Lily Zheng is a sought-after diversity, equity, and inclusion speaker, strategist, and organizational consultant who specializes in hands-on systemic change to turn positive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion intentions into positive DEI outcomes for workplaces.

Lily has been featured in and writes for media outlets including the New York Times, NPR, Harvard Business Review, Quartz at Work, and HR Executive. They are the co-author of the book Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace and of a second book, The Ethical Sellout. They are also the author of, DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right.

They talk about why DEI initiatives often don’t work. And we’ll discuss what leaders can do when employees push back on DEI initiatives and when they claim that it is reverse discrimination.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

Carrington Smith Trabue is a former trial lawyer, book author, single mom, and owner of Carrington Legal Search. For the past 22 years, Carrie has advised executives on careers and life. She talks about some legal employment trends in compensation, benefits, and remote work, and about advising executives on careers and life.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

John Robertson is the Founder and President of FORTLOG Services. He is a Workforce Wellness Expert and a Culture Alignment Specialist with over 30 years of experience in crisis intervention. He talks about resolving root workplace causes of crises as opposed to treating crises.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

In this episode, we welcome Wellness Officer Percy, a brown and white bunny rabbit in a tiny K9 police uniform and his spokesperson, Lieutenant Michelle Brazil. They work at the Yuba Police Department in Yuba City, California.

This forward-thinking police department in Northern California recruited a bunny rabbit as part of a push to focus on the mental health of its staff. Emotional support animals have become increasingly popular in recent years. A fardel of research studies concurs about pets’ health benefits for their owners. Studies show that just petting an animal can decrease depression and anxiety, and it can boost emotional and cognitive brain activity.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

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Deb Calvert is the President of People First Productivity Solutions and founder of People First Leadership Academy. Previously, she was an HR Director with a Fortune 500 company. She talks about why the elimination of employees’ performance reviews is a growing trend and suggests some new ways we can assess employees’ performance.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

Dr. Divyang Purohit talks about his recent research article about graduate students’ jobs and career choices and how HR professionals can attract them. His article was published in the European Journal of Training and Development.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

The goal of the Series "It’s Personal" is to get to know the HR person behind the books, the research articles, and the lectern. Our guest is Dr. Jia Wang, a professor in the Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development at Texas A&M University. Her research areas include Career/Family Issues, Crisis Management, National and Cross-Cultural Human Resource Development, Workplace (In)civility, and Workplace Learning.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

We welcome Albrey Brown, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Strategy at Joonko, a large platform focused on recruiting underrepresented talent. Joonko has been used in large organizations such as Adidas, American Express, Crocs, and PayPal. Mr. Brown was recently featured in Fast Company where he talked about Diversity & Inclusion. Before working at Joonko, he built out Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programs from the ground up at DocuSign and Airtable.

Jennie Blumenthal talks about how women can break free from the hustle culture, reinvent their careers and reimagine the way they work. She is a professional speaker, author, CEO, and founder of Corporate Rehab, a professional coaching consultancy that’s helped hundreds of executives ditch workplace hustle culture and find their path toward a greater sense of purpose. Her new book is titled Corporate Rehab: Ditch The Hustle Culture and Thrive Again. Her website is https://www.corporate-rehab.com/

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis

We talk about Women’s Careers and Resigning with Sara McElroy, an ex-chief marketing officer, the Wall Street Journal’s poster girl for pandemic career burnout, and a two-time member of the Great Resignation: class of 2021 and 2022. Sara is a journalist and founder of the RAZE TO RISE project, a movement aimed at amplifying the powerful voices of women from the Great Resignation.

Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.

Mixing: Kelly Minnis