HR Happy Hour

HR Happy Hour 171 - Workforce Reputation Management Recorded Friday, August 23, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane sat down with Mark Bennett, Product Strategy Director for Oracle Social HCM Cloud, Fusion Profile Management, and Workforce Reputation Management, for an interesting and informative conversation about how concepts like influence, reputation, and social connectedness between and among employees can help organizations better understand the capability of their workforces and help individuals better manage their careers. On the open web the ideas of influence and reputation are not new, services like Klout and Kred have been attempting to understand, quantify, and provide insights as to who might be influential and in what areas do people have strong reputations. Taking these ideas and applying them inside organizations, and thinking more deeply about how people's interactions with one another, how they are evaluated by their peers, and what artifacts of their work reveal about their reputation represent some of the most cutting-edge thinking about workplaces today. Mark is a friend and really interesting guy, and I think you will find the discussions challenging and interesting at the same time. And I encourage you to think about your own workplaces and how some of these ideas might help you in your HR and Talent challenges. Thanks Mark for taking the time to join us this week!

HR Happy Hour 170 - Driving Performance with Technology Recorded Thursday August 15, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese sat down with Tom Porter, Director of Human Resources and Administration, Kawasaki Motors Corporation, U.S.A, and David Ludlow, Global Vice President of Product Marketing, HCM Solutions for SAP and SuccessFactors for an interesting and informative conversation about how HR Technology can help transform organizational performance, and impact and change the actual culture of the organization as well. At Kawasaki, Tom led an ambitious project to drive consistent performance management, goal setting and alignment, and more broadly - to get the organization much more focused on demonstrable and measurable performance measures. Tom shares some of the project drivers, the organizational imperatives, and perhaps most importantly some of the lessons learned and critical success criteria that need to be in place for any HR Technology projects to truly deliver on their promises. I won't spoil it for you, but rest assured that openness, transparency, and true partnerships between customer and supplier are key, and both Tom and David offer some excellent pieces of advice for any organization on the path towards technology implementation and transformation. It is a really informative and 'front lines' kind of conversation that sheds some light on an organization that has done and continues to do what many others only aspire towards. Thanks to both Tom and David for taking the time to share their insights!        

HR Happy Hour 169 - 'The Crowdsourced Performance Review' Recorded Tuesday August 13, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane welcomed Eric Mosley, who co­founded Globoforce in 1999 with the goal of reinventing the employee recognition industry for the global, multicultural, multigenerational organizations of the 21st century. As CEO he has led Globoforce to its place as a leading provider of social recognition solutions, redefining how companies understand, manage, and motivate employees. Eric is also the author of the recent book, The Crowdsourced Performance Review, a resource for HR and Business leaders that want to transform their traditional, annual, and ineffective performance management processes to a more enlightened, modern, social, and collaborative way of engaging the organization, and improving outcomes. We talked with Eric about how the traditional process for performance management is outdated and almost universally hated, how modern technologies like social networking and mobile access are impacting modern employee needs and expectations, and how thinking about performance management as an ongoing, real-time, and in the moment process can help organizations make the leap from the 'old' way of managing performance to something much better. Thanks again to Eric for taking the time to join us this week! It was a fun and interesting show and we hope you like it!

HR Happy Hour 168 - 'HR,  Early Adoption and #HRevolution 2013' Recorded on August 8, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane welcomed China Gorman, Founder and CEO of the CMG Group, and for more than 25 years, a strategic business leader in in human resources professional services organizations. We talked with China about one of her favorite topics - the early adoption of new or innovative technologies in Human Resources.  It turns out that early adoption is one of Trish's favorite topics too - as an HR leader herself she has driven the decision processes and implementations of many of the kinds of HR technologies that are emerging in the market today. We also previewed the upcoming HRevolution event taking place in Las Vegas on October 6, 2013, and where you can see China leading a session on Early Adoption of Technology in HR. China and Trish both shared lots of great ideas and approaches that have worked for them in the past and that will be of help to everyone finding themselves struggling with HR and technology Thanks to China for the time and the insight about the role of early adoption of technology to empower and improve HR processes, and more importantly, organizational results. It was a really fun and interesting show and I hope you check it out

HR Happy Hour 167 - 'HR Tech Conference 2013 Preview' Pre-recorded on Wednesday July 17, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane welcomed Bill Kutik, founding Co-Chair of the HR Technology Conference and Human Resource Executive Magazine columnist to talk about the upcoming HR Tech Conference as well as the overall state of HR and HCM technology. Trish led the conversation, and Bill and Steve, (the incoming and new Co-Chair of the event), talked about some of the highlights of the October event, some ideas about what sessions and elements of the show are most intriguing, as well as the benefits of attendance for HR leaders and HR professionals. Additionally, Trish, Steve, and Bill talked about some of the most compelling trends in the HR industry and where and how these hot trends will be covered at the event. It was a fun conversation and many thanks to Bill for joining us on the show.

HR Happy Hour 166 - 'Can I get a referral?' Pre-recorded on Thursday June 27, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane welcomed Ziv Eliraz, Founder and CEO of the social employee referral management platform Zao.com, to talk about the changing and evolving role ot technology to power and support employee referral programs. While we ALL know that the employee referral is generally cited as the 'best' source of hire for external hiring, creating, managaing, and monitoring these programs has often been an administrative challenge, and keeping employees engaged in the process and program can also be a challenge. Zao helps solve a few of these common challenges, and even if you are not thiking of automating your employee referral process, Ziv shared some ideas and best practices gained from their work with organizations all over the world. Thanks to Ziv for the time and the insight about the role of technology to empower and extend the classic employee referral program.

HR Happy Hour 165 - 'The HRevolution Team live from SHRM13' Pre-recorded on Monday June 18, 2013 This week in what can only be called a very special HR Happy Hour, the entire HRevolution organizing team, Trish McFarlane, Ben Eubanks, Matt 'akaBruno' Stollak, and Steve Boese took a few minutes (this is literally a 15 minute podcast),  at the SHRM Annual Conference to take a quick look at what is going on at the show, to talk about what we have seen that is interesting and cool, as well as talk up the upcoming HRevolution Event coming up this October. We recorded the podcast using the latest in tech of course - a free app on Steve's iPhone, and since we were in the Dice.com bloggers lounge you willl pick up some background chatter. It kind of sounds like the Antiques Roadshow but with HR. Thanks to Trish, Matt, and Benf or jumping in to the conversation on very short notice.

HR Happy Hour 164 - 'The 8 Man Rotation Takes on Rutgers' Pre-recorded on Thursday May 30, 2013 This week in what can only be called a very special HR Happy Hour, the entire 8 Man Rotation crew - Kris Dunn, Tim Sackett, Lance Haun, Matt 'akaBruno' Stollak, and Steve Boese take a deep dive into the Rutgers University hiring, firing, and public relations disasters of recent months. From an abusive basketball coach, to internal university and state government politics, to a high-profile new hire that may have some skeletons in her closet - the series of stories that have emerged from the banks of the old Raritan have provided almost a perfect series of case studies on the intersection of sports and HR. An no one is better equipped to talk sports, HR, and what it means for the HR and Talent pro than the 8 Man Rotation crew. So check out the podcast as our team breaks down the Rutgers situation and offers some insights about what it means for your shop. Thanks to KD, Tim, Lance, and Matt for jumping in to the conversation on very short notice.

HR Happy Hour 163 - 'Bullying and the Workplace' PRE-RECORDED Wednesday, May 22, 2013 This week the HR Happy Hour Show/Podcast is back with a fresh episode recorded earlier this week -'Bullying and the Workplace' with guest Jennifer Hancock. Jennifer is the author of The Bully Vaccine, and a frequent speaker and expert on the increasingly important issue of bullying - both in and out of the workplace. You can follow Jen on Twitter as well - @jenthehumanist). It was a fascinating conversation with Jennifer - bullying has become such an area of focus for parents, schools, and certainly even leaders and HR professionals in the workplace. You'd never guess just how prevalent bullying behaviors have become. Jennifer shared ideas on how to define and identify bullying, insights behind the root causes of these behaviors, and some specific and relevant ideas about how the victims of bullying can deal with bullies. Chances are someone you know, maybe even your own child, or a colleague at work is facing these kinds of challenges. Or you are an HR professional that has to make sure your workplace is free from these behaviors. Either way I think you will find some great ideas and tips for how to address these situations from the show. It was an interesting and enlightening conversation, and I hope you will find it valuable as well. Thanks to Jennifer for a great conversation.

HR Happy Hour 161 - 'RPO and Talent in 2013' PRE-RECORDED Thursday, May 16, 2013 This week the HR Happy Hour Show/Podcast is back with a fresh episode recorded earlier this week -'RPO and Talent in 2013' with guest John Wilson, Founder and CEO of the RPO firm WilsonHCG (you can follow John on Twitter as well - @wilsonceo). It was a fascinating conversation with John - as the founder and CEO of a leading RPO firm, he had lots of particular insight around the key talent acquisition challenges facing all kinds of organizations today. John shared some interesting and relevant ideas about how organizations are having success in today's competitive enviroment, how much (or little) companies are looking to temporary or contingent markets to find talent, and when and why RPO makes sense or is a good fit for an organization. It was an interesting and enlightening conversation, and I hope you will find it valuable as well. Thanks to John and the team at WilsonHCG.

HR Happy Hour 161 - 'Building a Smarter Workforce' PRE-RECORDED Thursday, May 2, 2013 This week the HR Happy Hour Show/Podcast is back with a fresh episode recorded earlier this week - 'Building a Smarter Workforce' with guest Jonathan Ferrar, VP, Smarter Workforce from IBM (you can follow Jonathan on Twitter as well - @jaferrar).   It was a fascinating conversation with Jonathan - a leader with over 20 years of Human Resources experience across the globe - about the changing nature of technology, expectations, and how HR and organizations are starting to react to those challenges. The Smarter Workforce is certainly more than just a marketing angle, it really is a concept - that reflects the way that organizations are starting to combine things like existing investments in Talent Management technology and programs, new initiatives in social collaboration tools, and finally incorporating Big Data and analytics in order to produce better results, and create more opportunities for innovation. We talked about some of the opportunities for HR in leveraging these tools and approaches in new areas - like turning recruitment into a high-functioning marketing operation and how mobile and social technologies can transform employees into on-demand learners and teachers. It was a fun show and I hope you enjoy it!

HR Happy Hour 160 - 'Data, Technology, and Insight' SHOW PRE-RECORDED on April 9,2013 - NO LIVE CALLS PLEASE Sponsored by Aquire On a special show pre-recorded live from the Equifax Workforce Solutions event in Tampa, Florida HR Happy Hour hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane will be joined by Dann Adams - President of Equifax Workforce Solutions. We covered data, (some of it BIG), technology trends, and turning information into insight. We also hit some subjects you might not think 'fit' into an HR conversation - about the genesis, purpose, and limited (at times) value of credit scores, about how the growing mountain of student loan debt is influencing hiring and retention strategies, how getting financing for a car is going to start changing soon, and how data privacy continues to be top of mind for individuals and organizations. If you're interested in Big Data in HR and in learning some ways in which a better understanding of that data - combined with a new and emerging set of analytics and visualization tools to make that data accessible and relatable, then you should definitely check out the show/podcast.

NOTE: This show is being pre-recorded for later broadcast - NO CALLS PLEASE HR Happy Hour 160 - 'Data, Technology, and Insight' Pre-recorded on April 9,2013 Sponsored by Aquire On a special show recorded live from the Equifax Workforce Solutions event in Tampa, Florida HR Happy Hour hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane will be joined by Dann Adams - President of Equifax Workforce Solutions.  We will talk data, (some of it BIG), technology trends, and turning information into insight. This show is being pre-recorded on Tuesday  April 9 for later re-broadcast.

HR Happy Hour 159 - 'HR, Tech, and Influence' Thursday April 4, 2013 - 8:00PM EST Sponsored by Aquire Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHourThe HR Happy Hour Show is back and this week we are really excited to welcome to the show the great George LaRocque - an HR Technology expert, a recognized industry thought leader, and the creator of an exciting new and upcoming event called InfluenceHR. George will join us to share his thoughts and perspective on social in recruiting, engagement with target audiences and candidates, as well as the challenge of maintaining and building a big, global brand for recruiting. So this week we think you wil enjoy the conversations on all things HR Tech - how social and mobile technologies are impacting the workplace, how recruiting and engaging with talent is changing, and how and what HR folks can do to stay on top of this fast moving market.  We will also preview the upcoming InfluenceHR event, and discuss how technology providers and customers can better work together to meet their objectives. Of course George will also be joined by the HR Happy Hour hosts - Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane.It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us this week!

HR Happy Hour 158 - 'Social, Brand, and Recruiting' Thursday March 7, 2013 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086Sponsored by Aquire Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour The HR Happy Hour Show is back and this week we are really excited to welcome back to the show the fantastic Jessica Lee - a thought leader, digital influencer, and the one of the people behind some amazing things happening in recrutiing for one of the world's most well-known brands. Jessica will join us to share her thoughts and perspective on social in recruiting, engagement with target audiences and candidates, as well as the challenge of maintaining and building a big, global brand for recruiting. We will also talk about some of the big-picture trends in corporate recruiting, hit upon what technologies are having the most impact, and whatever else is on your mind too. So this week we think you wil enjoy the conversations on all things social and brand in recruiting with the great Jessica Lee, of course also joined by the HR Happy Hour hosts - Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane.It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!