In many companies, HR departments continue to lag behind other functions when it comes to using data in ways that'll maximize engagement and retention rates. Some companies are not doing anything, most are mired in basic operational reporting, and only a small amount is actually practicing advanced or predictive analytics. In this HRchat, we consider why the best HRpractices are based on cold, hard data and how HR pros can better leverage analytics to make informed decisions. Our returning guest...
Jan 27, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 389
Recruiting is not an easy role, especially when you have hundreds of jobs to fill each month. The job often demands an ability to manage stress and thrive in a chaotic environment. High-volume recruiters have their hands full on a daily basis; managing the expectations of applicant quality and volume, running adverts across numerous job sites, pulling up performance reports from dozens of dashboards, engaging one-on-one with large numbers of applicants, coordinating interviews, and much more. An...
Jan 25, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 388
Employers spend $1000s to replace and rehire an employee so it’s critical that business leaders respond to the demands and needs of their hourly workforce with new resources and tools that keep them engaged and happy. In this HRchat episode, we consider why offering things like same-day digital access to tips and early access to earned wages can help organizations retain their staff. Bill Banham's guest this time is Andrew Garner SVP and General Manager of Business Partnerships at Netspend , pro...
Jan 21, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 387
The HR department's priorities, processes, and tools have changed in the past couple of years. New research from TrustRadius, a popular review website for business technology, underscores the extent of the transformation and gives a glimpse of what lies ahead in 2022. Using data sourced from more than 700 HR pros across the country, the 2022 HR Trends Report breaks down some of the biggest trends on the horizon for HR departments and the workplace in general, from the continued impact of The Gre...
Jan 20, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 386
In today's episode, we talk about ways to encourage leaders to be happier and the knock-on effects for employee engagement, company culture and the bottom line. Bill's guest this time is Tia Graham , a keynote speaker, Founder of Arrive At Happy and author of the new book Be a Happy Leader . Throughout its pages, strategies and tactics are provided which include the use of positive psychology, having a broad perspective, executing quickly, creating strong relationships, measuring what matters, a...
Jan 18, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 385
Our guest this time is Tessa James , Founder & CEO at Talent Reimagined , a management consulting firm and strategic partner in Talent transformation on a mission to help companies reimagine their talent processes to drive better business outcomes. Questions Include: Talent Reimagined tries to challenge the status quo by helping companies build new connections across previously siloed work areas. Tell us more. Paint a picture of the near-future of work: One in which the gig economy is the ma...
Jan 14, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 384
In this HRchat episode, we consider the challenges of hiring and connecting top tech talent. Bill's guest this time is Max Nirenberg , CRO and Managing Director for North America at Commit , a systems house delivering unique and integrative development projects for its customers since 2005. Max’s role is to lead and optimize the sales organization and spearhead strategic management planning for the global account management teams. His primary focus is to introduce the company’s delivery capabili...
Jan 13, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 383
The pandemic forced significant changes to the workplace, necessitating many employees work from home. Some of these changes have proven permanent. This highlights the changing workplace dynamics, as employers are evolving to remain attractive to potential employees. Another way to attract and retain top talent is through health benefits, which needs to evolve according to new research from The Conference Board of Canada and TELUS Health. Bill's guest this time is Lauren Florko, Ph.D. , Senior R...
Jan 11, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 382
In this HRchat episode, we talk about how employee recognition and incentives have evolved and ways experiential rewards can strengthen the employee experience and be a key factor in retaining and attracting employees. Bill's guest this time is Jonathan Irvine , Head of Business Development at Blueboard , an employee recognition and incentives platform powered by hand-curated experiences. The company claims to make it easy for companies to give meaningful employee rewards, incentives, and gifts ...
Jan 07, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 381
Welcome to another episode of the HRchat show. In this episode, we consider tech to monitor and assess employee wellbeing. Bill's guest this time is Dr. Don Brown , Founder, and CEO of LifeOmic , a software company that leverages the cloud, machine learning, and mobile devices to offer disruptive solutions to healthcare providers, researchers, employers, health coaches, health IT companies and individuals. His first company was acquired by EDS in 1986. He founded Software Artistry in 1988 which ...
Jan 06, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 380
Have you tried to create authentic connections between your employees and leadership teams but keep hitting roadblocks? In this HRchat episode, we consider the role of play in upping engagement levels in the workplace. Bill's guest this time is Jeff Harry , Founder, and Positive Psychology Play Whisperer at Rediscover Your Play. Jeff shows individuals and companies how to tap into their ‘true selves’, to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing. He has worked with Google, Microso...
Jan 04, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 379
2021 in Review and Looking Ahead to Recruiting in 2022 In this special episode of the HRchat show, we wrap up 2021 by reviewing another rollercoaster year in Recruitment and HR. We also make predictions for the labor market in 2022. Bill's guest this time is Andrew Flowers , Labor Economist at Appcast , a global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services. Prior to joining Appcast in 2021, Andrew spent nearly three years at Indeed.com as an economist at its global rese...
Dec 30, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 378
In this special episode, Bill Banham and Chris Bjorling chat about the first year of the popular People and Performance Podcast , produced in partnership with the team at The HR Gazette. They also offer predictions for what to expect for workforce planning and performance management in 2022 in light of the outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid. This is a special crossover episode that'll go live on both the People and Performance Podcast and the HRchat show just ahead of the holidays! Each ep...
Dec 23, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 377
In this HRchat episode, we talk about building and maintaining relationships. Listen too as we talk about lessons from the world of social media marketing that can be transferred to leadership and HR. Bill's guest is Ted Rubin , a leading Social Marketing Strategist, International Keynote Speaker, Business Advisor, Author, Connector, and Provocateur. In March 2009 Ted started using and evangelizing the term ROR, Return on Relationship, hashtag #RonR. His book, Return on Relationship, was release...
Dec 21, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 376
In this HRchat episode, we talk about talent attraction, onboarding and a big announcement in the Canadian recruitment tech space. Bill's guest this time is Yves Boudreau , CEO of Alongside , an HR tech company working to improve the ways candidates and companies discover each other. He’s also CEO at the spin-off onboarding tech company AllOnboard HR . Yves has a long history of successful entrepreneurship. He started his first company at the age of 19, a digital creative agency. He then worked ...
Dec 16, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 375
In HRchat episode 374, we talk about making smarter decisions and achieving higher performance. This episode has a kick because you'll hear how to start learning "a veritable conversational martial art". Bill Banham is joined by Craig Weber , author of the best-selling book, Conversational Capacity: The Secret To Building Successful Teams That Perform When The Pressure Is On (McGraw-Hill, 2013) and the sequel, Influence in Action: How to Build Your Conversational Capacity, Do Meaningful Work, an...
Dec 14, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 374
In this HRchat episode, we look at ways to empower unrepresented groups in the workplace and consider tech to help level the playing field. Bill Banham's guest is Tiffany Pham , Founder & CEO of Mogul , a leading diversity recruitment company. She developed the first version of Mogul, which through its patent-pending inventions now enables recruitment access to over 430MM women and diverse professionals across 195 countries. Praised by Sheryl Sandberg as “the number one platform” and referre...
Dec 10, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 373
Businesses need the right HCM technology systems in place to allow them to operate at full capacity and in the best interests of their employees. Before you embark on your next HCM technology purchase, listen to this episode for inspiration around defining an HR service delivery model, creating an HCM technology strategy, defining the system evaluation and selection process, undewrtaking system implementation, and what to expect post-implementation. In this HRchat, Bill Banham talks with Jacquel...
Dec 09, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 372
In this HRchat interview, we'll drill down on what worked for job adverting pre and post-pandemic and look ahead to understand how the recruitment industry's tech toolkit will continue to evolve through 2022 and beyond. Bill's guest this time is Christian Forman , CEO and founder of Appcast , a leader in performance job advertising software. With more than 25 years of industry experience and serial entrepreneurship, Chris is a pioneer in the development and deployment of smarter technology tools...
Dec 07, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 371
Our guest in episode 370 is Edie Goldberg, Ph.D. , Founder & President of E.L. Goldberg & Associates. She is a nationally recognized expert in talent strategy and organizational effectiveness and co-author of The Inside Gig: How Sharing Untapped Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity (Lifetree Media, April 2020). Edie holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and serves on the board of the SHRM Foundation. She is the recipient of HR People & Strate...
Dec 03, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 370
In this HRchat, we talk about that weird and wonderful organ, the human brain, and how our biology impacts the ways we work. Our guest this time is Britt Andreatta, PhD , author, speaker and Chief Executive Officer at 7th Mind, Inc. Dr. Britt Andreatta is an internationally recognized thought leader who creates brain science-based solutions for today's challenges. She draws on her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and education to unlock the best in people and organizati...
Dec 02, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 369
In this episode, we consider ways to empower L&D pros and HR teams with the tools to unlock the potential of their distributed teams. Bill's guest this time is Tyler Muse, CEO & Founder at Lingo Live , an online coaching platform on a mission to help emerging leaders at multinational companies gain the skills they need to lead their teams effectively. Tyler is passionate about bringing the world closer together through meaningful human connections. As a leader, he experienced firsthand t...
Nov 30, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 368
In this HRchat episode, we look at the latest analysis of the labor market and the factors that can drive employee experience. Bill's guest this time is Ben Kalevitch , Executive Vice President at United Minds , a Weber Shandwick consultancy that helps organizations deliver positive, lasting change by combining data-fueled strategies and creative communications solutions. As the leader of United Minds’ insight and strategy function, Ben develops plans that support their clients’ people and busin...
Nov 26, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 367
In this episode, we focus on interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and using the language of purpose and social impact. Bill's guest is Cecilia Crossley , founder of the social enterprise From Babies with Love , a not-for-profit that donates 100% of its profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world. From Babies with Love provides services to HR Leaders, such as its flagship parental leave gift service, and through this work, Cecilia realized that HR professionals...
Nov 25, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 366
In this HRchat episode, we do a deep dive into the world of talent attraction and recruitment marketing to understand what worked pre-Covid and what's making a difference during The Great Resignation. Bill's guest this time is Jennifer Henley , an authority in recruitment solutions and consultative client services. As a candidate experience advisor with NAS Recruitment Innovation , she partners with talent acquisition leadership to optimize candidate attraction through storytelling, technology, ...
Nov 23, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 365
In this HRchat podcast episode, we talk about media coverage of the world of work and look at the need to reboot and redefine leadership for a post-pandemic world. Bill's guest this time is Alan Hosking , Publisher at HR Future magazine and CEO at Osgard. Alan has previously been named by US website Disruptordaily.com as one of the "Top 25 Future of Work Influencers to Follow on Twitter". He's also been listed as one of the “Top 200 Global Power Thought Leaders to watch in 2021” by peopleHum in ...
Nov 19, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 264
In this episode of the HRchat show, we consider the art of video interviews during ' The Great Resignation '. Bill's guest this time is Sean Fahey , CEO and Founder at VidCruiter , the video interviewing specialists offering a suite of products designed to increase the overall quality of hires and drastically reduce time-to-hire. Sean is, according to Neri Basque, VP of IT Minacs, “ a game-changer in the world of HR. He's always pushing the limits of what is possible. ” Questions Include: VidcCr...
Nov 18, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 363
In HRchat #362, we talk about how to reach your highest potential at work. Bill's guest is Kathy Caprino , an internationally-recognized career and leadership coach, writer, speaker, and educator dedicated to the advancement of women in business. A former corporate VP, she is also a trained therapist, seasoned executive coach, Senior Forbes contributor, top media source on careers, and the author of two books -- Breakdown, Breakthrough and her new book The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting P...
Nov 16, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 362
Bill's guest this time is Dethra U. Giles , TEDx Speaker, Chief Bridge Architect at ExecuPrep, Adjunct Faculty Member at Mercer University, and one of Engagedly Inc's Top 100 HR Influencers of 2021 . Her clients call her "University tested and Industry approved" and we're going to delve into some of the lessons she shares with peers, leaders and clients today. Listen and Hear Dethra's Answers to Questions Including: * You have amazing self-belief . How far can a positive outlook and confidence i...
Nov 12, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 361
Employees in startups in the US are, according to findings published in carta.com , losing $30B every year in unexercised stock options, because 50% do not exercise their stock options upon leaving a company. Bill's guest this time is Oren Barzilai , Founder and CEO at EquityBee, a company on a mission to help startup employees obtain the capital they need to exercise their stock options. Oren is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to EquityBee, he co-founded and served as the CEO at Start A Fire, a so...
Nov 11, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 360
