HR Power Hour

Your employees bring their emotions to work every day. What’s going on at home, the dynamics of their teams, relationships with their managers, and their health and the health of the work culture.

In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Chief Innovation Officer and new Author, JD Pincus, his first book: The Emotionally Agile Brain; Mastering the 12 Emotional Needs That Drive Us.

The book builds on the AgileBrain assessment which works to support employee positive change and taps into the power of emotional insight to drive positive personal growth, improved team dynamics, healthier cultures, and deeper business insights.

Pressure is something that we all experience both at work and at home. Getting to a point where you are not only able to appropriately manage pressure, but also to embrace it, is key to high performing in your personal and professional life.

In this episode of HR Power Hour, join host Tawny Alvarez as she talks with James Cluskey, former professional tennis player turned executive coach and founder of Give Learn as they discuss the necessity of community in embracing pressure and how to view performance to help you become a high performer.

“It’s no secret that our healthcare system is broken, and that people are having trouble accessing care,” says Colleen Kavanagh, who spent the first decade of her career working with hospitals to implement new technology and maximize profitability.

“But to solve this problem quickly, we’re asking the wrong questions, and we’re asking them of the wrong people.” In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo speaks with Colleen Kavanagh, CEO of SoulBeing, about Innovation in Healthcare Access: An Integrated Approach to Evidence Based Healthcare.

Learn about leveraging existing mechanisms to help your teams find healthcare services more easily and affordably. Consider an expanded view of healthcare services that incorporates all aspects of physical, mental and emotional health to provide truly integrated support, and empower your team and their families to be their healthiest, happiest selves.

Recent studies show that 31% of US healthcare costs can be directly attributed to “behaviorally influenced chronic conditions,” while 69% of costs are influenced by consumer behaviors.

  These statistics hold true for your workforce. The employees who walk through your door each day are managing more than just the workload; they have families, lives outside of work, and health conditions.

  Is there a way, however, that employers can commit to helping their employees understand their health conditions, embrace different treatment options and change their behaviors to positively influence chronic health conditions? The answer is yes; but it takes work.

  The good news, however, is that hard work has significant returns on not just your employees’ health, but also their commitment to your organization. In this episode of HR Power Hour, join Tawny Alvarez of Verrill as she speaks to Curally’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeremy Vesta, concerning addressing the hidden costs of insurance.

  In this episode Tawny and Jeremy will discuss the current issues employers are faced with concerning employees with chronic health conditions, the work that Curally has undertaken to provide employers with a path to respond to these challenges, and the positive long-term effects this strategy has on both employees and employers.

The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—Stress, disengagement, quiet quitting, and mass resignations to name a few.

So, has all the rapid change led to more workplace conflict? Is conflict wearing us all down?

At what cost?.

In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Karin Hurt, CEO, and David Dye President of Let’s Grow Leaders, The World Workplace Conflict & Collaboration Survey they conducted.

Over 5000+ full-time workers surveyed in over 45 countries and in all 50 United States. It turns out workplace conflict is becoming more of an issue everywhere you go and in fact 70% of participants report the same or more conflict over the last few years.

While so often we focus on the questions we cannot ask applicants during the job interview process, it’s time to flip the script and focus in on the questions we should be asking as well as how many common interview practices have damaging effects on applicants and their ability to successfully present themselves in interviews.

When looking at the process from the seat of the applicant, companies can better understand how to implement practices which will result in the right people being hired for the right position. In this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Lori Wallace, the founder of Career Ecology and a Social Innovator working to liberate heart-mindfulness within the challenging and often traumatizing job hunt as they discuss mindful interviewing and tips for Companies to identify the right people to meet human capital potential.

Have you ever wondered what makes someone convincing or why some messages persuade when others do not? Have you ever struggled with how to create a persuasive message story, or presentation? Do you want to understand how persuasion can be used to corrupt or to achieve dangerous ends?

In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Carlos Alvarenga, Author of the new book , The Rules of Persuasion; How the World’s Greatest Communicators Convince, Inspire, Lead – and, Sometimes, Deceive exactly how persuasion works in all forms of human communication. Learn a clear and effective model you can use to put the elements and chemistry of persuasion to work for you in your personal and professional lives.

Have you ever talked on the phone with someone and then met in real life only to be surprised at what the person looked like? What does the accent of television and movie characters speak to as to a character’s personality and skillset?

How, if at all, does the accent of a prospective employee impact decision-makers in determining whether the individual is qualified for the position?

Accent bias effects how individuals process information and make decisions, both in the work environment and in life generally.

On this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Heather Hansen, Founder of Global Speech Academy and author of Unmuted as they discuss accent bias at work and steps decision-makers can take to minimize the adverse effects it has on your decision-making at work.

Communication confusion is more then just another daily inconvenience as it impacts productivity, market share and ROI. Cutting the cost of confusion demands the ability to distill, integrate and synthesize information from a broad range of perspectives and disciplines.

In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Rich Layton, Chief Clarity Officer of Transform Communications, his new book , Cutting the Cost of Confusion; Eliminate the High Price of Failure to Communicate.

Rich discusses the “secret sauce” of a disciplined methodology which blends strategic communication with risk management, which empowers leaders to overcome their organization’s communication challenges.

Many HR professionals recognize that a hybrid work environment is what many employees are seeking. While creating policies and expectations are one element of appropriately implementing a hybrid work environment, many companies are struggling to “make it work.”

The question of how to engage employees and create an inclusive environment is difficult in person—let alone remote. Add into that managing a team that is partially in person and partially remote depending on the day of the week (or hour of the day) and managers have their hands full. 

Have no fear! There are tools you can use to better manage the challenging elements of the hybrid work environment. On this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Dr. Keri Ohlrich, co-founder of Abbracci Group and co-author of The Way of the HR Warrior, concerning how HR Warriors can use the CHARGE® framework to manage the hybrid work environment. 

Tawny and Dr. Ohlrich will discuss not only what the CHARGE® framework is, but also how employers can use Courage, Humility, Accuracy, Resiliency, Goal-Oriented, and Exemplary processes to practically manage the difficulties associated with Hybrid Work.