Dr. Russ talks about Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) with Dr. Nicole Dillard, from Northern Kentucky University.  We discuss D&I as a concept, its evolution and how it is impacted by Equity and Belonging.  Additionally, Nicole shares her thoughts on D&I’s relationship with change management, employee engagement, politics, education and immigration.

On this Speakerbox podcast, Dr. Russ talks with about employee engagement with two heavy hitters, Dr. Brad Shuck and Jason Lauritsen.  They share their insights on employee engagement as a concept, where it has come from, and where it is heading from the research and practical implementation prisms.

Both Brad and Jason share information about their books, Employee Engagement: A Research Overview, and Unlocking High Performance:  How to Use Performance Management to Engage and Empower Employees to Reach Their Full Potential, respectively.

In this episode, Bob McDonald, the former Secretary of US Department of Veterans Affairs and the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble, discusses leadership covering values, change management culture, authenticity and servant leadership.

Dr. Russ talks Dr. DeRetta Cole Rhodes, the Senior Vice-President of Human Resources for the Atlanta Braves.  During this podcast, Dr. Rhodes shares her thoughts on servant leadership, fostering employee voice, and why she believes that HR is the conscious of the organization.

In this episode, we talk about emotional intelligence with Faroshia Ashley, the founder of Emoworks, which is based in the Netherlands