#HRevolution

Join the #HRevolution Episode 9: “Ask Questions and Listen” with Julio Govreau CHRO at LaunchCode.

Julio Govreau is an inspiring HR leader with a background in Business Management as well as Communications. Julio does sing in his off time but understands what "perfect harmony" looks like when the HR department is fully engaged with employees and the business. Julio shares that the work we do in HR MATTERS but we must actively listen to understand precisely how and where we can have an impact. He reiterates that it is all about DATA once you have learned the business by asking the right questions and listening. As the world of work changes Julio has focused on making it personal to build strong, long-lasting relationships while creating a "constantly learning environment" to keep ahead of the competition.

Start asking questions!

We discuss:

-Creating a constant learning environment 

-Connecting employees to purpose 

-Communication and engagement strategies with a remote, hybrid, and onsite 

-Understanding the impact of people operations on all business units

-Building trust across the organization 

-Failure is not final, how to learn from mistakes and evolve the business

Join the #HRevolution Episode 8: “Evidence Based HR” with Dr. Solange Charas, Founder and CEO at HCMoneyball. 

In this episode, Dr. Solange Charas discusses the ROI of Human Capital and how we can use more evidence-based approaches in HR to build the skills and relationships necessary for the proper investment in intangible assets, which has become the most valuable asset to corporations. We talk about the final frontier, human resources, and how organizations are slowly waking up to how their human capital directly impacts the bottomline. 

Dr. Solange harped on the fact we in HR need to learn the qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the business and understand how to use it to tell a story all other business leaders and units can understand.

We discuss:

-Human Capital is an intangible asset 

-Understanding the proper indicator for your business - HCROI, HCMB, and HCVA- Evidence-Based Approach

-Relationship between EBITA and HCROI

-HC Investment Intensity

-Using data for decision making and evidence

-Assessing and reassessing the effectiveness of HR-related initiatives for continued investment  

Join the #HRevolution Episode #7: “Business-Savvy HR” with Candice Fobb, CHRO at ParFab Companies. 

In this episode, Candice Fobb shares her journey as CHRO at ParFab recently acquired by Private Equity and having an impact on the business. Candice shares that her MBA helped to give her perspective but also gave her the ability to “talk business.” We in HR are constantly shaking the negative connotation that we only do feel-good things like party planning, but that we are business savvy and we understand how to drive revenue and growth. We discussed how being obsessed with solving problems will help is to find that alignment between what the employee needs and what the business wants. 

Candice stressed the importance of developing a relationship with finance but also harped on the need for HR professionals to speak in dollars.

We discuss:

-Business mindset in HR

-Becoming obsessed with the problem 

-Understanding where our time is being spent in HR

-How to create efficiencies with the investment in technology 

-What it means to be an active business partner in HR

-Active Talent Management

-Finding balance 

Join the #HRevolution Episode #6: "Going Into The Storm” with Steve Browne, Chief People Officer at LaRosa’s Pizzeria Inc.  

In this episode, Steve Browne shares his journey as Chief People Officer of an extremely successful, family-owned business.  Throughout our conversation, we dive into the Human side of Human Resources, discussing our role as HR Practitioners to “embrace the uncomfortable.” When we head towards the problems and address them head-on we can solve the business challenge as they are typically people related.  In addition, we explore how the HR Profession is evolving to become a powerful force in bringing on meaningful change in the twenty-first-century workplace.

HR professionals should be the conduit for communications between department leaders, managers, senior leadership, and the employees.

Kevyn Rustici and Bobby Spaziani, SHRM-CP discuss:

-Conversations and connections HR should focus on internally

-Impact of employee recognition programs

-How to breed a people-first culture

-The importance of pausing to give people our time

-Future role of HR in business 

What is sentiment analytics?

Listen to Robert Brown as he discusses his evolution as a CEO, and how he learned how important his people were and why their engagement was a true competitive advantage.

Robert also learned was there is a big difference between people analytics and sentiment analytics, which he found to be the missing link to improve engagement and performance of his staff overall, yielding better business outcomes.

Robert set out on this journey to help organizations resolve the engagement crisis that has stayed consistent for the last 15 YEARS, by creating Olumo.

Tashanda Thomas shares with us the importance of fully integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into every aspect of the business, not only to maximize business results but because it’s the right thing to do.

Tashanda discusses with Kevyn Rustici and Christopher Darone:

• Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a critical business driver and must be woven into every aspect of the organization

Jenna Rosenberg is all about adding value to Visions FCU, a rapidly growing credit union spanning multiple states with a growth mindset.

As the VP Chief Governance and Strategy Officer, she shares with us how she is able to provide insights using data while understanding how to build the necessary internal partnerships to execute strategy.

Jenna reviews her evolution as an HR professional, sharing how her MBA helps make her a more dynamic HR leader. Being able to talk finance has allowed her to understand where she could have an impact in the business, making all the difference in building a winning culture.

Her focus on growth, strategy, and alignment is an inspiration, and she helps the board of directors, executive team, and employees to deliver on their objectives and initiatives.

In the conversation:

• Her new Role: From VP HR to Chief Governance and Strategy Officer

Listen and find out how Jenna Rosenberg ensures alignment with her stakeholders and uses data to make sure her company is aiming at the right target.

For our first guest, Sallie Reid joins us and she is an HR dynamo when it comes to providing value to ACV Auctions. Sallie was brought in to help build one of the greatest companies in the world. Sallie reflects on her own experience from wildly successful employee-first cultures, and how it helped to show her how to be a strategic business partner, how important an employee-centric culture is, and why it's worth fighting for. One thing for sure Sallie isn't afraid to make changes and challenge the status quo if she knows it will make the company and culture better.

We discuss:

-How she in HR provides value and gets "into the field"

-Having critical conversations with managers

-Understanding the business inside and out

-People Analytics a new skill in high demand today

-Business and financial literacy

-The future of work and where are we headed as a profession in HR