We found a "lost" IFOW treasure in this interview with Jim Colassano, SVP, Product Development and Strategy at The Clearing House...all about how to speed up your employees' access to the money they've earned. In a world where few of us have the financial readiness to handle an unplanned expense of $400, RTP and maybe even - should we dare say it...blockchain...are tools of the payment flexibility the our current and future team members value the most. Listen to learn what you should be asking y...
Jun 20, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Lesher bids the IFOW Activators a fond farewell with some parting bits of wisdom he’s picked up from others along the way. As producer of most of our 147 episodes and the host of more than 100, Jeff wants listeners to continue to delve into the treasure trove of knowledge shared by our many wonderful guests. Be well. Do even better. And multiply your impact by helping support others’ success. WB Engineers+Consultants Jeff Lesher...
May 30, 2023•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Erin Lazarus, Director of Solution Architects at SHL, a talent spectrum solutions company, helps enlighten us on al things talent acquistion to talent management with a healthy dose of assessment and experience. It's a crash course in all the things we could know and understand better about our people if we'd only direct our time and resources more effectively. Learn how a few accessible adjustments can have a huge impact....
May 22, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast We love and appreciate all our IFOW guests, and - still - Ivori rises above due to her acute passion for and skill in inviting the rest of us into the better, more productive environment created by more fully knowing each other. Fostering belonging is an ongoing and individualized effort...figuring out how to position differences as complements rather than have them sow conflict requires interest, empathy, and commitment. While we're never done, we can experience the heady highs of rallying arou...
May 18, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Among the most underestimated talent out there are the people you employ right now! That's kinda nuts. Jeff Schwartz, a future of work expert who contributes its ongoing study as an advisor to Deloitte, VP of Insights & Impact at Gloat, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School [my old job ;-)], and author of books including "Work Disrupted," helps us understand how and why we should be recruiting internally. The bridge is not too far, but we do need to make the effort to cross it. Gloat Jef...
May 16, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeanine Boyle, Chief People Officer of digital healthcare payments company, Zelis, is the veteran of many mergers and acquisitions. We tap into her deep reservior of knowledge to understand how to desugn and activate environments that embrace change, diversity, even the occasional failure and focus on learning and moving forward with the benefit of our experience. Zelis Jeanine Boyle...
May 11, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Edward and Tricia co-founded and co-lead a company whose name tells you what they help you accomplish: autentic collaboration. The combination of painstaking attention to detail they used to reveal, define and help you apply the 5 behaviors of collaboration with the emphasis on experience reflecting their Disney heritage is informative, infectous, and empowering. Join us for an illuminating and not-so-wild ride to even better. Authentic Collaboration Tricia Cerrone Edward van Luinen...
May 09, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Filev is CEO of Wrike, a workflow automation platform, who is all about the better engagement of people - enabling them through a focus on results and illuminating the path toward them with tools to identify bottlenecks so they can be addressed. This is transparency in, perhaps, it's clearest and best form. We invite you to listen closely and the go do something to make sure your team is part of the workflow design process, not merely the recipients of what IT may think is your solution. ...
May 04, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gravitating as I do to musical acts that feature harmony (e.g., the Everly Brothers, Beach Boys, CSN(&Y), Eagles, ....), I was an easy sell for David Levin's stated objective through Poppulo of using their platform and expertise to create harmony between organizations and their people and organizations and their customers. We talk omni-chanel feeds and digital signage; data and AI-reads that provide content insights, among our many topics. Poppulo David Levin...
May 04, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andy Berman co-founded Vowel as a way to give back some control to all of us who are being recorded...which, essentially, is all of us. Vowel - among other things - helps boost focus and productivity by creating an accurate record of our meetings, culling out summaries, and listing action items. After listening to our conversation, visit the Vowel website and use this code to check it out: Coupon Code = INEVITABLE Vowel Andy Berman on Linkedin...
May 02, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Formstack's CHRO, Tammy Polk - a wise veteran of many "drastically growing" companies, is a voice of acceptance of all sorts of contributors while never slowing her drive to elevate each of them directly as she continues to build the team and performance resources around them. Learn a little from a leader who knows a lot....
Apr 27, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jodi Brandstetter didn't invent Design Thinking or HR for that matter, but what she did do was figure out how outcomes-based, people-centric approaches was a natural accelerator of employee success - not to mention a huge boost for the HR and talent professionals charged with driving impact through people. Her best-selling book, Hire by Design, is just one of the amazing assets Jodi shares with the world. Her raw revelations about being a high performer who works through her severe anxiety every...
Apr 25, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast A partner at insurance and workplace benefits firm, Vita Assure, Gianna is not your everyday dispenser of advice. Among her insights: be willing to blow the lid off people’s mental health coverage, promoting schedule flexibility and freeing up time to get work done by limiting meetings. Join us to begin reimagining your benefits plan while you still can retain your best people. Vita Assure Gianna Ricciardi on Linkedin...
Apr 20, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast From kick-off to crescendo, Ronny Leber is an expert in creating "magic moments" for audiences of up to 120,000 people. His secret? You're always speaking to one person. Drawing on his years of experience, his many mentors, and even Yoda, Ronny walks us through a meaningful, accessible recipe for becoming better communicators - in person, through Zoom, whatever. Create Your Magic Moment Follow Ronny on Linkedin...
Apr 18, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast As the "World's Leading Mentor," best selling author and corproate counselor knows more than a thing or two about developing people. He founded Entelechy to study what the elements of success truly are and then provide people the opportunity to learn them. This conversation is a mini master class in how - metaphorically - you can navigate the journey for yourself and others of becoming a butterfly. Links: Entelechy Academy David C.M. Carterr on linkedin...
Apr 13, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ah, "coaching"! It's so many things to so many people. Often misunderstood or misapplied, we loose the opportunity to grow and evolve in ways that support the growth and evolution of our organizations. What if you had some straightforward guideposts...and were accompanied by an equally straightforward guide, what could you accomplish? How much better would it feel. Enter Geoff Graber, Co-Founder of Evolution and Managing Partner of Evolutionary Venture. Geoff's skills as a coach and commitment a...
Apr 11, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ellen Kocher and Dominque Ben Dhaou are on a post-50 mission to create tremendous impact by helping the rest of us tapping into the enormous and enormously valued resource that are our work force members of a similar age. Most of us are living longer, better, and want to continue to contribute. Our approaches and systems aren't built for the 21st century (they are based on realities we faced 90 years ago ...), but they can be easily updated in ways that will pay you back over and over. Help your...
Apr 06, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Deepali Vyas built a career as an expert in executive search, and - 40,000 placements later - she was compelled to found a new kind of employment marketplace: a platform called Fearless+. In the TikTok era, it's ironic that we still rely on a piece of paper with only black and white letters on it. There should be a better way; now there is....
Apr 04, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast DDI's 2023 Global Leadership Forecast is about as encouraging as those shoiwng more atmospheric rivers descending on California. To help productively channel (versus freak out about) findings like fewer than half of all leaders trust their direct manager to do what's right, we're joined by Stephanie Neal, Director of DDI's Center for Analytics and Behavioral Research. Knowledge is power - even when it's knowing that we're not equipped to deal with burnout and that we don't have the benchstrength...
Mar 30, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Boston Consulting Group's Allison Bailey leads BCG's Global People & Organization practice. She oversees an ongoing research series called "Decoding Global Talent" and joins the IFOW to share insights and corresponding recommendations drawn from the most recent chapter in this effort: "What Job Seekers Wish Employers Knew." Allison walks us through everything from the "de-averaged" landscape of opportunities for job seekers to the startling fact that 83% of our people may be actively looking or ...
Mar 27, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christine Miners and Rick Lash co-authored the book, Once Upon a Leader: Finding the Story at the Heart of Your Leadership, to guide people to and through the transformative process of reflecting on the experiences that have influenced who you are and how you lead others. Even more importantly, what are the experiences you're seeking out next and how might they change you and inform the impact you can have moving forward? Join us for a n insightful and actionable look at building your narrator "...
Mar 20, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Coach Loya was coming back from an away game with his team when his plane encountered disturbing turbulence. This harrowing flight set off a chain of events that led Lance to move from the ranks of college coaching to infusing people and their organizations with mindset and capacity to allow all of us to contribute by being a better teammate. Learn about the “We Gear”… and be ready to put yourself into Drive as soon you’re done listening.
Mar 16, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Murray Sabrin is many things, including being a university professor of finance, a student of and writer about economics, geography, and history, and a candidate for public office as well as a regular commentator on all manner of poliitcal and social issues. His appearance on the IFOW is focused mainly on his research on the options for employers to optimize the healthcare benefit for their people. We talk about his new book, "The Finance of Health Care: Wellness and Innovative Approaches to...
Mar 13, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thriving - not merely surviving - in a data world requires learning the foundational elements of data analytics instead of learning the next fancy tool. That's the conclusion of business intelligence and analytics leader, Sangeeta Krishnan, in her book, Thriving in a Data World: A Guide for Leaders and Managers. While there is a bit of "math on the test," you'll benefit from Sangeeta's straightforward, value-based counsel about topics ranging from big data versus small, the data function as a co...
Mar 06, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Digitalization of professional advice makes all the sense in the world to consultant-turned-technology platform entrepreneur, Stefan Debois, CEO and Co-founder of Pointerpro. Stefan's experience and expertise haven't just led to the development of a tool through which to economize and accelerate the process of determining good client fit and the best ways to service their needs; the approach he recommends begins with and relies on fundamental knowledge capture and process mapping. Put the two to...
Feb 27, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ashik Ahmed is Co-founder and CEO of Deputy - a platform in use in over 330,000 workplaces to level the playing field for shift workers and support employers' ability to be in compliance with the full range of pay and scheduling requirements. The value of this conversation starts with how you can better engage, manage, and retain the workforce that accounts for nearly two-thirds of employees and the broadens beautifully to reveal the universal place for the deep empathy that Ashik has chenneled ...
Feb 20, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ever crave an outside perspective to work through a complex hurdle or just blow off some steam? Ravi Swaminathan co-founded TaskHuman to help you! As CEO, Ravi has overseen the growth of the external network of expert coaches in areas ranging from leadership to spiritual; from sales to physical fitness - all with the same goal: help your people do what they do even better. And it's working....
Feb 13, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Positive psychology expert and best selling author, Jackie Insinger, is on a mission to help us recognize and pursue the upside of what's possible. Much more than positive thinking, positive psychology - among other things - helps us understand the influence we can and do have over others...and, how to channel how we choose to feel into impact through setting off emotional contagion. After you learn from Jackie's approach, you'll trly be ready to go viral!...
Feb 07, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shane Kovalsky is Co-founder of Mystery - a facilitator of incredible experiences for organizations investing in opportunities for their teams to forge and sustain the bonds that continue to be a key ingredient of high performance even - or perhaps especially - in the hybrid workplaces of today. The Zoom Happy Hour may still be on life support; but for those truly looking for an edge, this is a must listen conversation....
Feb 06, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bjorn Reynolds is known as Chief Guardian at Safeguard Global. Formally, he's the Founder and CEO. Regardless of title, his commitment is to help Safeguard's clients hire and manage the best, highly-skilled workers they can from around the globe without screwing it up. In fact, the phrase "don't try this at home" comes up in our conversation. More importantly, Bjorn helps debunk a lot of the conventional "wisdom" that continues to limit how people locate and position talent. In a moment of both ...
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