HR Like a Boss

HR Like a Boss

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  • 58. HR Like a Boss with Rachelle Hilaire

    Are you purposeful with your people? We are joined this week by Rachelle Hilaire! She explains the importance of remembering to have fun, being genuine and taking care of your people, and owning what you do. Hear about all these things and more on this episode of HR Like a Boss!

    About Rachelle

    Rachelle Hilaire is a well-versed Senior Human Resources professional with 16 plus years of experience in most areas of Human Resources (Employee and Labor Relations, Talent Development, Succession Planning, Workplace Safety, and more.) In her past roles, Rachelle has demonstrated an ability to be successful in Human Resources opportunities and help build organizations to be successful in the retail, entertainment sectors, hospitality, and now in manufacturing. She is a passionate Penn State University Alumni with a master’s in human resources. She is also a foodie, loves adrenaline activities, spending time with her family, and having fun raising her 3-year daughter and 9-year bonus daughter with her fiancé.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    23 min
  • 57. HR Like a Boss with Kelli Veach

    How important is creating culture within your company? On today's episode, Kelli Veach talks about the importance of creating a positive culture within the workplace. Kelli is the co-founder of Shaka, a platform that helps companies create and maintain company culture in a remote environment. Through her experience, she explains the importance of keeping humanity in work, the ripple effect that HR has in creating a company culture, and more!

    About Kelli

    Kelli is a co-founder of Shaka, a culture platform for HR and company leaders struggling with creating and maintaining company culture in a remote environment. With a degree in HR and a background in benefits, she understands the pivotal role that culture plays in any employee's experience with a company. In Hawaii, the term "Shaka" means "Welcome to our community". Kelli aims to keep this spirit of friendship and compassion alive for every organization that Shaka serves.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    23 min
  • 56. HR Like a Boss with Kris McGuigan

    On this episode, Kris McGuigan joins to give an in-depth conversation about "The Great Resignation." Kris is the founder and CEO of Professional Courage, where they help individuals with career strategery, as well as partner with industry leaders to build an engaged workforce and enhance employee engagement. With this experience, she explains ways that companies can retain and engage top talent, the importance of managers having career conversations with their staff, and more!

    About Kris

    Kris McGuigan is the founder and principal owner of Professional Courage. As a board-certified, executive coach, keynote speaker and corporate trainer for the nation’s most prominent Fortune 500 companies, Kris has helped countless leaders step up and stand out in the marketplace. Her first book, The Requisite Courage: How to Make Brave Decisions in Business & Life, is a science-based approach to fear management that helps you overcome self-doubt, take more risks, and get results.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    22 min
  • 55. HR Like a Boss with Patrick Perry

    Founder of NorthCoast 99 and former Chairman and President of ERC, Patrick Perry, joins us to give his insights on Human Resources. He explains how NorthCoast 99 came to be, HR's purpose to lead authentically, passionately defends HR against its negative perception, and much more!

    About Patrick

    With a career spanning over 40 years, Pat continues to positively impact workplaces, leaders and individuals relative to professional and personal success. He is the former Chairman and President of ERC. He is credited with leading ERC’s turnaround in 1998 and guiding the organization to national expansion, resulting in 20 straight years of sustained profitability and growth.  Pat is known as an innovator in workplace best practices and is considered a regional thought-leader on hiring and retaining top talent. He is the founder of the nationally acclaimed NorthCoast 99 program, an award that recognizes the best Northeast Ohio workplaces for top talent. In addition, Pat is the co-creator of ERChealth, a highly successful health insurance program for mid-size businesses in Ohio.  Pat was named Northeast Ohio’s “Best Boss” by Inside Business magazine. During his career, his leadership style was characterized as non-traditional and unconventional. He is an outspoken workplace equality advocate and promotes prioritizing employees and their families over profits.  Prior to ERC, he held a variety of human resource and leadership positions with KPMG, University Hospitals/ Mednet, and Spherion/AIM Executive. As a writer, Pat has published over 400 business, HR, and leadership articles. He is the HR and business columnist for Community Leader magazine and The News-Herald. Pat has authored two books: Re-Shape Re-Define Re-Imagine and, Business Lessons Learned Along the Way. Pat is also the host of the national Success Wave podcast.  He has served as a board member for Unison Risk Advisors (Oswald Companies), the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lake/Geauga SHRM, Leadership Lake County Alumni Association and Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce. Pat has also chaired the Northeast Ohio Human Resource Conference (NOHRC). He is a graduate of the Leadership Lake County program and was recognized as Member of the Year by the Cleveland and Lake/Geauga SHRM chapters.  In November 2018 Pat was inducted into the Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame and in 2021 and 2022 named to the Cleveland 500, recognizing the region’s most influential leaders.  Pat received a BSBA from the University of Dayton and an MBA from Bowling Green State University. He earned his SPHR certification from the Society for Human Resource Management and served as an adjunct faculty member at Lake Eries College, Lakeland Community College, Cleveland State University and Baldwin-Wallace University. Pat is a frequent motivational speaker and leadership facilitator.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    40 min
  • 54. HR Like a Boss with Nicki Perchik

    Let's talk about talent acquisition! On this episode, John Bernatovicz interviews Nicki Perchik, founder and CEO of her own Executive Search Firm. She shares the best ways to acquire top talent and explains how HR can effectively work with recruiting and executive search firms, and more!

    About Nicki

    Nicki is the founder/CEO of The NLP Group, a boutique Executive Search Firm based in Chicago. NLP works with high level, senior and Executive level professionals and opportunities covering a broad spectrum of industries and functional areas. NLP’s clients span the entire United States and globe; ranging in size from early stage start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. NLP has consistently been recognized for outstanding performance, exceptional results and unmatched levels of service and support. Nicki spent the first 10 years of her career in sales with ADP selling customized software solutions as well as outsourced services and solutions in HR, Payroll and Benefits Administration to Fortune 1000 companies. Additionally, Nicki sold a host of ancillary services and solutions that wrapped around those 3 core functions. In the 10 years Nicki spent at ADP, she achieved 8 President’s Clubs, 2 Board of Directors as well as other sales awards. She was consistently recognized for outstanding sales results as well as her dedication to providing world class customer service to clients. In 2003, Nicki left ADP to pursue real estate development opportunities (back when the market was good). Nicki worked with one of Chicago’s top developers. They built a number of spec homes and renovated numerous condos in one of real estate’s most coveted markets. Upon completion, Nicki re-entered corporate America and built The NLP Group into the premier Executive Search Firm it is today.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    24 min
  • 53. HR Like a Boss with Jared Daly

    How important is diversity, equity, and inclusion in your hiring processes? We are joined by Jared Daly, who discusses the work he does in disability inclusion in the workplace. Hear him speak on this and all things HR on today's episode of HR Like a Boss!

    About Jared

    Jared Daly has a BA in Psychology and Criminal Justice. He currently works for The Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, as the Regional Coordinator of Workforce Development. In his role, he assists local organizations in implementing disability inclusion programs to hire, onboard and retain individuals with disabilities. Jared is the founder of The Employment Collaborative of Cuyahoga County (ECCC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group of 60 local organizations. The ECCC works to connect the local business community more efficiently to a diverse talent pool of job seekers with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Jared is a published author in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation and a national presenter on creating collaborative networks to increase employment opportunities for job seekers with disabilities. Jared is also the President Elect for The Cleveland Society of Human Resource Management, helping lead a talented group of volunteers dedicate to educating the local HR community.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    33 min
  • 52. HR Like a Boss with Lou Adler

    Ready to get "controversial"? On this episode of HR Like a Boss, Lou Adler deep dives into the recruiting aspect of human resources and gives his insights on doing things differently. He explains his methods of performance-based hiring, the importance of stretching the boundaries of your work, and more! 

    About Lou

    Lou is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based Hiring℠ system for finding and hiring exceptional talent. More than 40 thousand recruiters and hiring managers have attended his ground-breaking workshops over the past 20 years. You'll be able to follow Lou on his "Almost Daily Recruiting Show" focused on addressing the challenges involved in "Diversity Hiring Without Compromise" with his all-star list of guests. Lou is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2007) and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired (Workbench Media, 2013). Lou has been featured on Fox News and his articles and posts can be found on Inc. Magazine, BusinessInsider, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. Prior to his executive search experience. Lou held senior operations and financial management positions at the Allen Group and at Rockwell International's automotive and consumer electronics groups. He holds an MBA from UCLA and a BS Engineering from Clarkson University.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    48 min
  • 51. HR Like a Boss with Julie Develin

    Are you utilizing your superpower of listening? On today's episode of HR Like a Boss, we are joined by Julie Develin. Julie is an HR pro with over 17 years of experience, and co-host of her own HR podcast, The People Purpose Podcast. Hear about the balance of taking care of your people and your business, the importance of empathetic leadership, and more on this episode.

    More about Julie 

    An expert on employee relations, workplace flexibility, and workforce development, Julie Develin, SHRM-SCP, GTML, is a Sr. Partner, HCM Advisory Group at UKG. With more than 17 years of experience as an HR executive focused on improving workplace culture and enhancing the employee experience, Develin helps organizations implement strategic employee workplace initiatives to enhance productivity, improve communication, and increase satisfaction across the workforce. A seasoned speaker at conferences and other business events, she has presented hundreds of sessions for HR audiences of all sizes and enjoys connecting with and learning from other HR and business professionals. Develin holds an M.S. in human resources development from McDaniel College, where she continues to work today as an adjunct professor in the human resources management and human services management programs. She is also the co-host of The People Purpose Podcast—a show that focuses on all things people at work.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    19 min
  • 50. HR Like a Boss with Liz Lamping & Katherine Miller

    About Liz

    Elizabeth (Liz) Lamping, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association   For over a decade, Liz Lamping has led the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association (PHRA) and transformed it into one of the largest Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) chapters. She is responsible for ensuring that the PHRA’s members have high-quality development and certification programs, HR content and resources, and professional networking opportunities, while accounting for sustained operational and financial growth. Under her leadership, the PHRA has been recognized as an outstanding organization by the PA State Council, and has been the recipient of numerous EXCEL Platinum Awards from SHRM for advancing the HR profession.   Liz has served on the board and advisory committees for several area nonprofit organizations and institutes for higher education, including the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University's Business School. She is the recipient of awards of distinction from her community and was recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine as a 40 Under 40 Award Recipient. Liz graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, and currently resides in San Salvador, El Salvador with her family.

    About Katherine

    Katherine Miller is the PHRA’s Membership Development Manager and holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from Point Park University. With a passion for empowering others to grow and develop their full potential, Katherine is responsible for executing the development of high-quality programs and events, both educational and networking, and resources, and membership communications. In her role, Katherine works diligently to provide a first-rate experience for current and potential members through a variety of recruitment and retention efforts. Katherine also manages the marketing and social media strategies for the association.  Joining the PHRA team in 2016, Katherine began as an intern and a Membership Coordinator, where she was responsible for executing administrative tasks.  In her spare time, expect to find Katherine volunteering with her local fire department as an associate member, or making crafts with her Little Sister through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    33 min
  • 48. HR Like a Boss with Elisa Garn

    About Elisa  

    Elisa's experience includes more than 15 years in HR, recruiting and business development primarily with small to mid-sized businesses. A true Xennial (the micro generation between Gen X and Millennials), she is often an early adopter with a natural curiosity for all things – Especially people!  Her passion for the HR profession is obvious: She is a member of the Forbes Human Resource Council, has served as the President for Salt Lake SHRM, co-founded DisruptHR SLC, currently serves as the Executive Director for Utah SHRM and acts as an advisor and member of several business-focused groups. Elisa holds the SHRM-SCP, SPHR, PRC and SHRM Talent Management Specialty Credential certifications.  A true believer of the global impact HR can have on creating a better human experience, her career path now focuses on the advocacy and influence for the progression of the people function within the business environment.  When she's not exploring one of Utah's beautiful trails or organizing an impromptu flash mob, she's busy sewing 80's throwback costumes for her 10 year old son and pursuing her journey to find the world's best cinnamon roll.

    About HR Like a Boss

    HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with [email protected].

    33 min

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