrupt change to company leadership. Regardless, employers need to understand and prepare for change. But how? Even if something’s necessary, that doesn’t make it easy. Luckily, you don’t have to face it alone.

Mike Paton, host of The EOS Leader podcast and co-author of Get a Grip and Process!, joins the HR Break Room® podcast to walk us through why organizations should embrace change and practical strategies for navigating it. He’ll explore how companies stumble and what they can do to simplify, streamline and, ultimately, succeed through change.

In this episode, he’ll discuss:

•           the common mistakes businesses make when implementing change
•           how the Entrepreneurial Operating System® can make change easier
•           practical strategies to empower employees through change
•        communication strategies to help navigate change

The modern workplace has experienced waves of change over the last few decades. Everything from technology to workforce demographics have been transformed, so it only makes sense that office etiquette would change as well.

 Trish Steed, co-founder and chief analyst for H3 HR Advisors joins the HR Break Room® podcast to map out the landscape of contemporary professional etiquette. She’ll discuss how the pandemic changed the way we work, and how the values and attitudes of younger generations contribute to the shape of organizational culture.

In this episode they’ll discuss:

·       what’s driving the increasing demand for corporate etiquette training

·       employee expectations in the age of social media

·       how to set guidelines for updated etiquette standards

·       etiquette in a multi-generational workplace

Hannibal Johnson, an author, attorney, law professor, curator of the history center Greenwood Rising and chairman of the Education Committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, visits the HR Break Room® podcast to discuss how open conversation and diverse perspectives in the workplace can become vital parts of your culture. In his role on the Education Committee, Johnson supports its mission to educate Oklahomans and Americans about the Race Massacre and its impact on the state and nation, remember victims and survivors, and foster sustainable entrepreneurship and tourism within the Greenwood District and North Tulsa.

Change is a part of the business landscape, and threat assessment is a rapidly evolving responsibility facing modern organizations. 

Dr. Larry Barton joins the HR Break Room® to discuss the evolving nature of threat assessment and how workplace mental wellness efforts can play a role in crisis management strategies. Along the way, Barton and host Ariana Stark examine how technology, human capital management tools and simple check-ins with co-workers can be leveraged to help prevent a crisis. 

Dr. Barton is the Distinguished University Professor of Crisis Management and Public Safety at the University of Central Florida and a leading expert and best-selling author in threat assessment prevention and methodology. Dr. Barton regularly addresses the FBI Academy and private sector conferences where he teaches courses in threat evaluation and crisis prevention. 

For leaders grappling with dynamic workplaces, this is a must-hear discussion about threat assessment and crisis management.

Tech disengagement happens when tools intended to make our work easier actually make things more difficult. It compounds what we do, forcing us to find workarounds or abandon the tech outright. How can you bridge the gap between technology and business needs? 

On this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, HR Technology Conference co-chair Steve Boese dives into the topic and helps you identify tech disengagement and spots the pitfalls of the technology generation gap. Along the way, he’ll examine the implications of a workforce that’s struggling with tools that are supposed to help.

Boese also discusses:

•  how tech disengagement affects the workforce
•   understanding tech in a multigenerational workforce
• spotting the difference between bad tech and too much tech
• managing mental health and burnout related to tech disengagement 

In this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, we welcome Paycom’s director of HR business services, Tiffany Gamblin, and Sharlyn Lauby, president of HR consulting firm ITM Group.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Gamblin and Lauby discuss women in the workplace, their influence and how organizations can best support them.

From women in leadership to trends in benefits policies to the engagement opportunities of employee resource groups (ERGs), our guests discuss how women can be empowered to bring their unique perspectives to work and add value that sets an organization apart from the rest.

Our guests will discuss:

• statistics about women in the workforce
• the importance of the manager-employee relationship
• how mentoring programs benefit women in the workplace
• creating a positive environment for sharing feedback

As employees place an ever-increasing premium on work-life balance and mental health, time off plays an even more significant role in the modern workplace. That’s why it’s essential that the modern HR professional stay abreast of the terms, nuances and technology surrounding this benefits staple.

Trish Steed, co-founder of H3 HR Advisors joins the HR Break Room® podcast to break down the many factors of the common benefits program.

Steed brings industry insight and first-hand experience as she discusses the future of benefits, mental health, PTO policies, unpaid time off, employee vacation blackout periods and more. Drawing from her own experience, Steed also examines how automation and the right tech helps HR professionals streamline their work and uncover greater efficiency.

Trish Steed and our host will discuss:

• the latest in HR technology and automation
• the future of work
• the nuances surrounding time-off approvals
• time-off policy samples
• preventing burnout

Delayed time-off decisions can create an avalanche of problems. Scheduling is slowed down, budgeting is hampered, employee trust may erode and the risk of non-compliance fines grow ever larger. Nobody wants time-off requests to languish in limbo — and for good reason! In this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, HR Technology Conference co-chair Steve Boese shares his take on where pain points may arise in the time-off process when things aren’t automated, the realities of staffing shortages and more. Listen in as Steve Boese discusses: ·       the ins and outs of automated time-off request decision-making·       maintaining the human touch as you embrace automation ·       developments in HR technology and the future of work ·       ensuring fairness and reducing bias in time-off decision making ·       the benefits of automated time-off tracking

LinkedIn’s first chief HR officer, Steve Cadigan, continues his HR Break Room® visit with a discussion about employee well-being and the idea of workplace wellness. He examines wellness in a professional context and shares ways employers can support their teams.

Cadigan earned his workplace culture expertise overseeing LinkedIn’s recruitment, engagement and culture strategies during a period of tenfold growth. He’s an avid proponent of in-person workplaces, a topic he took on in his bestselling 2021 book, Workquake.

In this second episode of his two-part discussion, Cadigan addresses:

·        wellness in the workplace

·        mental health and employee well-being

·        the importance of a healthy workplace culture 

·        employee wellness programs and human connection in the workplace

Most people understand that diversity and inclusion in the workplace are important, but can we do more than simply recognizing this as a fact? Is it possible to leverage diversity and inclusion to build a positive organizational culture, improve work quality and increase productivity?

LinkedIn’s first chief HR officer, Steve Cadigan, joins the HR Break Room® podcast to answer questions about investing in the diversity of your workplace.

Cadigan earned his workplace-culture expertise as he oversaw LinkedIn’s recruitment, engagement and culture strategies during a period of tenfold growth. He’s an avid proponent of in-person workplaces, a topic he took on in his bestselling 2021 book, Workquake.

In the first episode of this two-part discussion, Cadigan discusses:

• diversity in the workplace
• leveraging your workforce
• the future of work
• the significance of investing in your people
• cultivating a richer human experience