HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 403 - Developing the Next Generation of HR Leaders  Hosts: Steve Boese Guest: Andrea Butcher, Co-Founder, Next Gen Talent This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Andrea Butcher, Co-Founder of Next Gen Talent. Andrea shared insights on how she and her organization have developed an innovative program called “Next Gen Talent”, an immersive and wide-ranging two-year program that helps prepare early career HR professionals for future HR leadership positions. Andrea shared some ideas on how today and in the future, HR leaders are expected to be proficient at a much wider range of skills than ever before - finance, marketing, operations, executive presence, technology and much more, and that a more thoughtful and comprehensive approach to developing these HR pros for their HR careers was needed - and the Next Gen Talent project was launched.  Finally, we discussed how HR leaders can think about developing their own teams and how they can connect with Andrea to talk about how to bring the Next Gen Talent program to their city.. Learn more about the Next Gen Talent program here. And connect with Andrea on LinkedIn. This was a really fun show, thanks to Andrea for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including on Spotify.

Host: George LaRocque & Madeline Laurano On the morning of Monday, November 4, Symphony Talent the recruitment marketing services and technology firm formerly known as Hodes announced its acquisition of Smashfly Technologies, recruitment marketing and CRM platform for large enterprise employers. That afternoon Symphony CEO Roopesh Nair joined Madeline Laurano of Aptitude Research and George LaRocque of HRWins in the Talent Product Plays (TPP) Facebook group to discuss the deal. That conversation is now available to you here on the HR MarketWatch podcast. Learn why Symphony Talent chose Smashfly, where there is alignment and overlap in the product offerings, what customers of both firms can expect, what we should expect in the Symphony roadmap moving forward, and more...

HR Happy Hour 402 - The Impact of Modern Talent Acquisition Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Alen Brcic, Novant Health; Joe Essenfeld, iCIMS On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, recorded live at the recent iCIMS Influence 2019 event in Scottsdale, Arizona, Steve and Trish talked talent acquisition and modern TA technology with Alen Brcic, Director of HR Technology at Novant Health, and Joe Essenfeld, VP and GM of iCIMS. Joe was the founder of innovative recruiting technology company Jibe, which was recently acquired by iCIMS and he shared some of the history of Jibe and how their technology augments the iCIMS talent acquisition suite. Then Alen discussed some of the talent and hiring challenges at Novant, such as a chronic shortage of qualified nurses, and how innovative HR technology is helping their organization meet these challenges. Additionally, we talked about the importance of storytelling and connection to purpose in talent acquisition and how technology can support and enable recruiters in these efforts. This was a fun and informative show, thanks to Alen and Joe for joining us and thanks to the team at iCIMS for having us at the event. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 401 - Reinventing the Organization with Dave Ulrich Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dave Ulrich, Author, Rensis Lkert Collegiate Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show Steve and Trish were joined by Dave Ulrich, HR legend and widely known as the father of modern HR. On the show, Dave shared ideas and insights from his latest book, Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets. Dave discussed some of the key questions that HR and business leaders need to address when undertaking reinvention, how to help employees experience the positive impact of change and business disruption, and how embracing these changes and disruptions can bring about positive and lasting outcomes for people and for organizations. And lots more. This was a really fun show with one of the HR Happy Hour's all-time favorite guests - thanks so much to Dave for joining us!

HR Happy Hour 400 - Building an Authentic Employer Brand Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Mary Battle, Employer Branding and Campus Programs Lead, Panasonic NA This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Mary Battle, employer branding and campus programs lead at Panasonic NA. Mary shared insights on how she approaches creating and sharing the Panasonic employer brand and keeping the company at the forefront of the candidate’s thinking about great places to work Additionally, Mary shared some ideas on organizations can begin to connect their employer branding and messaging to their own core values or principles - which helps keep the messages genuine, authentic, and consistent around the globe, and how these principles remain a part of the onboarding and ongoing employee experience at Panasonic.Finally, Mary shared the key pillars for success of their internship programs and how these programs support Panasonic’s employer brand, talent pipelines and strategic goals. Learn more about careers at Panasonic North America here. This was a really fun show, thanks to Mary for joining us! Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including on Spotify

HR Happy Hour 399 - Driving Improvements with Unified ERP and HCM in the Cloud Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jason Ringgenberg, CIO at YRC Worldwide Inc. Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud - Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, we sat down to talk to Jason Ringgenberg, CIO at YRC Worldwide Inc.  YRC Worldwide Inc. is an American holding company of freight shipping brands YRC Freight, New Penn, Holland and Reddaway. YRC Worldwide has a comprehensive network in North America, and offers shipping of industrial, commercial and retail goods. As the CIO, Jason was instrumental in making the decision to move the organization from on-premise solutions, and many of them, to Oracle.  With Oracle, he and the team saw the benefits of having a relationship with one vendor to take care of all their ERP and HCM needs.  We talked about data security and privacy, how processes changed, and how to address talent shortages with technology. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Jason for joining us!

HR Happy Hour 398 – Best Practices in Streamlining Processes with HCM Technology Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dr. Wade Larson, Director of HR for Wagstaff Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, Dr. Wade Larson joined us to talk about ways Wagstaff is streamlining their organizational processes with HCM technology.  As an Oracle customer, this 74-year old private manufacturer is seeing huge benefits to their employee efficiency and connection.  We talked about benefits of having one system vs. many, how things like goal setting and compensation planning benefit from a modern system in the Cloud, and best practices of moving your HR function to the Cloud.  Dr. Larson is not only the Director of HR for Wagstaff, he is also an esteemed author of “Doing HR Better” which is available on Amazon. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Wade for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 397 – Tips for HCM Tech Selection & Implementation from Emerson Electric Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS, Emerson Electric Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud- Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements. Organizational excellence includes creating a unified cloud solution that connects Finance and HR to improve business performance. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS at Emerson Electric.  We kicked off the show with Trish and Jim talking about their St. Louis connection, and quickly dove into how organizations can go through the selection of transformational HCM technology.  Covering everything from how to prepare your team to how to communicate during the entire process, we walked through some major steps of technology selection and implementation.  We also talked about how a global, decentralized organization embarks on a multi- phase implementation process. This was a fun and informative show, thanks Jim for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 396 - Insights from the Global Culture 2020 Report Hosts: Steve Boese Guest: Alex Lovell, OC Tanner This episode is sponsored by O.C.Tanner, the global leader in engaging workplace cultures, helps thousands of top companies create peak moments that inspire people to achieve, appreciate, and connect to purpose and each other. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve recorded live at the OC Tanner Influence Greatness 2019 event in Snowbird, Utah. Steve was joined by Alex Lovell from OC Tanner who shared insights from the recently released Global Culture 2020 Report, a deep dive research study that examines current culture trends, company culture statistics, and how employees feel about their workplaces. Additionally, Alex shared some ideas on organizations can begin to apply the key findings from the Global Culture report in their own organizations to help improve and shape their own organizational cultures. This was a really fun show, thanks Alex for joining us and to OC Tanner for having the HR Happy Hour Show at the event. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including on Spotify.

HR Happy Hour 395 - A 21st Century Approach to Employee Benefits Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Randy Cooper, CEO, PeopleStrategy This episode is sponsored by PeopleStrategy. From intuitive, hire-to-retire HR technology to comprehensive benefits consulting and HR services, PeopleStrategy offers employers a single source for the tools and services necessary to attract, manage and retain talent. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Randy Cooper, CEO at PeopleStrategy, one of the most popular guests in show history, to talk about the important ways employer and employee benefits are changing and how new innovations in HR technologies are driving many of these changes. PeopleStrategy sees “employee benefits” as much more than medical and dental coverage - rather it’s about providing tools, resources, technologies, and insights to help employers create great places to work and great experiences for their people.   Additionally, Randy shared some ideas on how small and midsize organizations can get access to the same powerful tools and opportunities that were previously only available to larger organizations and how the change in HR buyers is driving a change in how HR tech and services providers are adapting. This was a fun show, thanks Randy for joining us. Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts - including Spotify.