HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources

Lauren Fitzpatrick Shanks, CEO of KeepWOL, shares what gamification looks like in L&D, best practices for employee training, and much more.

Ramona Shaw, a Certified Professional Leadership Coach, podcast host, and author, discusses the four critical mindset shifts new leaders should consider to become a people leader people love to work with, why 60% of first-time managers underperform in their first two years, the value of soft skills, and more.

Guest: Caroline Werner, Chief People Officer at LogicGate As organizations continue to evolve and adapt throughout this new world of business, could the HR department be the MVP of your workforce – Most Valuable Partner? If an organization has yet to realize the importance of integrating their HR members into every aspect the business in 2023, they are clearly missing out! Caroline Werner, LogicGate’s Chief People Officer, joins this latest episode of the HR Works Podcast, and we discuss the importance of embedding HR in the business and how HR can help build the organization of the future.

Karen Siegel (HR and Business Development Manager at Delta Hire) joins to discuss “Bare Minimum Mondays,” burnout, how work/life balance improves retention, and more!

Guest: Mark Hager, Senior Recruiter of Financial Advisor Recruitment at Edward Jones How can recruiters make the most of the current hiring slowdown, continuing to provide impact and unmatched value to their organizations? Mark Hager joins the HR Works Podcast to discuss some of the challenges facing recruiters during this current job market, as layoffs and hiring freezes are becoming far too familiar for organizations.  Listen as he shares some unique skills that make recruiters and HR professionals an untapped resource for improving corporate culture and making an impact with long-term dividends.

In the latest episode of A Seat, our guest reminds us that the “beautiful thing about progress is that we’re constantly reinventing every facet of life.” Listen in as Jennifer Armstrong-Owen, VP of People at talent platform SeekOut, shares why understanding that progress is perfection, DEIB must be part of a company’s DNA, the importance of aligning values and company culture, as well as why leaders should get comfortable with being uncomfortable, and more.

This week, we discuss how President Biden's 2024 budget proposal showcases trending topics within the benefits and compensation space.

Guest: Kathie Patterson, Chief Human Resources Officer at Ally Financial What role are employee benefits playing in an organization’s ability to retain top-talent in 2023? In this week’s episode of the HR Works Podcast, Ally Financial's CHRO, Kathie Patterson, joins for a great conversation about the value and impact of employee benefits in 2023. Listen as Kathie shares expert insight into how a thoughtful, strategic benefits package, along with a simple equation that she shares, can help win over the hearts of employees and drive success for an organization.

Now more than ever, both leaders and their teams crave deeper connection and more authentic relationships. But how can organizations accomplish this goal — particularly knowing that it will require a reset of how leaders and teams interact? Leaders and team members must embrace a new mindset. They need to acknowledge that the leader-team relationship is more than a one-way service-oriented arrangement. Both sides need support equally if the relationship and what they do together is to be successful. In this episode of Pages, we're joined by Seth R. Silver, Ed.D., principal of Silver Consulting, Inc., and Timothy M. Franz, Ph.D., an Organizational Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Chair at St. John Fisher College. Their new book is Meaningful Partnership at Work: How the Workplace Covenant Ensures Mutual Accountability and Success between Leaders and Teams. Listen in as we discuss how to create a new paradigm of partnership through the development of a workplace covenant. Ultimately, this process enables essential dialogue and engagement, which in turn helps create and continuously improve empathy, respect, trust, alignment, and — ultimately — partnership.

Guest: Carina Cortez, Chief People Officer at Cornerstone What role do HR leaders play in promoting female representation and development opportunities within their organization, and how can they be more effective in doing so? In this latest episode of the HR Works Podcast, Cornerstone’s Chief People Officer, Carina Cortez, joins to help us take on this question and more! Listen as Carina offers steps to increasing the representation of women across every levels of an organization, and we use data from Cornerstone’s 2023 Talent Mobility Study to help examine some great ways that HR leaders can foster a culture of continuous development.