Human Resource Development Masterclass

In this sixth episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Jamie L. Callahan (Durham University, United Kingdom), Dr. Sharon Mavin (University of Newcastle, United Kingdom), and Dr. Melissa Yoong (University of Nottingham Malaysia)  discuss the relationship between HRD and Gender, including:

• What is meant by the term Gender?
• What is the connection between Gender and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• How does the increasing focus on transgender and nonbinary issues fit into the wider discussion on Gender within organizations? 
• What is the connection between Gender and HRD?
• Advice for HRD practitioners on how to look critically at their own organization’s performance on Gender issues?
• Advice for HRD practitioners on how to work on multiple issues in parallel?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/gender.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by the Board of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which encourages you to attend its 30th annual research conference in the Americas being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 1st to 4th 2023.  For further details, visit ahrd.org. 

In this fifth episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Chungil Chae (Wenzhou-Keane University, China), Dr. Claire Gubbins (Dublin City University Business School, Ireland), and Dr. Peter Gray (University of Virginia, USA) discuss the relationship between HRD and Data Analytics, including:

• What is meant by the term Data Analytics?
• What is the connection between Data Analytics and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• How does Data Analytics help HRD in working on current organizational challenges?
• What is the relationship between Data Analytics and HRD?
• What HRD questions could Data Analytics answer in the coming years?
• How can HRD professionals leverage existing data within organizations?
• How can HRD professionals learn how to do Data Analytics?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit https://www.allbypodcast.com/dataanalytics.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi’s Human Capital Development programs – find out about them at https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/human-capital-development.php, and by the Business Analytics Lab in CBPM, Wenzhou-Kean University – find out about them by visiting https://chadchae.github.io/.

In this fourth episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Stephen Brookfield (Antioch University), Dr. Robin Grenier (University of Connecticut), and Dr. Aliki Nicolaides (University of Georgia) discuss the relationship between HRD and Adult Education, including:

• What is meant by the term Adult Education?
• What is the connection between Adult Education and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• What is the relationship between Adult Education and HRD?
• To what extent do HRD professionals consider themselves to be adult educators? 
• What is the role of reflection in adult learning, adult education, and HRD?
• How does our understanding of adult learning influence HRD practice?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit allbypodcast.com/adulteducation.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by the HRD Program at the University of Minnesota - visit them at  https://www.cehd.umn.edu/olpd, and by the Academy of Human Resource Development Board, which invites you to submit manuscripts to its 30th International Research Conference in the Americas – the submission deadline is September 7th, 2022 – for full details visit https://www.ahrd.org/. 

In this third episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Nicholas Clarke (University of Kent, United Kingdom), Dr. Thomas Garavan (Cork University Business School, Ireland), and Dr. Kibum Kwon (Texas A&M University-Commerce, United States) discuss the relationship between HRD and Economics, including:

• What is meant by the term Economics?
• What is the connection between Economics and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• What is the relationship between Economics and HRD?
• How does Economics help HRD to understand and work on current and future challenges in organizations?
• When considering theories that underpin HRD, how much weight should be given to Economic theory? 
• What would HRD look like in practice if alternative or additional Economic theories were adopted by HRD?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit allbypodcast.com/economics.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by: The Educational Human Resource Development Program at Texas A&M University - visit their website at https://eahr.tamu.edu/; and by SiTUATE, a new platform that is the digital version of structured on-the-job training - find out more by visiting https://www.situate-training.com/

In this second episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Valerie Anderson (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom), Dr. Ronan Carbery (Cork University Business School, Ireland), and Dr. Jacek Miroński (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) discuss the relationship between HRD and HRM, including:

• What is meant by HRM?
• What is the connection between HRM and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• What is the relationship between HRM and HRD?
• How does HRM help HRD to understand and work on current and future challenges in organizations?
• What is the relationship between Strategic HRD and Strategic HRM?
• How can HRD and HRM work together to address generational changes in the workforce?
• What are the career implications for those working in HRD?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, and for the bios of the guest scholars visit allbypodcast.com/hrm.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by Interpretive Simulations - find out about their HRManagement simulation at www.interpretive.com/.

In this first episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Marilyn Y. Byrd (University of Oklahoma), Dr. Chaunda L. Scott (Oakland University), and Dr. Terrence E. Maltbia (Columbia University) discuss the relationship between HRD and Antiracism, including:

• What is meant by the term Antiracism?
• What is the connection between Antiracism and the concepts of work and the workplace?
• What are the systems, policies and practices that tend to perpetuate racism within organizations, and what’s the role of HRD to challenge and amend those? 
• What is the relationship between Antiracism and HRD, and how does research, theory and practice in one influence research, theory and practice in the other? 
• How does Antiracism help HRD to understand and work on current and future challenges in organizations?
• What measures can HRD professionals use to assess an organization’s current state on addressing racism and progress it’s making?
• Where should HRD practitioners go for guidance on how to do their Antiracism work?
• What role does education play in positioning HRD to have a strategic role in working on Antiracism initiatives?
• and much more.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit allbypodcast.com/antiracism.

For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.

This episode is sponsored by The Columbia University Coaching Center of Excellence at Teachers College - find out about them by visiting their website at https://www.tc.columbia.edu/coachingcertification/ .

Join host, Darren Short, for this introduction to Season 3 of the HRD Masterclass podcast, brought to you by the Academy of Human Resource Development. The series releases weekly starting on August 2nd and brings you eleven episodes that explore the relationship between HRD and other disciplines, fields, and subjects. Each episode will be an hour long and dedicated to a group discussion with three scholars. In total, we’ll feature 33 scholars working in 7 countries, and between them they’re exploring the relationship between HRD and Adult Education, Antiracism, Data Analytics, Economics, Gender, HRM, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality, STEM, and Sustainability. As ever, all of the episodes are available free via major podcasting services, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Audible, Amazon, Spotify, and many more. You can also revisit all 22 episodes of the first two seasons for free. To find out more about the podcast and learn about how you can access bonus materials, visit HRDMasterclass.com.  Subscribe today to ensure that you don’t miss any of the upcoming episodes.

In this final episode of the second season of HRD Masterclass, Darren Short reflects back on what we’ve learned about the work of HRD professionals, supported by extracts taken from some of the 35 conversations featured in the season. Darren also spotlights a few conversations that he finds himself revisiting over and over again.

During the episode, Darren explores:

• Lessons learned about the nature of HRD work and how that’s changing.
• Lessons learned about the challenge for HRD professionals of staying relevant in a changing workplace.
• Lessons learned about the opportunities for HRD professionals to find their voice and enable the voices of others.
• Lessons learned about the challenge for HRD professionals of improving HRD so as to increase and demonstrate impact.
• Lessons learned about the importance of HRD professionals partnering with others.
• Lessons learned about what this all means for the knowledge, skills, and qualities of HRD professionals.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com. For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials not included in this first series.

This episode is sponsored by: Interpretive Simulations - find out about their services and their HRManagement simulation at https://www.interpretive.com/; and by Stylus Publishing, publisher of The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020 - visit them at www.styluspub.com. 

In this penultimate episode of Season 2, guests Dr. Andrea D. Ellinger (Emerita Professor, The University of Texas at Tyler) and Dr. Jenni Jones (University of Wolverhampton) discuss Coaching, including:

• What is meant by the term coaching, and how it differs from mentoring.
• What it takes to become a good coach.
• Moderating factors that help and hinder the coaching process.
• The use of internal and external coaches, as well as virtual coaching.
• The more commonly found coaching models, tools, and techniques.
• The connection between coaching and HRD.
• and much more.

In the first part of the episode, Andrea and Jenni meet one-to-one with host, Darren Short. In the second part, they are together to discuss their shared interest in Coaching.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com. For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials not included in this episode.

This episode is sponsored by: The University of Southern Mississippi’s Human Capital Development programs – find out more by visiting https://www.usm.edu/graduate-programs/human-capital-development.php or by emailing them at [email protected], and by Sherpa Coaching - learn more about them at https://www.sherpacoaching.com/.

In this ninth episode of Season 2, guests Dr. Katie Bailey (King’s College London) and Dr. Sunyoung Park (Louisiana State University) discuss Meaningful Work, including:

• What is meant by the term meaningful work.
• What makes work meaningful.
• The connection between meaningful work and HRD.
• The predictors and outcomes of meaningful work.
• Measures of meaningful work.
• The benefits and risks of HRD seeking to increase the meaning that employees find in their work.
• and much more.

In the first part of the episode, Katie and Sunyoung meet one-to-one with host, Darren Short. In the second part, they are together to discuss their shared interest in Meaningful Work.

For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com. For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials not included in this episode.

This episode is sponsored by: Interpretive Simulations - find out about their services at https://www.interpretive.com/; and by Northeastern Illinois University’s Bachelors and Masters in Human Resource Development - check them out at www.neiu.edu/academics.