A podcast about work, the future and how they will go together

It is a complicated time in the work world right now as organizations grapple with policies around the return to the office or remote or hybrid work. As well, the unemployment rate is rising, managers are dealing with stress around the economy and workers are uneasy about all of it. To talk about what the challenges mean for leaders in human resources, Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Paul Falcone, the principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting and an the best-selling author of several books on human resource and leadership.

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Paul Falcone

Principal, Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting 

Paul Falcone (www.PaulFalconeHR.com) is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management & leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and HR advisory services. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He has extensive experience in entertainment, healthcare/biotech, and financial services, including in international, nonprofit, and union environments.

Paul is the author of seventeen HarperCollins Leadership, AMACOM, and SHRM Books, many of which have been ranked as #1 Amazon bestsellers in the categories of human resources management, labor & employment law, business conflict resolution and mediation, business mentoring & coaching, communication in management, business and organizational learning, and business decision-making and problem-solving. His books have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Turkish. His books have sold in excess of 750,000 copies worldwide.

Paul is a certified executive coach through the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching program, a long-term columnist for SHRM’s “HR Magazine,” and an adjunct instructor in UCLA Extension’s School of Business and Management. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Management Association. Paul is an accomplished keynote presenter, inhouse trainer, and webinar facilitator in the areas of effective interviewing and hiring, talent and performance management, leadership development, workplace ethics, and effective leadership communication.

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Website:  https://www.paulfalconehr.com/

Author Page: https://www.harpercollinsleadership.com/catalog/paul-falcone/

At one point we thought technology threatened jobs in fast food or retail but now we know that is likely to be only the tip of the iceberg.  AI will mean changes for all workers and  knowledge workers – the group that was once thought to be the most protected – may be at the top of the list. To talk about that, Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Anders Haugeto, founder of venture builder and product development studio Iterate. They talk about the disruptions ahead and as well about the way that AI will create opportunities and lead to positive changes, particularly for smaller organizations that might have had trouble competing in the past.

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https://medium.com/venturehq/how-ai-workers-will-transform-knowledge-workers-45c531b6bf89

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Adrian Camilleri

Association Professor of Marketing

University of Technology Sydney Business School

Adrian Camilleri is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School. He uses experimental and survey research methods to understand, explain, and predict the cognitive processes underlying judgment and decision-making, and the application of this knowledge to environmental, financial, managerial, and consumption contexts.

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https://hbr.org/2024/03/how-gamification-can-boost-employee-engagement

How can leaders develop the mental strength needed in today’s work environment? To talk about that Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by  Scott Mautz,  author of the book  The Mentally Strong Leader.

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SCOTT MAUTZ, author of THE MENTALLY STRONG LEADER, is the founder and CEO of Profound Performance, a keynote, training, and coaching company. Mautz is a former Procter & Gamble executive who successfully ran four of the company’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses, he is also the multi award-winning author of Leading from the Middle, Find the Fire, and Make It Matter. Mautz has been named a “CEO Thought-leader” by The Chief Executives Guild and a “Top 50 Leadership Innovator” by Inc.com, He is faculty on reserve at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for Executive Education and is a top instructor at LinkedIn Learning. He lives in San Diego.

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Is Work Life balance a myth? On this episode, Linda Nazareth is joined by Dan Pontefract, author of the book Work Life Bloom. Dan believes that we need to move to  ‘work life bloom’ rather than ‘work life balance’ and he has some ideas about  what organizations should be doing to make that a reality.

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Dan Pontefract is a renowned leadership strategist, award-winning author, and keynote speaker with over two decades of experience helping organizations and leaders improve performance, productivity, and overall engagement.

He has presented at four TED events and earned multiple industry awards including Thinkers50 Radar, HR Weekly’s 100 Most Influential People in HR, PeopleHum’s Top 200 Thought Leaders to Follow, and Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. Dan has written five best-selling books and he also writes for Forbes and Harvard Business Review.

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Is it time to include pet perks in more compensation packages? With talent acquisition a hot topic, everything is on the table now and perhaps that should include bringing your dog to the office, or at least having some of his health expenses covered by your benefits package. Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Cerys Goodall, Chief Operating Officer + Head of People at Vetster to talk about the options around pet perks and why it might be in organizations’ best interest to consider them seriously.

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Cerys Goodall

Chief Operating Officer

Vetster

Cerys is a change agent with over 20 years of experience helping leading tech startups to move from ideation to growth.

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https://vetster.com/en-ca

Can AI help people become better chess players – and if it can, what does that mean for the future of work? To talk about that, Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Henning Piezunka the co-author of a study on  that topic which reached some interesting conclusions. If AI can train people to play chess better, then there are implications for training in the workplace, which in turn suggests that we can leverage AI to make workers more productive.

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Henning Piezunka is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD and a Visiting Professor at Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Henning’s teaching is focused on startups and entrepreneurship, with a particular emphasis on guiding entrepreneurs in building, scaling and growing their business ideas and ventures. He teaches this material to MBA students, executives and corporations, and coaches start-up CEOs and entrepreneurial leaders. He has received outstanding teaching ratings, been on the Dean’s list for excellence in MBA teaching, and won the INSEAD best teacher award multiple times.

Henning is an award-winning researcher. He studies how organisations can tap into the knowledge of their members to foster greater inclusion, innovation and diversity. He has also conducted research into the crowdsourcing of ideas and the wisdom of the crowds. In another stream of research, Henning studies collaboration and competition, such as the factors that escalate competition into dangerous conflict. He has further researched succession in family firms and how people can improve their ability to interact with others by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Through his research, Henning has also developed significant expertise across various domains, including start-ups, technology companies, family businesses and a range of sports. He has leveraged data from sports such as Formula One, soccer and chess to shed light on effective management practices. Henning’s work and expert opinions have been featured in leading business media including Time Magazine, The Economist and Harvard Business Review.

Henning obtained a PhD at Stanford University, a Master of Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and a Diploma Kaufmann from the University of Mannheim, Germany. Before starting his academic career, he co-founded a web design company in 1998 and acted as its founder-CEO until selling it in January 2016. By 2016, Henning’s company employed more than 30 people and served customers in more than 80 countries.

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https://www.henningpiezunka.com

https://www.insead.edu/faculty/henning-piezunka

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smj.3512

Workers have lives outside of the workplace, and in many cases that means being caregivers to family members who are elderly or disabled or ill. The strain of that can impact their work, and it can impact the organizations they work for as well. To talk about what organizations can do to support workers – and ultimately support themselves – Linda Nazareth is joined on this episode by Jeff Moat of Pallium Canada a national, non-profit  focused on building professional and community capacity to help improve the quality and accessibility of palliative care.

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Jeffrey B. Moat

Chief Executive Officer

Pallium Canada

Jeff joined Pallium Canada as Chief Executive Officer in 2017 where he brings 30 years of experience in creating organizational excellence, compelling social change programs and increasing consumer engagement within the not-for-profit, private sector and NGO industries.

Previous to this, Jeff joined the Mental Health Commission of Canada where he established Partners for Mental Health, the country’s first non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating a social movement to transform the way people think about mental health, and act towards people living with a mental health problem or illness.

Jeff also enjoyed an eight-year tenure as National Director of Marketing for Canadian Blood Services. He spent the first half of his career in the financial services as Assistant Vice President for Citibank Canada and Bank One International and later Vice President of Marketing for Alterna Bank.

Jeff is a graduate of McGill University where he received his Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management Policy. Jeff also holds a certificate in Finance and Accounting from McGill University and has earned professional certificates in Direct Marketing and Database Marketing from York University. Jeff also has his Chartered Marketer professional designation.

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Artificial Intelligence is here to stay and as well as changing and eliminating jobs it is creating new roles. On this episode, Linda Nazareth is joined by Cliff Jurkiewicz, Vice President of Global Strategy at Phenom to talk about why it is time for companies to hire for the role of ‘AI Ethicist’ and what challenges those in the role will face in our rapidly changing world

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https://www.phenom.com

Remote work keeps evolving: organizations have been changing the rules around it, workers have been shifting their demands on employers, and the pieces keep shifting. To talk about the new trends in remote work, Linda Nazareth is  joined on this episode by Jelena Djordjevic, Vice President of People at Thumbtack. Thumbtack is a technology company that helps people care for and improve their homes, an they have decided to be  ‘virtual first’ and are not forcing people back to work. That approach is becoming rare, but Jelena explains why it can be the right decision and talks about the ways to make it work.

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Jelena Djordjevic,

VP of People, Thumbtack

Jelena Djordjevic is VP of People at Thumbtack. She leads an organization of 80+ team members spanning Employee Experience, Recruiting, People Business Partners, People Analytics, Compensation, Benefits, Operations, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Organizational Development. In her role, Jelena is responsible for reimagining the future of work at Thumbtack as we embark on a new chapter to be the only app homeowners need to fix, maintain, and improve their homes. Most recently, Jelena served as Chief of Staff at Thumbtack. She held this role for almost three years and was responsible for designing and managing operating processes at the company to ensure we operated effectively and collaborated across the organization. She oversaw Strategic Planning, Internal Communications, Policy and the operations of our leadership forums. Prior to her time at Thumbtack, Jelena was a Case Team Leader at Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, where she focused on digital and product strategy and change management. Jelena also spent time at Airbnb and Endeavor, where she focused on Business Development and Strategy. Jelena attended University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She lives in Berkeley with her family and loves long distance hut to hut hikes.

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https://www.thumbtack.com