HR Power Hour

Having trouble retaining great talent? Dealing with employees walking out the door after the first week? Struggling with your leadership not truly understanding when employees are leaving?

In this episode of the HR Power Hour, join host CMA’s David Ciullo discuss with Mark Gonska, Executive Vice President of Dise & Company, Key Strategies for Retaining Talent that include the “4 R’s” in onboarding, how to deal with the actual employers and leaders’ brand in the marketplace, and focusing on what the employers really need to do to succeed in keeping talent. 

After the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, millions of people around the world entered into a dialogue about race and racism in America.

Many leaders and HR professionals don’t know where and how to enter the conversation effectively to have this critical conversation. On today’s episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with bestselling author Eric M. Bailey, President of Bailey Strategic Innovation Group, Wholly Shift: Changing the Conversation About Diversity, Empathy, and Privilege Using Brain Science.

We discuss his new book, The Cure for Stupidity, where Eric teaches new ways to think differently from traditional diversity training and how to get real results.

This week on HR Power Hour: Employers have spent much of the last year focusing on employee health and well-being; emphasizing the creation of a healthy work environment to minimize the spread of the virus in the workplace.

Some employers have taken that focus a step further, to make sure that during this difficult time employee’s mental health is also being looked after.

Join Lindy Graham, LCSW and Founder of Well Space Maine and WellSpace@Work and Celine Frueh, Human Resources Director at Allagash Brewing Co. as they discuss the partnership the two organizations have entered into to remove barriers that employees may traditionally experience when seeking mental health counseling and care.

Our long COVID winter MAY be over, but history shows we should proceed with caution as remember it took 3 years to return to pre-pandemic normal for the 1918 worldwide Spanish Flu.

That said, lets be positive and focus on the workplace legal challenges and opportunities in a post-COVID workplace.

In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with the Chair of the Labor and Employment group, James Reidy at Sheehan Phinney, Hope Springs Eternal: From Pandemic to Endemic. We discuss the trends, opportunities, and top challenges HR and C-Suite should expect to navigate in this “new normal”.

On this week’s episode of HR Power Hour. It’s easy to say that your work environment is inclusive, but what does it take to attract and retain female leaders?

Join Tawny as she speaks to April Paradis, HR Specialist at Bank of America about the work that Bank of America is doing to invest in women.

April will discuss the work that Bank of America does in focusing on retention and development while simultaneously understanding that an employee’s needs do not end when they walk out the door.

In understanding the importance in investing in female customers, through their work with the Cornell Women’s Institute, to the programs available for employees, hear how Bank of America engages female employees through their child care and elder care reimbursement programs, tuition assistance programs, and parental leave programs.

That’s on the next HR Power Hour.

We have an overabundance of ‘leaders’ in our world today. But those who truly stand out are the ones who lead in a way that inspires employees to rally behind the organizational cause.

In this episode, host David Ciullo discussed with author Tim Hebert his book The Intentional Leader, practical advice that provide an essential guide to cultivating an authentic, effective, and sustainable approach to leadership.

Companies put significant time and energy into creating and maintaining confidential and proprietary information.

Similarly, companies are aware that investing in employee growth is necessary to maintain happy and healthy employees. What can employers do to protect these valuable assets during the “Great Resignation?

”In this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she speaks with Verrill Attorney Robert Brooks about steps that employers can take to protect confidential and proprietary information (as well as ever-important client relationships) from being lost to competitors during the Great Resignation using restrictive covenants.

During this episode they will discuss non-solicitation clauses, confidentiality provisions, and an employer’s ability to use a non-compete clause or agreement.

That’s on this week’s HR Power Hour

Have you recently typed into a search engine, “what are signs of burn-out”?

Have you read articles designed to help you identify and combat burnout? Many HR leaders have—whether attempting to identify the symptoms in team members or in themselves.

On this episode of HR Power Hour, join Tawny Alvarez, from Verrill, as she talks with Anush Hansen, Certified Career Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and creator of the Work-Life Balance Assessment, as they discuss career counseling and how companies can help to both pro-actively limit employee burnout and (unfortunately) how to respond if it’s too late to be proactive.

Helping employees re-center their work-life balance and return to a more happy, healthy, and productive career.

Do you feel like your work and personal life are pulling you in opposite directions? Like the more you’re there for one, the less you’re there for the other?

After his family was torn apart—twice—former journalist Mark Briggs launched a full-scale investigation into work-life balance. What he discovered was a surprising framework of small, simple changes that can send powerful ripple effects throughout your life—both at work and at home.

On this episode of the HR Power Hour, host CMA’s David Ciullo talks with Mark Briggs, author of his fourth book, The Butterfly Impact; Resilience, Resets, and Ripples. We discuss practical activities to help you develop your balance and excel in your career while thriving in your personal life.

Can you go ten minutes without checking your email?

Do you find yourself picking up your phone and suddenly realizing you’re not sure what you were planning to search for or what app you were going to visit? Does the same thing happen when you’re on a tight deadline?

When you have to be productive, but the envelope icon keeps flashing on your screen or your phone keeps pinging?

On this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Jeff Wozer, writer, comedian, speaker, about the effect screen time is having on productivity and proposed ways that employees can take back the time they are losing to digital distractions.