Episodes
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Episode 22: Chris Hadley Shares His Journey to HR, Recruiting/Engaging Deskless Employees & Maternity/Paternity Benefits
11/1/2022
I am excited to welcome back another guest that’s out on the front lines of HR helping to directly support his employees. We talk about Chris’ journey into HR and how the community helped him break into his career. Chris leads HR for a team of deskless workers and he speaks about how they recruit and support top talent in a highly specialized space. We close out the conversation by talking about maternity/paternity benefits and how important they are to so many employees.
Noted in Podcast:
- What Chris is listening to:
- Metallica: Enter Sandman
- HR Social Hour ½ Hour Podcast
- Claude Silver: Emotional Optimism
- Loving his music playlists!
- Noted in the show
Our Guest, Chris Hadley
Chris is a non-college-educated HR Director for Choices In Community Living, a non-profit that provides services for adults with developmental disabilities to live their best life.
Chris has not given any TED talks, keynote speeches, or done any blog posts, but he is a huge advocate of changing the stigma that the human resources department is just like the principal's office.
Chris earned his Professional in Human Resources certificate from HRCI in 2020 and is a member of the City of Beavercreek’s Youth Development Committee and currently is a part of the Beavercreek Rotary’s Board of Directors.
Lastly and most importantly, Chris is a husband and was recently promoted to father of 3.
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Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Steve Browne, the Most People-Focused Person I’ve Ever Met
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Episode 21: Steve Browne, the Most People-Focused Person I’ve Ever Met
10/19/2022
Steve joins us to talk about how he found a career in HR, what drives his genuine passion for people, a GREAT story from conference presentations, dissecting the terms surrounding HR today (The Great Resignation, Lobby Lizards), Llamas, Supporting Deskless Workers and why Shaquille O’Neill is the best customer.
Noted in Podcast:
- What Steve is listening to: A True Music Lover!
- Beck
- Radiohead
- Ben Folds
Our Guest, Steve Browne
CPO at LaRosa’s, proud OU Bobcat, lover of all Rock music, confessed HR Radical!!
Author of the best-seller "HR on Purpose!!" and "HR Rising!!"
Steve’s Books | Where to Find Him
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Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Courtenay Shipley, Maximizing Your Financial Benefits Plan
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Episode 20, Courtenay Shipley Joins Us to Talk All About Maximizing Your Financial Benefits Plan
10/4/2022
Noted in Podcast:
- HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” – Ben has added: Diggin’ On James Brown – Tower of Power
- Honorable Mention: Hot Chili – Steve Miller Band
What Courtenay is listening to
Our Guest, Courtenay Shipley
Courtenay Shipley is Chief Planologist of Retirement Planology, which is a niche firm dedicated to helping employers design, manage, and oversee their employee retirement plan. Most of the time that’s a 401(k). She’s been doing this very nerdy thing for over 20 years and their firm has been recognized by Financial Times as a Top 401k advisor, and Courtenay as a top women advisor by the National Association of Plan Advisors. She’s also the upcoming president of the national group the Retirement Advisor Council and has lots of letters after her name that indicate she’s good at passing nerdy retirement plan tests.
Email Address: cshipley@retirementplanology.com
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Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Episode 19 - 9/14/2022
Dr. Brooks Mitchell – CEO, Professor & Creator of the First Computerized Job Interview Talks Interviewing, Retention, Intermittent Reinforcement
Noted in Podcast:
- HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” – Ben has added: Hank Locklin - Wild Side of Life
Our Guest, Brooks Mitchell
- Brooks Mitchell Youtube Channel - Mama Mable's Boy
- Hiring for Negative Tendencies – Interview with Aspen Tree Founder Brooks Mitchell
- Featured in Forbes Magazine August 16, 1993 “Slouches Make Better Operators”
- Book: Bet on Cowboys, Not on Horses
- Book: Kipling’s Error III: They Were Good Americans
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Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before. People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.
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Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Episode 18 - 8/30/2022
What Tracie is Listening To:
Noted in Podcast:
- HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” – Tracie has added: Doja Cat, Boss Bi&ch
Our Guest, Tracie Sponenberg
Tracie is an executive leader focused on aligning people strategy with business strategy at privately held and/or private equity-backed businesses experiencing growth. HR Rebel, DisruptHR NH & HR Rebooted Co-founder. Speaker on technology, leadership, branding and all things HR. Recipient of the 2019 Ry Perry HR Hero Award, and the global 2021 OnCON Top 50 Human Resources Professional Award.
Passionate about the people experience; HR technology selection and deployment; wellness program development; engagement; culture building and turn-around; organizational development; coaching; leadership and team development.
The HR Feed:
- Do As I Say, not as I do” Won’t Help Workers Wellbeing”
- Location-based Pay Considerations Are All Over The Place
- The Daily (New York Times Podcast) The rise of Workplace Surveillance
Our Sponsor: People Element
Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before. People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.
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Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Episode 17: Welcome back to season 2! Jay Polaki, the founder of HR Geckos, joins us from the #HRCommunity and we’re talking about why HR is a glutton for punishment, how today’s vendors can support them with technology, and how we can improve our HR Trade Shows. You’ll also hear a fun story about Godzilla turning into a Gecko! Thanks for listening!
What Jay is Listening To:
Founder’s Journal with Alex Lieberman
Punk Rock HR with Laurie Ruettimann
The HR Social Hour Half Hour Podcast
Noted in Podcast:
HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” – Jay has added: Thunder, Imagine Dragons
Our Guest, Jay Polaki
Jay founded HR Geckos to solve one big problem I faced as an HR Director - providing a consumer-first employee experience in the HR function. HR Geckos’ mission is to transform HR service delivery in organizations using AI and machine learning technologies. While Jay handles clients internationally across all HR Geckos’ markets, she lives, writes, grows tomatoes, solves crosswords, and integrates work into life in Maryland, USA.
LinkedIn: Jay Polaki Polaki
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Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before. People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.
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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Guest Ben Brooks Talks About Buying, Implementing & Adopting HRTech
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Episode 16: 7/12/2022
Welcome back to season 2! As a note, we had some audio issues that we could not fully rectify in production with the host’s audio, and apologize that it may sound like the host is recording from a fish bowl 😊. The conversation with Ben is so phenomenal and he leads much of the conversation, so we wanted to make sure to still bring this episode to all of you. Thanks for listening!
What Ben is Listening To:
- The Pivot Podcast with Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway
- Crucial Conversations by Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, Emily Gregory
- Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
Noted in Podcast:
HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” – Ben has added: Mariah Carey “Make it Happen”
Our Guest, Ben Brooks
Ben Brooks is an award-winning HR executive and nationally recognized executive coach. As a former SVP of HR at a large, global corporation and an award-winning and nationally recognized business/executive coach, Ben is truly a champion of others. Ben is the Founder and CEO of Pilot. PILOT’s award-winning program is structured around individual reflection, manager feedback, executive mentorship, and live group coaching sessions.
Our Sponsor: People Element
Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before. People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.
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Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Episode 15, Laura Hundley debuts “The HR Feed”
4/27/2022
We are so excited to welcome our producer Laura Hundley from behind the screen to on the mic for this episode. We talked about how All About HR came to be and debut a new segment we have been talking about for quite some time “The HR Feed”. The HR Feed is a roll-up of funny, informative, smart, or interesting HR/workforce related posts we have found on social media or online over the past weeks. We also dive into the importance of onboarding / collecting employee feedback early in the employees' journey with your organization. The show wraps up with some best practices regarding data collection from your employee population. Enjoy!
Links from Show:
HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” - Laura has added Edwin Star 25 Miles
The HR Feed
Human Resources Executive: 4 new onboarding frameworks to help prevent ‘The Great Regret’
Our Guest, Laura Hundley
Our Sponsor: People Element
Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before. People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.
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Behind the Podcast
Laura Hundley is a seasoned HR professional with over 25 years of experience, currently serving as the Director of Data Management at People Element, a leading HR tech company. Drawing from her extensive background, she brings you real-world insights and practical tips. Having conducted countless exit interviews, new hire check-ins, and engagement surveys for our clients at People Element, she’s witnessed the evolving landscape of HR firsthand.
All About HR podcast is sponsored by People Element, an employee listening and engagement solution. Understand your people like never before with People Element.