Working with People Podcast

Harrison interviews Kimberly Sullivan about the importance of leading with empathy in the workplace and how to practice it.

1. Why is empathy so important in leadership and the workplace?
2. What does empathetic decision-making and leadership look like?
3. What are some questions an empathetic leader should ask?
4. How can organizations make empathy central in company culture?
5. Can a manager build a team that fosters empathy even when the larger organization doesn’t?

Find Kimberly Sullivan at Herrmann (thinkherrman.com) and 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].

Recorded December 2020.

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Harrison interviews Traci Rubin about building strong and trusting relationships in the workplace.

1. Why are trusting & strong relationships so critical in the workplace?
2. What are some practical ways that strong and trusting work relationships can be built in the workplace?
3. How has remote working made it difficult to build strong and trusting workplace relationships? How can a remote manager build trust with an employee?
4. What are some mistakes that destroy or shake the trust in workplace relationships?
5. What role does company culture play in building strong and trusting workplace relationships?

Find Traci Rubin at Bringing the Human back to Human Resources Podcast or on instagram (@hrtraci).

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 #34: The importance of employee recognition.

Recorded December 2020.

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Harrison interviews Robert Greiner about mentorship in the workplace.

1. Can you explain the importance and benefits of mentorship?
2. How would you define a “good” mentor?
3. Where can people find good mentors?
4. What are some of the top questions people should be asking their mentors? What are the top questions mentors should be asking their employees/mentees?
5. What are some tips you have for mentors when it comes to training and advising their employees/mentees?

Find Robert Greiner at the Wanna Grab Coffee Podcast  (wannagrabcoffee.com) or robertgreiner.com.

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

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Solana Cederboim about the importance of employee engagement surveys and how to effectively conduct them.

1. What is the importance of employee engagement surveys?
2. How can organizations conduct effective employee engagement surveys?
3. How can organizations utilize the survey data & how should response rate factor in when organizations look at the data?

Find Solana Cederboim at Kiwi Partners (kiwipartners.com).

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

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Michael Levy about the importance of employee recognition.

1. One study found that nearly half of employees feel undervalued. In your experience, why do you think that this percentage is so high?
2. What are some of the ways that managers can show appreciation to their employees?
3. What defines an effective and successful employee recognition program?

Find Michael Levy at WorkProud (workproud.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 #37: Building strong and trusting relationships in the workplace.

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Adam Rosenfield about how to create equity in performance management. 

1. Can you define performance management equity? 
2. What are some key disadvantages of poor & unfair performance management? 
3. What are some tactical steps that organizations can implement to have more equitable performance conversations/reviews? 

Find Adam Rosenfield 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].

Recorded November 2020.

For more details, check out our article on equity in performance management here.
If you are looking for a performance management software, check out Pavestep. 

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Harrison interviews Haleh Fardi from ProCFO Partners about how human capital. 

1. Human capital / labor costs are one of the biggest expense items for most companies; yet, we often see companies that don't pay much attention to managing this "asset"/"resource". Why is that? 
2. What are some of the tactical ways/initiatives we can optimize human capital? 
3. How should people think about the financial impact of turnover? 

Find Haleh Fardi at ProCFO Partners.

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

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Mattson Newell from Partners in Leadership about how to effectively scale culture.
 
1. At an organizational level, what are the best practices to effectively scale culture?
2. Is scaling a culture from 20 to 100 employees different from scaling from 200 employees to 1000 employees?
3. What are some common signs that company culture is starting to become a liability? How do you distinguish that from just disgruntled people?

Find Mattson Newell at Partners in Leadership.

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

Find a copy of the podcast transcript here. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #74: Building a culture in a global team.

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Sonali Goel about the problem when a manager is being "too nice" during feedback conversations.
 
 1. What are some of consequences of being “too nice” of a manager?
 2. How should managers objectively approach their feedback conversations with their direct reports - particularly during tough conversations?
 3. How can HR help mitigate the “too nice” feedback conversations and performance reviews and focus on more objective, honest feedback and performance reviews? 

Find Sonali Goel 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 #29: How to ensure psychological safety in feedback conversations.

Recorded November 2020.

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Harrison interviews Sarah Koller about feedback conversations & employee's mental health.

1. How should managers approach feedback conversations?
2. How can managers ensure psychological safety when it comes to feedback conversations?
3. How can employees prepare themselves for feedback conversations?

Find Sarah Koller at GoCo.io (goco.io).

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 our articles on development feedback and employee feedback examples. Feel free to check out other helpful resources at pavestep.com/blog. 

Recorded November 2020.

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