HR Studio Podcast

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Today's workplace is nothing less than demanding, fast-paced, almost frenetic, and constantly changing. This leaves leaders and their teams struggling with the daily frustrations of content overload, high levels of stress associated with changing priorities, and anxiety resulting from trying to fit ten pounds of work into a five pound bag. In this episode, Josh explains what is meant by "mindfulness", why it's important and how to apply the concepts to form and strengthen relationships and leadership skills.

Dr. Joshua Ehrlich is a leading authority on succeeding in demanding environments. He is at the heart of helping leaders and employees manage these dynamics. He has done research at Yale and NYU and has authored a book titled MindShifting: Focus for Performance.

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What drives high performance leadership and emotional intelligence for exceptional leadership? In this episode, Steve Gutzler discusses his work and research, sharing insights on the difference between being a good and great leader. Steve discusses his recently released book, Splash: The Ten Remarkable Traits to Build Momentum in Life and Leadership and shares his top two traits.

Steve is the President of Leadership Quest, a Seattle based leadership development company, working with well-respected clients such as Pandora Radio, Microsoft, Starbucks, Boeing, Cisco, and the Seattle Seahawks, to name a few. Steve's exceptional ability to communicate clear leadership and business solutions with humor, clarity and insight is why he is highly sought after in the industry.

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Getting company culture right can lead to extraordinary benefits for employees, customers, and shareholders. Interestingly, most large companies aspire to have a reputation for great employee engagement and exceptional customer service, however, only a select few actually manage to earn it. In fact, customer service, employee engagement, and the science and benefit behind those tremendous cultural dimensions remain largely elusive and are actually attained only by some but admired by most. One such organization who is absolutely doing it right is Chick-fil-A. The largely Southern-based fast food restaurant known for its chicken sandwiches has again found itself at the top of the Customer Service Hall of Fame which is a study published by 24/7 Wall Street and Zogby Analytics. In fact, they come in on that list at #2, only behind Amazon.com. Chances are that it will overcome Amazon given the rate at which this organization is growing and developing. For the third year in a row, Chick-fil-A is the only fast food restaurant to ever make such a survey. Scott Overcarsh is well positioned to share the secret behind the success of Chick-fil-A. He is a senior management consultant in the leadership development program and is part of the field operations of Chick-fil-A. He has had a tremendous 40 year career building Chick-fil-A and has worked both in the stores, in the field, in headquarters, and has actually owned and operated several restaurants.

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Bruce Tulgan is back discussing his latest research and debunking myths about what millennials want and need in their careers. Bruce was one of our first guests (See Episode 4: The Needle in the Haystack & the Couch) during which he offered advice on coaching and developing millennials in the workplace. In this episode, Bruce talks about the shifting work dynamic (to short-term and transactional); the qualitative research he's conducted across a wide, diverse demographic; and two organizations who understand millennials and are getting it right.

Bruce is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. He is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. Bruce is the founder of RainmakerThinking®, Inc., a management research, training and consulting firm and the leading authority on generational issues in the workplace. His latest book is an updated and expanded edition of Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage the Millennials.

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What does it take to reach the top in HR? What knowledge and abilities are necessary for successful HR professionals? For nearly 30 years, the Human Resource competency study has addressed this question. The RBL Group and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan along with multiple research partners have collaborated once again to fund and coordinate a global Human Resources competency study, the largest global study on HR competencies. The results of 2016 HR Competency Model: Round 7 of the study will help to continue to shape the future of HR and further define the contributions that make HR a business success, particularly by studying HR competencies aligned with intangible business matters. Mike Ulrich, one of the co-directors of the study, is a statistician at The RBL Group and Assistant Professor of Management at Utah State University. He is the son of Dave Ulrich who is one of, if not the most globally recognized authorities and strategic thought leaders on Human Resources.

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Mark Fogel, former CHRO and CMO, argues that in order to transform itself and impact business success, HR needs an attitude. He draws the distinction between those who will make the transformation and those who won't and shares what he sees as the behaviors critical for success within the profession.

Mark is a former CHRO and CMO, a successful entrepreneur, a writer, and a notable speaker. He has many awards to his name including SHRM's 2007 Human Capital Leader and SHRM's 2009 Innovation Award winner. He is currently the leader of the retained search and consulting practice for Signium in New York City. Signium is a top 25 global search and consulting firm.

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What was it like coming of age in a more hierarchical top/down world of work? Who are the catalysts to help move organizations through the transformation from the world of the hierarchy to the world of the network? Seth Mattison, HR Studio Podcast's guest from Episode 1, is an internationally renowned expert and author on the future of work and leadership. Over the last four years, he has conducted and compiled research. He shares the leadership and future of work story in his most recent book, The War At Work. As founder and Chief Movement Officer of Luminate Labs, Seth advises many of the world's leading brands and organizations on key shifts happening around talent management, change and innovation, leadership, and the future of work. He has touched most industries and has worked with brands including IBM, Microsoft, GE and Chevron.

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In this episode, Dr Anna Tavis provides insight to the drivers of change in performance management systems. She discusses the benefits achieved from overhauling these systems. She urges HR professionals to get educated on the latest designs and techniques, and to acquire skills necessary to overhaul performance management systems in their organizations.

Dr. Anna Tavis, a renowned researcher, author, speaker, educator, executive coach, and consultant, is uniquely focused on the future of work. Her corporate career spans all industries, and she has held C-level and senior level global roles in OD, talent management, and learning and development. Dr. Tavis is an associate professor at NYU teaching graduate and senior level courses in the Master's program in Human Resources. Dr. Tavis has a unique balance of both academia and application. Her publications are numerous, and she is currently working on a new book about the end of talent management as we know it.

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Can a team create a strategy to guarantee that innovation and creativity flourish in the organization? As an HR professional, can you successfully position yourself to support that strategy and be at the leading edge of HR? Anthony Onesto, a business leader with more than 18 years of strategy, product, recruiting, and human resources experience, defines design thinking and how HR can get started in creating solutions around the employee experience.

Anthony currently serves as GM Americas for SmartUp, a micro-learning and peer to peer knowledge sharing solution that enables organizations to exponentially learn and share knowledge. Previously, he served as VP for Razorfish, focusing on global strategies for both technology and data science practices.

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This episode will be of particular value to HR professionals who are looking for ideas on how to coach managers/leaders on giving effective feedback, especially around performance reviews. Sylvana Rochet discusses creative and impactful ways of approaching feedback, which she proposes should be a two-way conversation. Instead of viewing feedback as a one way flow of information (where one person provides feedback on what went well and what did not go well), she invites us to think of feedback as a two-way conversation where both people walk away with value

A political scientist by training, Sylvana is a certified Professional Coach and also studied Hatha yoga in India. Her multidimensional educational background and extensive travels have enabled her to approach human challenges with a wide set of tools. She founded The Insightful Executive and is a partner at Evolution, a boutique coaching and consulting firm that partners with startups and high growth companies to develop consciousness across all dimensions of the business.

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