HR After Hours Podcast

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What's HR After Hours Podcast about?

Mick and Hanna are human resources and business professionals who take a humorous and unfiltered approach to advocating for and celebrating great people management practices in the workplace. Welcome to HR After Hours.

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HR After Hours Podcast episodes:

05.30.2024
HR After Hours Revisits the Potential Pitfalls of Social Media
In this episode, our dynamic duo plunges into the treacherous waters of social media and its career hazards, spotlighting the recent wave of personal drama and beliefs flooding LinkedIn. Could spilling your non-business tea online backfire? One study says, ”Oh,...
05.02.2024
HR After Hours Investigates Corporate Conspiracy Theories
In their ongoing pursuit of exemplary employee policies, Hanna guides Mick through an in-depth exploration of Daniel Coyle’s 2018 book ”The Culture Code” and its actionable strategies for cultivating teams that are both more productive and satisfied. This episode is...
04.22.2024
Bubbler Sneak Preview Episode 3: “Revenge of the 80’s”
In the final installment of our Sneak Preview Trilogy, hosts Mick and Kerri discuss fascinating trivia about the record-breaking humanitarian musical collaboration ”We Are the Word” and the documentary ”The Greatest Night in Pop.” Plus, per your requests, brand-new...
04.03.2024
Hanna Schools Mick on “The Culture Code”
In their ongoing pursuit of exemplary employee policies, Hanna guides Mick through an in-depth exploration of Daniel Coyle’s 2018 book ”The Culture Code” and its actionable strategies for cultivating teams that are both more productive and satisfied. This episode is...
03.19.2024
Bubbler's Special Sneak Preview Part Two
In the second part of our Special Sneak Preview, Mick and Kerri have a pre-coffee chat about the usual troublemakers responsible for various lunchtime mischief, including the most diabolical culprit of all. We also debut new segments - Mick Makes...
03.07.2024
Businesses Plagued by Employee Engagement Plunge
If you are not concerned about the alarming decline in employee engagement, the harm to your brand may be more severe than you think. Recent polling data reveals an impending danger for companies with substandard people management. Is your company’s...
02.29.2024
Welcome to Bubbler Sneak Preview Part One
We are excited to present a sneak peek at "Bubbler," the newest addition to our family. This podcast is a throwback to the days when water cooler conversations were the hub of office socialization and focuses on the importance of...
02.21.2024
From Sick Shaming to Protecting the Public?
Mick & Hanna follow up on a 2019 episode discussing the CEO of a fast-casual restaurant chain implementing a policy requiring employees to call and speak to a certified nurse to determining if they are really sick “or hungover.” ...
02.01.2024
Mick and Hanna Critically Ill Over Sick Shaming
In their first new recording of 2024, Mick and Hanna tackle the alarmingly common practice of “sick shaming” by leaders. How does such a deplorable deed still exist after the pandemic? Listen in as they review some despicable statistics that...
01.26.2024
Avoiding Water Cooler Conversation Pitfalls & Mishaps
In preparation for Mick & Hanna’s upcoming return we revisit an early episode regarding conversational “hot topics” in the workplace and how to diffuse their fallout. Let’s face it, 2024 looks like it may be a tough year for water...
12.22.2023
Holiday Stocking Stuffer – Revisiting Office Party Etiquette
We hope you enjoy this bonus episode for your holiday travels or just a quick giggle. Mick & Hanna discuss how to survive your office party and even make yourself look good in this segment recorded in 2019. Happy holidays!
12.06.2023
Leading the Change
As a follow up to our “Unmotivated Clock Watchers” episode Mick & Hanna quickly discuss a company with the dubious honor of being recognized as “possibly the worst employer with a terrible culture” before exploring what individuals are seeking in...
11.14.2023
Is Your Culture Creating Disengaged and Unmotivated Clock Watchers?
Mick & Hanna revisit a quick discussion regarding team engagement, “Office Space Syndrome,” proposing a task-based work schedule, and a couple quirky and awkward moments. Is Mick one splash of patchouli away from joining a drum circle? Will Hanna actually...
10.26.2023
This is NOT a HR Podcast Halloween Spooktacular Fun-Sized Bonus
Hello little ghouls and goblins. You asked for our original tale of McKamey Manor, and we decided to oblige your frightful curiosity. In this fun-sized episode we share our introduction to this horrific haunted house and briefly explore the real-life...
10.19.2023
This is NOT a HR Podcast Presents: Halloween Spooktacular 3
It is that time of year again when we shed our office attire and adorn our darkest cloaks to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. In this episode Mick and Hanna share this season’s most interesting Halloween movies and...
10.12.2023
This is NOT Your Parents’ LinkedIn
In this episode our dynamic duo discusses their love of Halloween to get you ready for the upcoming Annual Halloween Spooktacular episode before taking a dive deep into the recent influx of posts discussing personals issues and beliefs on the...
09.12.2023
When HR 101 Meets Business Etiquette 101 Part 2
In this follow up episode to “When HR 101 Meets Philosophy in Business 202” our dynamic duo dive deep into the topic of companies offering etiquette training classes, and whether or not the classes should be required. This episode jumps...
08.30.2023
When HR 101 Meets Philosophy in Business 202 Part 1
Mick & Hanna are back! In this awkwardly titled episode Mick & Hanna discuss what they might have done differently early in their careers and some different paths available to someone considering moving into Human Resources. Our dynamic duo then...
07.27.2023
HR After Hours Back to School Special
It is time to pack up your messy, moody, and unpredictable offspring and send them back to the University that may eventually garnish your wages. In this back-to-school episode Mick and Hanna revisit the Indiana University professor whose “racist, sexist,...
07.21.2023
The Tale of the Potentially Catastrophic Cake
In this short and sweet episode our dynamic duo discusses how a delicious desert caused a safety risk at a company pitch-in, creating chaos for the Human Resources Manager. Does this sound far-fetched? If you have been in HR more...
06.16.2023
HR After Hours Revisits ”Company Seeks Caucasian”
HR After Hours Revisits “Company Seeks Caucasian" As part of our 100th Episode Celebration we present a remastered version of one of our most discussed episodes “Company Seeks Caucasian.” In this early episode Mick & Hanna tackle the dreaded “off the...
05.23.2023
Mick & Hanna Celebrate 100 Episodes
In this milestone episode our troublesome twosome is a little nostalgic before discussing how the current labor market is being blamed for major violations of Child Labor Laws. Do local lawmakers want to make the restrictions more flexible instead of...
04.27.2023
Giggles, Miscues, and Mailroom Shenanigans
Giggles, Miscues, and Mailroom Shenanigans In this humorous yet helpful episode our dynamic duo shares some outtakes before answering a listener’s email asking how to deal with an unenforced and often ignored company attendance policy. Kick back, relax, and enjoy this...
04.20.2023
Special Classic Replay: HR After Hours Special 420 Episode
In this classic episode released on April 20th, 2020, Mick and Hanna discuss their favorite “pot in the workplace” stories and review the impact on businesses and culture as more states legalize marijuana. (The statistics may surprise you!) PLUS: Want...
04.11.2023
HR After Hours 5 Minutes of Positivity: Professional Bear Huggers Needed
It is time to step away and find your happy place with another Yogi Raw Life Presents: Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode! Listen in as Mick & Hanna discuss an advertisement seeking “professional bear huggers” and what the position...
03.22.2023
Cancelling an Evil Cartoonist on Bare Minimum Monday
As a follow-up to January’s “Sunday Comics” podcast Mick & Hanna take a deep dive into the dark side of the evil creator of a certain office inspired comic strip and even rename the comic something more appropriate. Also,...
03.10.2023
Disney’s Three Course Fairy Tale
Mick and Hanna have a bad case of Spring Fever which makes for entertaining listening as they discuss Disney’s decision to force their workers to spend more time in the office. Has the clock struck midnight for the remote worker?...
02.20.2023
HR After Hours & Yogi Raw Life Presents: The Ultra Inclusive Theme Park
It is time to step away from your desk to find your happy place with another Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode! Listen in as Mick & Hanna discover an ultra-inclusive, accessibility-focused, wonderland for all children and their families to...
02.07.2023
Mick & Hanna Rip 2023 Human Resources Prediction Articles
It started out as a simple conversation while reviewing January articles predicting HR Tends for 2023 and quickly turned into disdain toward the repetitive cycle that the articles confirmed. “Why are we subjected to the same recycled thoughts every year?”...
01.30.2023
HR After Hours & Yogi Raw Life Presents: Five Minutes of Positivity
It is time to take a break and hit your reset button with another Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode! Join Mick & Hanna as they ignore January’s abandoned resolutions with a quick tale of sharing and family togetherness. Pour...
01.19.2023
Finding HR Topics in the Sunday Comics
Hanna and Mick cannot avoid finding HR issues and topics no matter how hard they try. In this episode our troublesome twosome updates you about their favorite fast-food fountain of poor people practices and utilizes a Sunday comic strip to...
12.22.2022
Passive Aggressive Terminations: Are They Quietly Pushing You Out the Door?
This episode is packed with more goodies than your holiday vacation suitcase! Listen in as Hanna and Mick discuss one of the worst emails ever sent by a manager, before tackling the topic of employers utilizing passive aggressive tactics hoping...
11.21.2022
Licking Toads and Laying Off Team Members
Has an alien billionaire taken over your company forcing you to jump ship? Use your newly acquired time off to check out our newest podcast! In this episode, Hanna & Mick weigh in on working for companies that generate a...
11.10.2022
HR After Hours Snack Break: Turning Your Sweet Tooth Into a Career
It is time to step away from your desk, stretch, and listen to the latest Snack Break ”bite sized” edition of HR After Hours. Do you have a sweet tooth? Did you not get enough leftover Halloween candy? Then we...
10.19.2022
This is NOT a HR Podcast Presents: Halloween Spooktacular 2
Mick & Hanna’s love of all things Halloween is one of the few topics in which they consistently agree. Join our devious duo as they cackle over how Apple gutted the nostalgia from Halloween, review two new spooky television specials...
09.28.2022
Mick & Hanna Finally Confront Toxic Positivity
Is a ”good vibes only” approach to leadership actually extremely negative and emotionally restrictive? Does telling someone that ”everything will work out” do more harm than good? Short answer: YES!! Mick & Hanna tackle the truth about Toxic Positivity and how...
08.31.2022
Hello Mongolia, and What We Learned from Apple’s HR Missteps
In this jampacked episode Mick & Hanna discuss what we can learn from Apple’s sexual harassment lawsuits, the toxic masculinity that destroyed Woodstock, give two vastly different listener “shout-outs,” and Mick declares Ted Nugent should “go f*&k himself.” Who...
08.10.2022
HR After Hours Presents: Five Minutes of Positivity in Jerome Arizona
It is time to take a break and hit your reset button with another Five Minutes of Positivity mini episode. Join Mick & Hanna as they plan a trip to Jerome, Arizona. "Why Jerome?" you ask, well kick back, close...
07.25.2022
Mick & Hanna Weigh the Significance of ”The Great Vacation”
Our dynamic duo return from their recent sabbatical to enthusiastically warn of the significance of the current ”Great Vacation.” Is the current clamor for time off a sign of the future need to reexamine your current vacation policies? If you...
06.16.2022
HR After Hours ”Snack Break” Five Minutes of Positivity
HR After Hours Present: Snack Break! Five Minutes of Positivity Break up your day with a quick ”Snack Break” provided by Mick & Hanna. Our snacks are quick treats of positivity so you can hit your mental reset button to help...
05.11.2022
Beating Spring Fever and Burnout with Mick & Hanna
Mick and Hanna were each long overdue for a vacation, and it just so happens they hit the same sunny destination! Listen in as our dynamic duo discusses their quests to cure Spring Fever followed by an attempt to digest...
04.07.2022
Mick & Hanna Breakdown Developing the Best Hybrid Work Model
After an unplanned and lengthy break, Mick and Hanna are back to share a few laughs while discussing how to implement an effective hybrid work model based on your business and people. Is there a uniform template you should be...
02.21.2022
Overworked Employees with Passive Aggression
This podcast has something for everyone! In this episode Mick & Hanna exchange their thoughts on Valentine’s Day and scorned lovers’ revenge, anti-work threads on Reddit, a true work & life balance, and Dan Price’s livable wage success at Gravity...
01.27.2022
Mick & Hanna Talk Top Tips to Tackle 2022
Let’s face it, quite a few Human Resources leaders have admitted to having a tough time at work since March of 2020. In fact, most people have felt deflated and unmotivated at work recently. Mick & Hanna decide to reach...
01.11.2022
HR After Hours Presents: Representation with an Asterisk
During our attempts to grow as HR professionals and human beings we sometimes face obstacles. One of these hurdles is lacking the insight or true understanding of those around us and their life experiences. In this unique episode we go outside...
12.14.2021
Labor Shortage Strikes Santa, Fear of Holiday Havoc Ensues!
Ho Ho Huh?! Is the North Pole feeling the labor market pinch? Mick and Hanna take a deep dive into the current labor shortage and discuss theories of how long it will impact the workforce and the actions required for...
11.09.2021
“Clock Watchers 2: Revenge of the Unengaged”
Mick and Hanna are perplexed by the increasing number of verbal assaults on individuals in the service industry and other related fields. Is the customer always, right? When is it appropriate to step in and protect your employees? Mick &...
10.18.2021
This is NOT a HR Podcast‘s Halloween Spooktacular
Mick & Hanna‘s love of all things Halloween is one of the few topics in which they consistently agree. Join our devious duo as they cackle over the details of one of America‘s scariest haunted houses, the ten scariest horror...
09.23.2021
“WTF is Repressive Interviewing?!”
“WTF is Repressive Interviewing?!” Hanna & Mick get worked-up while discussing a thread on LinkedIn referring to poor interviewing practices regarding notifying candidates that they are not moving to the next round. Do you think our dynamic duo is overreacting and...
08.31.2021
“This is NOT a HR Podcast!” First Episode
Mick and Hanna have battled with the restraints of professionalism while discussing and debating sensitive topics that pertain to Human Resources and business for years. In this long overdue departure from HR protocol, our dynamic duo unleashes their rage and...

What's HR After Hours Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

HR After Hours Podcast episodes:

HR After Hours Revisits the Potential Pitfalls of Social Media

HR After Hours Investigates Corporate Conspiracy Theories

Bubbler Sneak Preview Episode 3: “Revenge of the 80’s”

Hanna Schools Mick on “The Culture Code”

Bubbler's Special Sneak Preview Part Two

Businesses Plagued by Employee Engagement Plunge

Welcome to Bubbler Sneak Preview Part One

From Sick Shaming to Protecting the Public?

Mick and Hanna Critically Ill Over Sick Shaming

Avoiding Water Cooler Conversation Pitfalls & Mishaps

Holiday Stocking Stuffer – Revisiting Office Party Etiquette

Leading the Change

Is Your Culture Creating Disengaged and Unmotivated Clock Watchers?

This is NOT a HR Podcast Halloween Spooktacular Fun-Sized Bonus

This is NOT a HR Podcast Presents: Halloween Spooktacular 3

This is NOT Your Parents’ LinkedIn

When HR 101 Meets Business Etiquette 101 Part 2

When HR 101 Meets Philosophy in Business 202 Part 1

HR After Hours Back to School Special

The Tale of the Potentially Catastrophic Cake

HR After Hours Revisits ”Company Seeks Caucasian”

Mick & Hanna Celebrate 100 Episodes

Giggles, Miscues, and Mailroom Shenanigans

Special Classic Replay: HR After Hours Special 420 Episode

HR After Hours 5 Minutes of Positivity: Professional Bear Huggers Needed

Cancelling an Evil Cartoonist on Bare Minimum Monday

Disney’s Three Course Fairy Tale

HR After Hours & Yogi Raw Life Presents: The Ultra Inclusive Theme Park

Mick & Hanna Rip 2023 Human Resources Prediction Articles

HR After Hours & Yogi Raw Life Presents: Five Minutes of Positivity

Finding HR Topics in the Sunday Comics

Passive Aggressive Terminations: Are They Quietly Pushing You Out the Door?

Licking Toads and Laying Off Team Members

HR After Hours Snack Break: Turning Your Sweet Tooth Into a Career

This is NOT a HR Podcast Presents: Halloween Spooktacular 2

Mick & Hanna Finally Confront Toxic Positivity

Hello Mongolia, and What We Learned from Apple’s HR Missteps

HR After Hours Presents: Five Minutes of Positivity in Jerome Arizona

Mick & Hanna Weigh the Significance of ”The Great Vacation”

HR After Hours ”Snack Break” Five Minutes of Positivity

Beating Spring Fever and Burnout with Mick & Hanna

Mick & Hanna Breakdown Developing the Best Hybrid Work Model

Overworked Employees with Passive Aggression

Mick & Hanna Talk Top Tips to Tackle 2022

HR After Hours Presents: Representation with an Asterisk

Labor Shortage Strikes Santa, Fear of Holiday Havoc Ensues!

“Clock Watchers 2: Revenge of the Unengaged”

This is NOT a HR Podcast‘s Halloween Spooktacular

“WTF is Repressive Interviewing?!”

“This is NOT a HR Podcast!” First Episode

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