Working with People Podcast

Harrison Kim interviews Marline Stoffer on managing conflicts in the workplace.

1. How do conflicts arise in the workplace?
2.  How do you recognize conflicts and how can you solve them?
3. How can you prevent conflicts?

Find Marline Stoffer on LinkedIn or at 360careers.nl 

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

Recorded May 2021. 

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Harrison interviews Jolene and Nicole about hiring and retaining the best salespeople. 

1. What are the differentiators between a good salesperson and a great salesperson? 
2. What strategies can companies take beyond looking at a resume of having an interview to find the best salesperson? 
3. What are some ways to both attract and more importantly retain salespeople at your company? 
4. What are your thoughts on hiring sales people from differentiated industries? What different perspectives would that bring? 
5. What is the best comp strategy - salary-heavy vs. commission-heavy? Is there such a thing as "best" comp strategy? 

Find Jolene Risch on LinkedIn or at rischresults.com

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you are looking for a robust performance management system to help manage your teams, check out Pavestep. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #52: Retaining talent.

Recorded April 2021. 

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Harrison interviews Annastiina about well-being and performance.

1. How do you define well-being and wellness?
2. How does well-being relate to performance? Why does it matter?
3. What does that look like in an organization? At the team level? At the individual level?
4. I understand your firm has a history in working with athletes - any interesting learnings from that experience?

Find Annastiina Hintsa at hintsa.com.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like enjoy Episode #60: The importance of authenticity and vulnerability in the workplace.

Recorded April 2021.

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Harrison interview Megan Bickle about implementing continuous feedback in an organization.

1. Why is continuous feedback so important for employee performance?
2. How can organizations implement continuous feedback and performance check-ins into their regular process?
3. How do you create this habit successfully?
4. What are some tips you can provide leaders on how to deliver continuous feedback that is both meaningful and effective?

Find  Megan Bickle on LinkedIn. 

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep (pavestep.com) at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you are looking for a  performance management solution that enables a feedback culture, check out Pavestep!

Recorded April 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Lawrence Walsh about OKRS. 

1. What are OKRS?
2. What are the benefits of OKRs?
3. How can OKRs be successfully implemented and managed at the individual and organizational levels?
4. Do OKRs work for all organizations at all sizes? When do they work especially well vs. especially not well?
5. What are some common OKR mistakes, misunderstandings, and/or pitfalls?
6. Should we link OKRs to performance management and, if so, how is it best done?

Find  Lawrence Walsh at There Be Giants (therebegiants.com). Check out the There Be Giants podcast as well.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected].To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you are looking for a goal management software, check out Pavestep. Our solution allows you to cascade and manage objectives for your organization and teams.

Recorded March 2021.

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Harrison Kim interviews Laura McGee on the importance of inclusion in the workplace.

1. Can you speak to the importance of inclusion?
2. What are some of the most common problems when it comes to implementing diversity and inclusion programs?
3. What are some best practices to develop an inclusive culture?
4. How can organizations measure the success of their inclusion efforts? What metrics should they be tracking?
5. Any trends in DEI that you’ve been following or find particularly interesting?

Find Laura McGee at Diversio (diversio.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #46: Examining talent management through a DEI lens, Episode #43: Inclusive leadership, and  Episode #42: Preparing leaders to show up and support a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Recorded March 2021.

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Harrison interviews Roy Yang about why retaining talent can be so difficult and some strategies that organizations can implement to help increase retention. 

1. Why is it hard for organizations, particularly smaller organizations, to retain top talent?
2. Why are millennials harder to retain than other generations? Have you seen that in your organizations?
3. What are some strategies that you would recommend companies use to improve retention?
4. In what ways do you think culture and core values help make an employee want to stay at a company?
5. How do you think about turnover? I think many people believe that high turnover is always a bad thing. What are your thoughts?

Find Roy Yang at Giant Machines (giantmachines.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #32: Human capital - the asset not on your balance sheet and this article on tips to retain talent. 

Recorded March 2021. 

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Harrison interviews Krystyn Sadler about employee engagement.

1. Can you talk about the importance of employee engagement and the link between employee engagement and performance?
2. What are common challenges of engaging employees? Are these challenges different in the remote workforce?
3. How can organizations effectively measure employee engagement? What quantitative data can indicate whether or not the employees feel engaged?
4. How can organizations utilize the engagement data and what are some effective employee engagement strategies?
5. How does company culture affect employee engagement?
6. Are there any employee engagement trends in the era of remote work?

Find Krystyn Sadler at Mosaic Consulting Group (mosiac-cg.com) or on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #63: How to support employee engagement , driving retention, and boosting morale in a remote workforce.

Recorded March 2021. 

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Harrison interviews Khurshid Anis about creating high-performing cultures.

1. What are the characteristics of high performing cultures?
2. How can organizations create high performing cultures?
3. How can organizations sustain high performing cultures and prevent employee burnout?
4. What are some tips you can give leaders to help them to uncover potential “blind spots” or negative patterns that may be inhibiting underperforming teams?

Find Khurshid Anis at KeyBank or on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you are looking for a continuous, 360 feedback software to help build your high performing culture, check out Pavestep. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #70: How to prioritize in high-growth organizations and Episode #59: Managing your top and bottom performers.  

Recorded February 2021. 

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Harrison interviews Val DiFebo about developing mindful leaders.

1. Can you define mindfulness?
2. What are some examples of mindfulness practices?
3. Can you describe the relationship between mindfulness and leadership - what does mindful leadership look like and how does mindfulness affect leadership practices?
4. From your experience, how has mindful practices affected the way you lead your business and what effects has it had?
5. What are some ways that organizations can develop/train their employees for mindfulness? Any advice for managers/leaders listening on how they can begin to implement mindfulness right now?
6. For those who are listening and thinking "I know mindfulness is important, but my executives / peers don't see the value in it". How can they prove the ROI?

Find Val DiFebo at Deutsch NY (deutschny.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at [email protected]. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at [email protected].

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #66: How to be a great leader/ manager and Episode #38: Leading with empathy.

Recorded January 2021. 

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