“Treating your team well” means different things to different companies, but what does it look like if you’re the leader of a certified B Corp?  In this episode, you’ll hear from Stanford Graduate School of Business alum and Fireclay Tile CEO Eric Edelson, who infuses his personal mission to do better every day into how Fireclay treats its employees. He joins The People Ops Podcast to talk about his HR “wake-up call,” how the B Corp philosophy influences Fireclay’s employee benefits, and his approach to everyday “people maintenance.”

On this episode, you’ll hear:

• [03:16-07:02]What Eric thought HR was when he started as CEO, and what changed his mind 
• [07:33-10:07] What being a B Corp means and lessons learned about supporting employees from the process
• [11:06-14:02] The 3 guiding principles that grounded Eric’s team during the worst of the pandemic
• [14:05-18:01] How Fireclay approaches supporting its team from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives
• [18:21-21:10] Eric’s advice for allocating resources to enable and empower employees

People are a company’s greatest asset, expense, and competitive advantage. So why is the function that oversees a workforce traditionally seen as, at worst, a “necessary evil?”

In this episode of POPS!, Zenefits Chief Marketing Officer Kevin Marasco explains why successful companies are shifting from “HR administration” to “people operations” and the four key factors that have influenced this shift in the new world of work.

Do you have a question for our experts? Click here: https://www.zenefits.com/workest/ask-a-question/

If an employee already maxed out their COVID paid sick time in 2020 and needs to take leave again in 2021, how should HR respond?

In this episode of POPS!, Lora Patterson, HR advisor at Zenefits, shares recommendations for navigating this situation by examining existing benefits and potentially creating a new leave of absence policy.

Do you have a question for our experts? Click here: https://www.zenefits.com/workest/ask-a-question/

How does an ultra marathon runner, dad to two toddlers and a dude with a side hustle in sports tech think about the future of work?

Kevin Marasco, CMO at Zenefits, thinks if a robot wants your job then let them have it. For the last 20 years, Kevin has spent his career at the convergence of technology and HR.

He joins The People Ops Podcast! sharing why HR has a branding problem and why it’s a function ripe for disruption.

POPS! The People Ops Podcast is an original show sharing pivotal people moments that are happening in small businesses across the country highlighting just how to embrace work in the 21st century.