Drive Thru HR

This week, we are beginning to see the potential economic impacts of the coronavirus resulting from travel restrictions, event cancellations, and the need to prioritize employees’ health while still maintaining some semblance of “business as usual”.

Join Robin and Michael as we talk with Courtney Harrison, CHRO of OneLogin on how organizations can prepare, drawing partly on her experience during the 9/11 terror attacks.

On the show, we will talk about:

Work flexibility: What technology, process, and policies should be implemented in order to build a mass movement to work from home.Employee communications: How HR and leadership should talk to their employees about the virus without playing into fears, as well as the potential mental health impact among employees. Other steps employers can take.HOw does an employer determine when to take action. 

For background, Courtney was a leader at American Express during the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. The Amex headquarters was destroyed during the attack and her role including relocating an entire workforce (5,000 employees) and working with the Employee Assistance Experts to manage the trauma and emergency response

Join Robin and Michael as they talk to Craig Lemasters about how business people often get "stuck" in their daily work and how you can get unstuck. 

On the show, we will discuss:

What elements of the macro business landscape cause organizations to get stuck?

How do you know if you’re stuck? What are some of the symptoms?

What steps can folks take to get unstuck?

What are some of the top challenges you see learning & development / HR facing and how does your model help? How is it different from the traditional approaches?

Where can people learn more if they want to deploy the model themselves?

Join us Tuesday as Mike and Robin chat with leadership expert Adrian Gostick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Best Team Wins, The Carrot Principle, and All In (w. coauthor Chester Elton)

In their new book LEADING WITH GRATITUDE: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results (HarperBusiness, March 3, 2020), they explore why gratitude is today’s most effective way to boost employee engagement and team performance, and key gratitude practices that boost team performance, morale, and ROI, while reducing turnover.

Based on a survey of more than 1 million employees at a wide range of companies (and decades of experience with leaders), the authors identify a “gratitude gap” where people feel unappreciated – and often under attack – at work. They found that leaders are often unclear on how hard their people work, challenges they face, and how much they would benefit from sincere and explicit gratitude.

On the show, the authors can explain why gratitude is one of our most misunderstood business skills, and outline eight (8) ways leaders can gain clarity on how people contribute, including:

● Assume positive intent, which makes it much easier to learn from setbacks;

● Walk in their shoes to understand their daily frontline challenges with one-on-one time;

● Look for small wins and recognize incremental progress, not just major milestones;

● Tailor feedback to each staffer, because rewards that excite some can alienate others;

● Encourage a culture of peer-to-peer gratitude, not just recognition from above.

100 years ago, in the 1920’s, there was a great time of economic prosperity; GNP growth in the US was strong and unemployment fell into the range of 2% - 5%. The stock market crash in 1929, and the resulting Great Depression, changed all that. Out of the Roaring 20’s came a lot of change.

So what about the NEW “Roaring 20’s?” Workers are speaking out, albeit in very different ways than they did 100 years ago, when they’re dissatisfied with working conditions. And, interestingly enough, HR professionals are increasingly vocal in their public activism.

Join us for a fascinating conversation with our guest Adam Rosenfield about HR as “change makers.”

Ted Bauer describes himself as “the Pied #Piper Of No-Bullshit Work Viewpoints,” and he has opinions!

A prolific writer, Ted muses aloud over at The Context of Things, drives conversations on Twitter, has a podcast called “The Blunder Years,” and posts regularly on LinkedIn and other channels – and he has a definite viewpoint about the world-of-work in which we toil! With a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and a background in marketing (consulting, content, lead gen, etc.) he’s had quite a run in the “HR space” so he’s seen, well, LOTS of stuff.

Join us for this lively and provocative episode!

If you spend any time following HR trends, news and updates via social channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) then you know our guest Kate Bischoff. She's an HR professional, an employment law attorney and an adjunct professor of HR compliance and she ALWAYS has something to say.

Join us as we discuss some of the latest news, rulings and updates from the world of employment law and workplace goings-on.

You can find Kate on Twitter, LinkedIn or at tHRive Law and Consulting.

HR professionals are often (or should be) the conscience of their organizations; serving as a guide while promoting appropriate and ethical behavior. Sometimes though the road is rocky and HR professionals misstep - whether through ignorance or, sadly, through indifference.

Join us for a provocative conversation with Janine Truitt (@MzJanineNicole) of Talent Think Innovations as we discuss how the HR community (and individual practiioners) can best confront and challenge the legacy thinking and actions around racism and sexism that, unfortunately, surface in far too many activities and interactions. 

It's 2020...it's time to be better.

In the world of Talent Acquisition (and attraction!), providing a clear and compelling message to candidates has never been more critical for organizations that want to differentiate themselves. 

Join us for a lively and informative discussion with Elena Valentine of Skill Scout  when we discuss the foundations of effective storytelling and explore how the use of video can enhance the experience.

Join Michael and Robin as we discuss how health insurance costs businesses nearly $20,000 per employee, crushing the bottom lines of small businesses and putting a cap on wages that should be going up in the booming economy.

Chad DeFriece, a general manager at In-Line Packaging Systems Inc., a small North Charleston, SC manufacturing company, was sick of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his self-funded health plan while seeing very little management of cost through the normal healthcare delivery channels. Chad knew there had to be a better way to deliver quality healthcare to employees and decrease costs.

Chad reached out to Tom DiLiegro, President of Benefits Advisors of Charleston, who builds employee benefits plans using the principles of the Health Rosetta, an open-source blueprint for better benefits.

Working together, Chad and Tom are saving In-Line Packaging more than $200K in health spending. At the same time, Chad was able to increase employee incentives, rival with larger competitors (like Volvo and Boeing), decrease employer liability, and cover 100% of the cost of primary care. 

We will be discussing: 

the challenges faced by small business in providing health care for employeeswhat employees lose due to the cost of health careresources for business to respond to the challenge of health care costs

Join 50% of the #DTHR crew (Michael and Robin) for our final show of the year (BYOE). Bring your own eggnog that is.

We'll be talking the end of 2019, and also the end of a decade.  We'll be looking back on what the last ten years have meant for the human resources community, and where the next ten years may take us. 

We may also sing a Christmas carol.  We'll see...stay tuned.