Joe Mathis is half owner in the event services company, Rumble Drum. Joe wants each of his clients to tell their story and he creates a way for them to share what makes them special in unique experiences. As Experienced Chief Creative Officer, Joe has a demonstrated history of working in the events services industry. He is skilled in creating amazing guest experiences for corporate and nonprofit organizations, event management, volunteer management, public speaking, and sponsorship. He is a strong business development professional, creative designer, author and composer.

Listen as Joe tells his own story that is about finding ways to spread your purpose.

Shalynne is an innovative, collaborative and strategic diversity and inclusion (D&I) practitioner with management experience. She has experience in D&I integration, program creation, project management, and training and development. As a Senior Manager on Walmart's Global Culture, Diversity and Inclusion team, she was responsible for Associate Resource Group management and consulted with different business segments to drive successful execution of D&I strategy. As D&I staff for ONEOK, a Fortune 500 energy company, She was a member of the team responsible for providing support to our CEO-led D&I Council, Business Resource Groups (BRGs), training programs, policies, community initiatives and other organizational components designed to ensure a fully inclusive workplace. She is a graduate of The University of Oklahoma, with a Masters Degree in Human Relations

Shalynne is fierce about her work with D&I  and HR. Her brave and fierce story is one that will get us thinking and inspire us to overcome our own challenges.

Links to items mentioned in this podcast:

City of Oklahoma City

DEI

Alopecia

Asset Protection (job)

ONEOK

People to People Student Ambassador

TAHRA

Return on Inclusion

Platinum Rule - The Platinum Rule is a variation of The Golden Rule that calls for a more thoughtful approach when dealing with others. It asks that you "Do unto others as they would want to be done to them."

Brene Brown – Clear is Kind, Unclear is Unkind

This is Us

All American

Sword & Scale podcast (true crime)

Why is SHRM Field Services Director, Art Gloria so happy? Well, it's because he loves volunteering in HR. Not only does he love volunteering he loves working with volunteers. As Field Service Director for the Southwest Region Art gets to work with volunteers everyday.

In this episode we learn about Art's background and what led him to take on this new role. His passion for HR and volunteering is contagious and you'll find your day a little brighter just hearing his stories.

SHRM

El Paso SHRM

Eartha Kitt

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

Sandy Asch – Roar

Reset

SHRM App

SHRM Knowledge Center

Julia TV show on HBO Max

Honest HR podcast

Can life be changed in a single conversation? How about a single podcast? You might just have your life changed after listening to this fantastic episode. Dr. Nathan Mellor takes us on a journey of his career and his thoughts as we explore leadership, personal change, mentorship, and many other facets of personal growth.

If you have yet to find your purpose and wonder how to do that Dr. Mellor lays the groundwork for burning that flame through his insights and storytelling.

Links to items mentioned in this podcast:

Nathan Mellor

Dr. Richard Boyatzis

Sleeping Giants

Grand Teton National Park

Doerr Institute 

Ted Lasso

The West Wing

We talk in this episode about the OKHR Conference that is held in Tulsa on 4/4 - 7/22. We are joined by several of the conference chairs who enlighten us on many of the fun details that will occur this very exciting week. Prepare to be gob smacked as we return to an person conference for the first time in two years.

Karla Shugart is a highly-qualified HR professional with experience in a variety of industries including: aviation; retail/convenience store; higher education; state, federal, and tribal government; and health care. She is proficient in virtually all disciplines of the profession with strong facilitation skills and the ability to bring various constituencies together to work toward common goals.

Listen to this episodes as Karla takes us on her journey to become this highly function HR professional. Pay special attention to her decision she made in her senior year in college to not follow her degree in education as she realized she didn't like working with children and how that led to a very fulling career in working with people.

Links to items mentioned below:

WKRP in Cincinnati

Choctaw Nation

SEOK HR Society

ROTC

University of Florida

Central Washington University

Ashland, OK

THRMA

SHRM Foundation

OKHR State Conference – 2022

Chris Gordon's purpose is to serve others by helping them develop both personally and professionally. He has worked with all levels of organizations from the newest team members to CEO's and everything in between. Chris takes us on his journey of learning to his current position at TeamSight.

At TeamSight he helps teams win together. TeamSight is more than just a one-and-done assessment, the TeamSight platform delivers on-demand coaching and insights that help organizations operate more effectively in a virtual world, transform leadership development, increase employee engagement, improve decision-making, and use behavioral diversity to build high-performing teams.

US Navy – USS Wasp

OSU-OKC

SandRidge Energy

9/11/2001

Suez Canal

Indian Ocean

Seychelles

EBIDTA

DISC

Colors

StandOut

Cronbach Alpha

Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

Rebecca Hartwig has been recruiting IT professionals in the Oklahoma City market since 2010. She was born and raised in Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma State University. She is married to her college sweetheart and had two boys. Rebecca was raised by two IT professionals, so it's not surprising that she has a passion for IT. Rebecca started her own staffing company in 2017, specializing in IT staffing and is continuing to thrive. Rebecca has been a volunteer for the OKWIT board for the last few years. 

She is a lover of staffing and  a lover of connecting people. She discusses her mentors who have helped her take on the challenges of starting her own company and the lessons she has learned along the way. This week she joins the "cool group" as our 46th guest.

Listen to learn how Rebecca's has become a MatchmakHR. 

Links mentions in this podcast:

OKHR State Conference

Hartwig Staffing

OCHRS

OSU

OKWIT

Paycom

10 Best Applicant Tracking Systems article

Salesforce

Marco Polo

Tik Tok

Kerr-McGee

Y2K

Toastmasters

Euphoria

Brene Brown

Small Giants

Morbid

Every HR professional understands it takes a special kind of person to work in HR. Add to that working in HR for a nation within a nation AND THEN a person also moonlights as a Big 12 Football referee and you have a super special person.

Meet Richard Brown, HR Director of the Potawatomi Nation and Big 12 Football Referee. In this podcast we learn how Richard takes what he has learned as a Big 12 ref and uses it to the benefit of his employees at the Potawatomi Nation. He shares his thoughts of what is important in HR today as well as stories of his own triumphs and successes.

Links to items mentioned in this podcast:

CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION

Big 12 Sports

OKHR

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HUMAN RESOURCE ASSOCIATION

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission 

WARN Notice 

Mike Shaw 

HR in Indian Country 

Central Oklahoma Innovation Workforce Board 

"Yellowstone" 

"The Bootleggers Boy" 

David Imerbthama is about helping people and businesses get better. In his younger years he worked as a self described "executive gopher" for his family's restaurant. Now he takes his great hair (listen to see what we mean)  and uses his talents to help people find solutions.  If he doesn't know the fix he knows the person who knows the fix. 

When he is not connecting HR folks he loves to pass his time as a youth soccer coach where he focuses on strategy and teamwork. Listen to this heartwarming episode to experience a special moment of vulnerability where David shares a personal goal for his family which will challenge how you think about goals and what personally inspires you.

Links to items mentions in this podcast:

OKHR

Alzheimer's Association

University of Oklahoma

Y2K

Gallagher

LinkedIn

SHRM EAP Buyers Guide

Thailand

Peacemaker

36-Hour Day