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This week my guest is Vadim Liberman. Vadim is someone who is incredibly special to me. He's so special that I almost didn't want to share him with the world, but I will because he's great. Vadim is the new Managing Editor of ERE magazine, which is an online magazine for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals.

Before he worked at ERE, he worked at The Conference Board Review and he was my boss. He was an exceptional boss at that. Every time he edited a piece of my writing, he made it better. So yes, I have firsthand knowledge that Vadim is an amazing leader with an awesome view on the world of work. He is also a critical thinker when it comes to tools, techniques, methodologies, and technology; and how we use them in the world of work. I love that about him.

So if you want to hear about the future of work and technology trends from someone who is getting stuff done and making a difference, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. The Conference Board Review, the work Vadim and I did there, and our boss/employee relationship
2. Why being friends with your boss is just not conducive to friendship or leadership
3. Thinking of workplace culture as a community; rather than as a family
4. Vadim as a fearless communicator
5. What DisruptHR NYC is and Vadim's contributions
6. Why authenticity isn't important in work and how it can be counterproductive to good leadership and being a good employee
7. The importance of being your best self rather than your real self
8. We ponder the question, "Are we using technology and assessments to get to the outcome that we wanted or do we really believe in science?"
9. The good, the bad, and the ugly of HR tech; plus what's working and what's not

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If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

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Kris Dunn's book, 9 Faces of HR, is awesome. I hope to have him as a guest on the podcast in the future. In the meantime, let me tell you briefly about his book. He has broken up the world of HR into 9 personas using a nine-box grid. It is a great book for personal development, professional development, self leadership, and to understand who you are and what you have to offer. I love Kris, his framework, and his model. I also think the concept of nine HR personas is really interesting.

Not to steal Kris's thunder, but I think there are three personality types when it comes to HR professionals. Today, I am going to dive into who they are and how they view organizations like SHRM. So if you want to hear about the three personality types of the HR profession and hear some talk about SHRM, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. The three personality types of Human Resources
2. Why some think the world's largest HR management association doesn't do HR very well
3. How SHRM can be relevant to all three personas
4. The idea that if you work in human resources, you have to love HR
5. The importance of developing a network of people who know how to play the HR game
6. A reminder that you need friends outside of HR

Resources from this episode:Kris Dunn on LinkedIn9 Faces of HR, by Kris DunnMary Faulkner on LinkedIn SHRM Annual Conference and ExpositionVictorio Milian on Let's Fix WorkRead more from LaurieWork with Laurie

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If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

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Earlier this year I was invited to speak to a bunch of corporate executives about the future of work. I was there as the special guest expected to bring some new ideas on how to rethink and re-imagine the world of human resources. I love these opportunities because it gives me a chance to try out new material. I decided to talk about something I've been thinking about for a long time. What if the CEO ran human resources?

What would happen in your company if your CEO woke up tomorrow and suddenly decided to run human resources? Sure, it could mean a big disruption and there would be a huge learning curve for most CEOs. If you're a CEO, you may be thinking you would be way too busy to run the HR department. In this episode, I explore what the world of Human Resources would look like if we passed the reins to the CEO. Sure, your reaction listening to this episode may turn out just like the audience I presented this topic to; they were mad. They even heckled me. They thought it was a stupid idea. All of this tells me I'm on to something good. So if you are interested in exploring what a human resources department run by a CEO might look like, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. There needs to be a re-imagining of the world of HR, why not give it to the CEO
2. When your CEO runs human resources, it breaks down this notion that there are people and then there are profits
3. As a leader, you cannot guarantee that people are having a good experience at work unless you have a direct line of sight and accountability into that function
4. Why I'm in love with the idea that CEOs should run the human resources department
5. Ask the person who is the most creative, most powerful, and most responsible for fixing work to run the HR department, the CEO

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If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

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One of the crowning jewels in the life here in North Carolina is the N.C. State Fair. I've lived in a lot of places. I've bounced around a lot. I've even lived abroad. Up until the time I moved down to Raleigh, I had never been to a state fair. I didn't know what I had been missing. Let me tell you, the N.C. State Fair is an interesting intersection of agriculture industry, artistry, high fat, and high fructose corn syrup food.

Today, I'm talking to Heather Overton, Assistant Director of Communications for the N.C. State Fair Press Office and our go to concierge for the N.C. State Fair. So how does this mega-event come together? What's it all about? Why do people keep coming back? What makes the N.C. state fair so special? Heather will be helping us answer all of these questions and more. So if you like fried food, livestock competitions, or landscape exhibits and are interested in learning how it all comes together, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. What's new in 2019 at the N.C. State Fair and what makes it such an important event
2. The philosophy behind the Fair pivoting away from Hollywood-type acts and moving towards local entertainment instead
3. The Fair as a unifying force in the community
4. All about the food: what's new, what's exciting and what's returning. Plus, Food Lion Hunger Relief Day
5. N.C. State Fair staff, who puts it on, how it's run and the planning cycle
6. Reflecting on the Fair and how it is rooted in North Carolina's agricultural industry and history

NC State Fair

NJ State Fair Press Office

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Have you heard of Lil Bub? If not, let me introduce you to her. She is a published author, a talk show host, a movie star, and has helped raise well over $300,000 for animals in need. In 2011, she went viral and became an internet sensation. Oh yeah, and she's a cat.

Yes, you read that correctly. Lil Bub is a special needs cat, in fact. She suffers from an extreme form of dwarfism, making her a permanent kitten with stubby legs, no teeth and the inability to use the litter box on her own. So her owner, Mike Bridavsky, helps her with everything, including running the day-to-day business of Lil BUB.

Alright, you may be wondering what an amazing cat and her owner have to do with my podcast. Well, they are a fascinating example of using work to help make the world a better place. So I went down to Bloomington, Indiana, to learn everything I could about the work and business of Lil Bub. And of course, I wanted to meet Lil Bub too. She did not disappoint. So if you're interested in the business of Lil Bub or what it's like to have an internet-famous cat, sit tight and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. The story of how Mike and Lil Bub met and how she became a very special part of Mike's life
2. How and when Mike realized he had a famous cat on his hands and how he felt about the internet fame
3. Lil Bub's purpose through the eyes of Mike
4. What Lil Bub has taught Mike when it comes to caring for a cat with special needs and how what he has learned can be applied to his business
5. How Lil Bub and Mike have been able to donate $700k to charities
6. How Mike learned to maneuver through the complexities and legalities of building off of Lil Bub's internet fame to create a business that helps charities
7. Is the internet all bad? Mike answers my question, "Are there glimmers of hope through the internet?"
8. Mike talks about multitasking, running a music production studio, and what he is doing to get the balance right

Lil BUB website

Lil Bub on Instagram

Help Tiny Tim through Waggle Foundation

World's Cutest Cat: Bub, Toothless and Stubby-Legged Kitten, Videos Go Viral

Bub, Toothless and Stubby-Legged Kitten, Goes Viral (ABC News)

Why Is Lil Bub Such a Famous Cat? It's in Her Blood. Literally. (Wired)

Lil Bub (Buzzfeed)

Lil Bub (Vice)

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I want to share a story with you this week. It starts out like this: a long time ago, I took an HR Advisor job for a well-known company, and the job sucked. It sucked the life out of me and it sucked my energy. It was downright horrible. And yet, I had an inkling, on the day it was offered, that the choice may be a bad one. But I moved forward because I had a pile of student debt to pay off. And while I did gain some experience and worked on national and international levels, it was not all it was cracked up to be. The biggest lesson from that tumultuous time in my worklife was this: I did not have to take that job and when I realized it was a bad fit, I didn't have to stay with it.

So this week on the show, the guest is me and I'm talking about putting yourself first, taking control of your career, and being your own HR representative. There is no leadership without self-leadership. So if you're looking around and you're waiting for someone to be the person to make a change, look in the mirror because that person is you. Now sit back and listen to this week's eye-opening episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. How I let money drive my decision, realizing later that had I just fixed my relationship with money, I could have had a different relationship with work (and you can too)
2. Realizing you are the only person who can fix work for you
3. If you are unhappy in your career, you can make a plan, you can invest in yourself, and you can invest in your wellbeing
4. Acknowledging if you're looking for work and you take something only because of money, you're complaisant
5. Understanding the era of learned helplessness is over

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If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

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One of my biggest professional regrets in the world of HR was not having a mentor. I'm not alone. Many of you don't have mentors either and I know it because you email me and ask me questions about how to find a mentor. Or you ask what to do once you have a mentor, how not to lose that person or mess that relationship up. Since I'm not qualified to answer questions about mentorship, I thought I would invite an expert onto the show who can. This week's guest is Mike Sipple, Jr. who is a mentor to mentors, seriously.

Mike is the President of Centennial, Inc., the Founder and CEO of the Talent Magnet Institute and he's the host of the Talent Magnet Institute podcast. That's a lot of jobs. I don't know how this man finds time to mentor, but he does. He mentors many people within human resources and recruiting. He teaches mentorship, he instructs, he leads, and he guides. And he is working to elevate the way mentorship is delivered in organizations all across the world. So if you want to raise your game as a worker, as a leader, as a human being or maybe, as a mentor, sit tight and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. Why mentorship and mentoring is so important to Mike
2. Holistic leadership and the importance of being focused on our whole selves
3. What makes someone qualified to be a good mentor and Mike answers the question, "Can you be a good mentor if you are not a leader?"
4. Where to find a mentor and how to ask someone to be your mentor
5. The importance of taking an active role in learning and how to best prepare for a meeting with your mentor
6. The appropriate amount of meetings that you should have with a formal mentor
7. The difference between a mentor and a coach
8. Knowing when it's time to pivot or move on from your current mentor
9. How to know when a mentor/mentee relationship is going well versus some signs when it's not

"Life is not a solo sport. If you feel like you're the only one, like you're by yourself, that it is a solo sport and no one understands, now is a wonderful time to seek out a mentor." Mike Sipple, Jr.

Connect with Mike, join his community, and become a talent magnet at: www.mikesipplejr.com

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Episode 76: Enterprise Podcast Strategies with Danny Ozment

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This week, my guest is someone very special to me: my husband, Ken. Today we have a fun conversation about a 1998 trip we took to California and how we could not agree on modern art. Through this, we discovered how people don't always agree on art and culture; and why we don't actually need to agree in order to get along.

So how do art and culture relate to work? Well, we also discuss hiring and culture, and how that is manifested at work. How is your company using the word "culture" within the corporate context? This topic of "culture" within the workplace needs so much attention. This episode focuses on gaining clarity on the topic of "culture" and the importance of asking the real questions you need to have answered about a company. So if you're interested in gaining a clearer perspective on "culture" and how that can happen at your office, be sure to listen to this week's episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. Some details about our trip to California and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, as well as some of the pieces that stood out to us
2. The importance of culture and art with regard to differing opinions and the one piece of modern art in particular that we discussed at length that bugged my husband, Ken, and his struggle to label it is art
3. Ken's view of culture at work - what it's like to communicate with each other and be a part of the team
4. The importance of asking the real, specific, honest questions about work that you want answered and not to erode the meaning of the word "culture"
5. Some companies do not have a culture, and if they do, it varies from one location to another
6. The need to look at company culture honestly and why companies may need to do audits to understand culture and motivation

Hiring for Culture is Broken Presentation

SFMOMA.ORG

Dan Flavin, the diagonal of May 25, 1963, 1963 at SFMOMA

Ackland Art Museum

Brittany Runs a Marathon

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Raleigh

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This week on the podcast, we are going "meta" because my podcast producer Danny Ozment of Emerald City Productions is my special guest. If you are wondering what podcasting has to do with work, well, I often get asked questions about individual podcasting and enterprise podcasting. Questions like, "How do we do this in our organization?" "How do we have a podcast where the CEO talks to the employees, but we keep it confidential?" Or, "How do we have a podcast for the marketing department to let other departments within the organization know the cool things that we're working on?" And I don't really have any of those answers. But my fantastic podcast producer, Danny, does have the answers.

So today we talk about individual and enterprise podcast strategies that work. As well as who Danny is and how he got into podcasting, we also go through some of my listeners' questions on what this wide world of podcasting is and how it can help to fix work. So if you're interested in employee communications, if you want to help people communicate more effectively, if you want to foster creativity, collaboration, and transparency, I think podcasting might be a solution for you. So sit back, and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. Danny's "why" for why he works in podcasting, why podcasts are the one good form of new media for one long conversation and for sharing real stories.
2. The growth and popularity of podcasting
3. More than 50% of Americans listen to podcasts, and that number has been rising for 10 years. Of those, 90% consume at least half of the episode.
4. What enterprise podcasting is and how podcasts can be protected inside a business to keep information confidential.
5. Why corporations are choosing podcasting as a vehicle to communicate important messages.
6. How a podcast happens at work and the main element needed to create one.
7. The basic necessary equipment and process to record and produce a podcast.

Danny Ozment's Podcast Strategies and Website

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This week I'd like to introduce you to Julie Zhuo. Julie is the VP of Product Design at Facebook and the author of the new book, The Making of a Manager: What To Do When Everyone Looks to You. Julie was also the first ever intern at Facebook in 2006. Yes, that's right! And now she's VP of Product Design. It's her job to make Facebook look great.

I first met Julie almost a year ago at the Watermark Conference for Women in Silicon Valley, an event where a bunch of smart, powerful, and successful women come together to brainstorm how to take over the world. I joined Julie for a panel about "managing up," which is basically making the people ahead of you or above you, on the organizational chart, happier. During our conversation, I was excited to learn she was writing a book about managers and knew immediately I wanted to have her on the podcast as a guest when her book came out. And, well, here we are!

On today's episode, Julie and I talk about the difference between managers and leaders, as well as organizational trust. Plus, we tackle a topic that we've tackled on the show before, but Julie has some pretty specific ideas around it; and that's feedback. So if you're interested in hearing about managers, leaders, and some nuanced ideas about feedback, then sit back and listen to this episode of Let's Fix Work.

1. What inspired Julie to write the book, "Making of a Manager"
2. Why people overcomplicate the world of management
3. How and why the lines between manager and therapist seem to be blurred these days
4. The difference between leadership and management
5. About the point in Julie's career when she moved from manager to leader and how she knew she actually made the jump
6. The three things that managers should be thinking about about every day
7. How Julie's book can be helpful for professionals who don't have access to management or leadership training; plus she answers the question, "Do you need to take classes in order to be a good manager?"
8. About how our culture doesn't know how to give feedback, discerning the good from the bad, and what great feedback looks like

The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

Power Players: the most important Facebook execs you've never heard of

Julie Zhuo's morning routine

Julie Zhuo on LinkedIn

Julie's website

Watermark Conference for Women

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EPISODE CREDITS:

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com