In this episode of the HRchat show, host Bill Banham talks with Aki Kakko, a serial entrepreneur emerged in the world of HR and Big Data. Aki´s mission is to disrupt recruitment and HR and provide the solutions that would help society better understand job-seeking behaviors of the global workforce.Aki is a partner in the awesome global HRU series of unconferences and #HRTechTank events. He is a co-founder at Joberate and Candarine. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and id...
Feb 21, 2017•20 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this episode of the HRchat show, host Bill Banham talks with Lars Schmidt, co-founder of HR Open Source, a not-for-profit initiative to drive innovation and education in Human Resources by creating a global peer-to-peer collaboration network. Lars is the founder of Amplify Talent, a consultancy that helps leading organizations develop recruiting and talent strategies at the intersection of culture, talent, and brand. Lars has written for, or been covered by, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Fas...
Feb 14, 2017•27 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this episode of the HRChat podcast Bill Banham interviews Nicole Bendaly, author and President of Kinect - a firm that has been helping organizations around the world bring out the best of their people for over 25 years. Nicole applies her knowledge and experience to the development of learning solutions and assessment tools, a number of which are being used in over 200 organizations across North America to successfully change how people work together for the better. We do our best to ensure ...
Feb 07, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode host Bill Banham interviews Michael M. Moon, PhD. Michael is a speaker, analyst, CEO & Principal Analyst at ExcelHRate and Principal Consultant, at MMM & Associates. This show considers issues including: HR Tech, the human side of data, and the management and application of human capital. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc. Supp...
Jan 31, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this HRchat podcast episode, Bill Banham interviews Peter Weddle, CEO of TAtech - the well-known Association for Talent Acquisition Solutions. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast The HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts ...
Jan 24, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 27
HRchat podcast host Bill Banham recently interviewed Jennifer McClure . Jennifer is a keynote speaker, social media influencer, executive coach, President of Unbridled Talent LLC and CEO of the awesome DisruptHR series. Jennifer has over 25 years of experience leading human resources and talent acquisition efforts, studying industry best practices, and partnering with senior executives to improve their skills and increase their impact. Listen to the podcast and discover what it takes to be a suc...
Jan 17, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this HRchat podcast interview, Bill Banham talks with John Hollon, award-winning journalist and expert on leadership, talent, human resources and workforce practices. John is an associate editor with us here at the HR Gazette and he's previously worked as vice president for editorial at ERE Media where he founded the highly popular HR and talent management website, TLNT. Before that, he was editor in chief of Workforce Management magazine, the nation's oldest HR and talent management publicat...
Jan 10, 2017•25 min•Season 1Ep. 25
A change of pace from the standard HRchat Podcast, hosts Tim Baker and Bill Banham took some time to interview each other! Here's an opportunity to get to know the hosts a bit better, recap events of 2016 and their thoughts on the new year. Bill tells us his career story and why he founded The HR Gazette. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc. Support the...
Jan 03, 2017•25 min•Season 1Ep. 23
A change of pace from the standard HRchat Podcast, hosts Tim Baker and Bill Banham took some time to interview each other! Here's an opportunity to get to know the hosts a bit better, recap events of 2016 and their thoughts on the new year. Have a listen to Tim's career story and how he became Community Director at The HR Gazette. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Ic...
Jan 03, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 24
HRchat podcast host Bill Banham recently had a chance to catch up with Chris Bailey, Director of People and Organization at PwC , President of the Cayman Islands Society for Human Resource Professionals, organizer of the first DisruptHR Cayman event, and a whole lot more. Listen to this episode to get insights into what it takes to develop a successful career in Talent and ways to give back to your HR community. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our gu...
Dec 20, 2016•27 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this HRchat podcast interview, Bill Banham talks with Joshua Karam, Co-Founder at Hyr , former TV host, HR pro and much more. Josh and Bill discuss the changing talent acquisition landscape in the retail and hospitality sectors and those new mobile technologies which are giving HR and hiring managers access to huge pools of contingency staff with a few clicks. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The ...
Dec 13, 2016•19 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Host Bill Banham discusses with Rob Catalano, founder of WorkTango , how managers can build authentic and trusting relationships with employees and teams. Rob and his team believe that managers are strategic in influencing employees' behaviours and performance. By leveraging technology we can improve people's experience at work by shifting the traditional performance management model to on that allows a company to become more agile. This often requires change management and a culture shift. Supp...
Dec 06, 2016•17 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Actor and comedian Lori Pearlstein speaks with host Bill Banham on how she founded Playworks , where they empower people in a fun, friendly and supportive environment. Bill and Lori discuss creating a positive environment at work and how improv plays a part. Lori shares a little about her presentation at the popular DisruptHR Toronto event. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast The HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular g...
Nov 30, 2016•17 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Jason shares his career story and how he came to be in his current role at Virgin Pulse , where they design technology that cultivates good lifestyle habits for your employees. Host Bill Banham talks with Jason about how health & well-being, combined with mindfulness can have a positive impact on your organization's people and their productivity. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast The HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most...
Nov 30, 2016•23 min•Season 1Ep. 18
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence comes the idea that we as HR and talent professionals can leverage this technology to streamline our processes. Noel, Co-Founder of Karen , Director of Product Innovation at Innosphere talks with host Bill Banham about cognitive recruiting and his upcoming talk at DisruptHR Toronto on achieving true AI. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast The HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popula...
Nov 29, 2016•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
With only a few days until DisruptHR Toronto, host Bill Banham speaks to Denise K Roy about HR Tech, Employer Branding and her topic at the upcoming event "Fake it Until You Make It: Crushing Imposter Syndrome in its Tracks". Denise shares her career story and how she came to be in her current role at industrybuilt , where they are driven by one theme: to take the complexity out of technology so that our customers can concentrate on their business. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRch...
Nov 28, 2016•25 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, host Bill Banham talks with Kathleen Teixeira, co-organizer of DisruptHR Toronto. Kathleen shares her career story in talent acquisition, her views on the evolution of HR and the changing world of work. DisruptHR Toronto was the first of these events in Canada. With over 50 cities in North America and elsewhere, the "disruptive" nature of these events has struck a chord with many HR and Talent professionals. Support the show Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast The HRchat sh...
Nov 28, 2016•19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Host Bill Banham speaks with Ryan about his career journey as a manifestation consultant and his fascination with the human mind. Helping people understand how the mind affects behaviours. Ryan’s 2016 Millennial Leadership Summit was a success and a great learning experience. The outcomes around the benefits from people understanding each other was inspiring to many. Ryan speaks about communication barriers such as language - not international languages, but organizational language. Learn about ...
Nov 22, 2016•24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In every aspect of an organization, leaderhips plays a very important role. Every organization strives for sustainable results through practical solutions that produce meaningful change. Innate Leaders is a consulting firm which believes that everyone can lead, given the right support and the right mindset...and that this is true regardless of the role someone holds in an organization. Our guest on this episode is Joe Britto, Founder of Innate Leaders. Joe is a psychological coach, writer and in...
Nov 15, 2016•22 min•Season 1Ep. 13
There has been a fundamental shift in how we communicate. It’s not “going to happen”. It has happened. Statistics show that text messages (SMS) have a 37% response rate within the first 12min. Organizations can leverage this for employee and candidate-to-recruiter communications. There are amazing opportunities to automate, track and build campaigns for recruitment strategies. Erik Kostelnik is the Founder & CEO of TextRecruit , which provides a central location for recruiting teams to send,...
Nov 08, 2016•26 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In the last few years, there has been more focus on the “what’s next” factor of people analytics. Jason Lauritsen speaks about how Quantum Workplace supports clients to leverage their surveys and data to make work awesome. Action plans are good. Commitment is better. Creating a plan from employee surveys and data is a great start, but having teams committed to the plan creates accountability. There is a greater intention to meaningful outcomes. Quantum Workplace’s team helps clients make work be...
Nov 01, 2016•26 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Bill talks with Kate Salmon, Communication Strategy Speacialist, at Learnography , a full-service learning solutions provider. Learnography transforms information and ideas into customized learning experiences for targeted audiences. Kate speaks about the importance of individual learning plans and their own in-house learning culture. Learnography hires great people, then identifies their own competency gaps to fill. She belives that is it important that an organization takes stake in team devel...
Oct 25, 2016•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Bill Banham interviews Matt Manners, Founder of The Employee Engagement Awards & Conference which are hosted in the UK, US and Australia. In this episode, Bill and Matt discuss why it is important to recognize, reward and grow top performers. About Matt Manners:Matt's mission is to recognize and celebrate the 'people-companies' who remake the way organizations think about and engage people to achieve their purpose.Matt helps educate the industry and economies worldwide to deliver a better em...
Oct 23, 2016•12 min•Season 1Ep. 9
"People are not your greatest asset. The right people are." - Kristen Harcourt Kristen Harcourt is a senior consultant at The McQuaig Institute , an organization that provides behavioural assessments that help companies hire and retain the right people and develop them the right way. In this episode, Kristen shares her career journey and speaks about "high performers" vs "high potentials" in the workplace. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests a...
Oct 18, 2016•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this HRchat episode, Tim Baker had an opportunity to speak with Henry Albrecht, CEO of Limeade and Brooks McMahon, head of Business Development at TINYpulse . The two companies have created a partnership to create a single environment that integrates the employee engagement services of TINYpule into Limeade’s corporate wellness platform. One of the strategies is to create retention solutions from the integration of employee “well-being” and engagement. The two companies have worked together f...
Oct 04, 2016•23 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Our co-host, Tim Baker spent some time speaking with Barb Buckner on HRchat Podcast. Barb operates Timeless HR Solutions in Chicago, Illinois and is also a co-moderator of the popular #JobHuntChat on Twitter. Barb discusses the challenges of moving people into management or leadership roles without providing the best tools and coaching needed to be successful. Organizations need to invest the time into developing managers instead of merely promoting them. Barb is also very active in the HR &...
Sep 25, 2016•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Bill Banham Interviews Ginine Capozzi about the Oct 2016 DisruptHR Buffalo event.Once in a while an event series is born that shakes things up, it makes you think differently, it leaves you inspired. That event is DisruptHR.14 speakers, 5 minutes each, and slides rotate every 15 seconds. Teach us something, but make it quick.If you’re an HR professional, a CEO, a technologist, a community leader – and you’ve got something to say about talent, culture or technology – Disrupt is the place. It’s co...
Aug 23, 2016•17 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this HRchat episode, Bill Banham gets a chance to chat with HR blogger, influencer and speaker, Kevin W. Grossman. Kevin is the Talent Board Vice-President responsible for all aspects of the Candidate Experience Awards program and other Talent Board activities for North America. In partnership with The HR Gazette team, Kevin also produces and hosts the popular weekly Reach West Radio show.Kevin co-founded the TalentCulture “world of work” community with Meghan M. Biro and developed and co-hos...
Aug 16, 2016•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this HRchat episode, Tim Baker had an opportunity to speak with entrepreneur and co-founder of Fortay , Marlina Kinnersley. Fortay is a new data driven culture-fit screening and insights platform for hiring managers. Marlina tells her career story and how she came to co-found Fortay. The discussion touches on the impact and importance that organizational culture has, from the beginning stages of the candidate experience, to hiring managers who are able to actually describe their culture. Fort...
Aug 09, 2016•18 min•Season 1Ep. 3
HRchat Host, Tim Baker, speaks with Charlie Judy on "decoding" your cultural genetics. Discovering your cultural map is integral to identifying who you are, and who you need in your organization. Charlie is a former CHRO turned entrepreneur. He has a great perspective of how things work in the HR & Talent profession, and his blog reflects an honest passion for making HR less complicated. Charlie is also a mentor to many HR professionals. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The vi...
Aug 02, 2016•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2
