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Join Michael and Robin when they chat with Bill GIanoukos, CEO of Goodpath as we discuss why common chronic conditions like back pain and digestive issues are often a very big missing of common benefit plans. 

Goodpath is a digital integrative care provider that’s working with companies and HR teams to provide better benefits to employees at a low cost for companies.  On the show we will discuss:

Why chronic conditions like back pain – although not life-threatening – are important to include in your benefit plan.

Questions:

1. Tell us about your self and Goodpath

2. Why are common chronic conditions like back pain and others so often not included in benefit plans.

3. How does exclusion of these conditions differ from preexisting conditions?

4. What is integrated care, and why should companies provide it?

5. What benefits do employees value besides healthcare, which is VERY important these days?

6. Tell us about your current research and what employers could/should be doing

7. Wrap-up (2 minutes left)

Join Michael and Robin as we speak with Ashley Brundage, author of the new book Empowering Differences. 

Ashley T Brundage is the Founder and President of Empowering Differences. While seeking employment at a major financial institution, she self-identified during the interview process as a male to female transgender woman and subsequently was hired. She was offered a position and started as a part-time bank teller and worked in various lines of business before moving to VP, Diversity, and Inclusion in less than 5 years. Ashley recently celebrated 18 years of marriage to Whitney and together they have two biological sons; Bryce, 15, and Blake, 13.

Since beginning transitioning in 2008, she has worked tirelessly to promote awareness and acceptance of gender identity and expression. She works to accomplish this goal by volunteering in the community and holding education sessions for corporations. She serves on the Corporate Advisory Council for the NGLCC-National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Also is the co-chair for NGLCC’s new global Trans+ Inclusion Task Force. She chaired the successful bid to host the NGLCC convention in 2019, and Visit Tampa Bay named her their Tourism Champion for 2017. In 2018, she started serving on the board of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. In 2019, she was voted on the National Board of Directors for GLAAD. GLAAD works to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Community through media advocacy.

On the show we will discuss: 

Ashley's journey Leadership in the business worldLeadership in the LGBTQ+ communityYour book and the main concepts behind Empowering DifferencesHow does this apply in DEI today?

Cornelia Gamlem & Barbara Mitchell. Authors of The Big Book of HR have a new book -  They Did What? Unbelievable Tales from the Workplace. Filled with captivating and occasionally irreverent stories, this book casts a light on human behavior, explores how bad behavior manifests itself fin the workplace, and highlights what HR professionals and managers can do when faced with people-doing-people-things.  

Written as narrative non-fiction, this book is about “real-life” HR including the type of WTF stories that those of us who work with people are well acquainted!

Join us for a fun show as we chat with the authors!

Wayne Crawford, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington whose primary research interests include work-life issues, identity work, leadership and dyads and quantitative research methods.

Join us for a chat,  drawn from Dr. Crawford’s research, about the interplay between work time, family-time, (the work-life interface) and the impact of friend support (really!) on job burnout and depression.

It's been just over a month since President Biden took office and, as expected, issues related to the workplace. labor relations and HR are front-and-center.  Join us for today's show as Michael and Robin discuss the minimum wage, OSHA and activities on the labor/organizing front.

John serves as Director for Business Career Management bringing with him over 13 years of recruitment and talent management experience. He is responsible for developing new relationships with companies that might have an interest in establishing a college relations/college recruiting program with the College of Business.  John has a BBA from FIU, an M.S. in Health Services Administration from Barry University, and his Senior Professional in HR (SPHR) certification.

Talking cancel culture including MyPillow guy, Goya guy and historical figures on the side of red and blue.

Join Michael and Robin as we chat with our buddy Jay Kuhns.

On the call we will discuss the start of the NHL season, the state of the state,  and the impact a Biden administration may have on the workplace and employment issues around the recent conflict at the Capitol. Also social media and coffee will probably come up.

Join Michael and Robin as they chat with Patrick Brandt, president of Shiftsmart and co-founder of Get Shift Done, on DriveThru

We will discuss:

Get Shift Done, in response to hospitality workers losing their jobs during the pandemic.  How they helped hospitality workers registered with Shiftsmart by millions of dollars to pay the displaced hospitality workers to work at the Food Banks so they could continue to deliver food to those in need. Get Shift Done has provided 500,000+ hours of skilled shifts to 110+ non-profits in 11 cities.

Join Robin and Michael on Tuesday, January 6 when we will discuss some of the labor and employment law changes that HR pros will deal with in 2021 as the Biden administration takes the reins. Our guest is labor law counselor and employment adviser David Pryzbylski is diligently focused on achieving the right result for each client he serves. He is dedicated to providing legal solutions to the challenges his clients face by incorporating not only legal and business strategy into problem-solving but also compassion in consideration of the human element of managing a workforce.