Perry Richardson, Manager of Organizational Development for University of Colorado Health, joins HCI for a discussion of how firms can adjust their training initiatives to adapt to their unique market challenges. Perry begins the conversation with an introduction of what value based healthcare is and how it is changing the marketplace. Explaining the role of the “human voice” Perry also shares the reasons why there should be a mix between eLearning and instructor led training. Next, Richardson explains the role of user experience/user interface when deploying an LMS its continuing rise in importance. Perry wraps up with some predictions about which innovations he finds most and least likely to achieve market adoption.

Listen to an interview with J.D. Cummings, National Recruiting Consultant at Chipotle Mexican Grill, as he discusses his upcoming Keynote presentation, "Connect to People: Chipotle’s End-to-End Social Recruitment Strategy," which will be featured at HCI’s 2014 Talent Acquisition Innovation Forum.

In this exclusive HCI podcast for the 2014 Talent Pulse: The Dynamic Performance Appraisal research report, we talked to Dr. Samantha Morris, Manager of Assessment and Measurement at MillerCoors. In this 10 minute interview, we asked Dr. Morris: What are the practices involved in your organization’s performance evaluation and how often are they conducted? What technology or software is your organization using to help conduct performance appraisals? How are your supervisors or managers prepared for conducting employee evaluations? What measurements or scales is your organization using to evaluate employee performance?

In this exclusive HCI podcast for the 2014 Talent Pulse: The Dynamic Performance Appraisal research report, we talked to Dr. Edie Goldberg, Talent Management Consultant and founder of HR People and Strategy. In this 10 minute interview, we asked Dr. Goldberg: What is Social Performance Management, how are organizations adopting it, and what are the advantages of using SPM? Why is continuous feedback so important to performance management and performance appraisals? Why do you believe organizations struggling to make continuous feedback a part of their culture? Why do the majority of professionals believe their managers need more training? What can organizations do to help their managers in conducting performance appraisals? What can organizations do in order to improve their measurement or rating tools? What are the most effective measures in your opinion?

In this exclusive HCI podcast for the 2014 Talent Pulse: The Dynamic Performance Appraisal research report, we talked to Dr. Michelle Brown, professor at the department of Management and marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Brown has authored multiple publications, including journal articles, books, and textbook chapters. In this 10 minute interview, we asked Dr. Brown: Why are the majority of organizations struggling to conduct effective performance appraisals? How can poorly conducted performance appraisals affect employees? What can organizations do to improve their performance appraisal systems? What are some assessment measurements or tools you would recommend for organizations? What should organizations consider when choosing evaluation tools? Why is senior leadership so important to performance appraisals? What are the consequences of not having committed leaders to the process?

Senior Talent Manager of Internal Mobility at McGraw Hill Financial, Suzan Dushaj, joins HCI for a conversation about the role internal mobility plays in engagement and retention. Dushaj starts with sharing McGraw Hill’s history and roll out of their internal mobility program and explains how to avoid manager territorialism from the onset. Once the internal mobility program is established Suzan shares how firms can keep up to date with employees evolving skills sets and how to partner with workforce planning team for alignment to the strategic goals of the business. Dushaj wraps up the discussion extolling the need to keep the efforts and wins of the internal mobility team transparent and visible to employees to maximize the benefits.

Learn from TalentLens' Breanne Harris about the importance of thinking critically when developing any kind of social media presence both from an organizational and individual perspective. Take careful consideration as to who is responsible for creating the organization's voice across social media channels.

Listen to an interview with Andres Traslavina, Director of Global Recruiting at Whole Foods Markets, as he discusses his upcoming panel debate, Juggling the Social Recruiting Platforms—Make the Most Out of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest (or Whatever), which will be featured at HCI’s 2014 Talent Acquisition Innovation Forum.

The Trampoline Group's Alan Ibbotson joins HCI on this exclusive podcast interview to discuss how he has infused elements of emotional intelligence into his consulting and training practice. Alan's experience with training employees of high profile media and entertainment firms proves to be an interesting setting for the evaluation of emotional intelligence within a team setting.

Christa Degnan Manning of HfS Research lends her expertise to debate the impact that HR has on employee productivty and engagement which, much like the proverbial chicken or egg, is difficult to discern the relationship one has with the other. Christa offers insights that will allow talent leaders to focus their efforts on the real drivers of performance in order to produce a more controlled impact on engagement.