HR Happy Hour

Thursday May 26, 2011 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour   This week on the show, I will be joined by the author of 'You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager' - Hank Gilman.   Hank is a long-time journalist and executive at some of the most well-known publications in the world - The Wall Strert Journal, The Boston Globe, and Fortune Magazine. Hank's stories of hard-won lessons learned from being unexpectedly and amusingly forced into the world of management will resonate with most of us who also were not ready for our first brush with management.   Performance management, recruiting, crisis management and more - we will talk with Hank on what management really looks like in the trenches, especially when you are heading in to battle unarmed.

HR Happy Hour Europe - Episode 1 - 'Fresh Thinking' Wednesday May 25, 2011 8PM GMT / 3PM EDT Call in 646-378-1086 (US listeners) Connect via Skype - (outside US) Follow on Twitter - #HRHappyHour After 100 US-based shows, the HR Happy Hour sets off on the journey to conquer the world! Working with our friends at Jobsite.co.uk, the HR Happy Hour - Europe debuts at a time more amenable to the UK and European audiences, but still lets longtime US-based fans listen in. The HR Happy Hour Europe will be a monthly show, on the last Wednesday of the month, and will take on the same kinds of issues in talent management, recruiting, social media, etc., that you have come to expect from the show, but with a decidedly more global view. The debut Episode will feature Amanda Hite and Scott Stratten, guests and expert speakers at Jobsite's 'Fresh Thinking' series. I hope you can join us for the debut of the first HR Happy Hour 'spin-off'! Follow the HR Happy Hour Show on Twitter - @HRHappyHour

HR Happy Hour - Episode 101 - 'Live from Aquire' Special Day/Time - Monday May 23, 2011 - 6PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow in Twitter - #HRHappyHour The HR Happy Hour Show starts the journey to the next 100 Episodes with a special live broadcast from the site of long time show sponsor Aquire Inc's. Annual Customer Conference, Structure 2011. Steve will be joined by a panel of forward-thinking HR and Talent Management leaders, workforce analytics gurus, and more. We will take on some of the most pressing issues of the day for most talent pros and business leaders - where is my expertise? What do I need? Where can I develop that talent? This will be a fun and lively show, as sure as Texas is big! Don't forget to follow the HR Happy Hour on Twitter - @HRHappyHour

HR Happy Hour - Episode 100 - 'A Look Back, and Forward' - sponsored by Aquire Thursday May 19, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 - Press '1' to come on the air Twitter hashtag - #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour celebrates the 100th Episode of the series, with a look back at some of our favorite shows and guests that have joined us over the last two years of shows. On-location hijinks, serious conversations about the important issues of the day, HR Horror Stories, and more - we will try and reflect on the past couple of years as well as look forward a bit to talk about where the show is going, and where it needs to go. We will be joined by many of our old friends, and some new ones, as we take the evening to look back and look forwards, and maybe even celebrate a bit as well. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us.

HR Happy Hour - Episode 99 - 'New Tech for Recruiting' - sponsored by Aquire Thursday May 12, 2011 - 8:00PM ET Call in on 646-378-1086 Twitter hashtag - #HRHappyHour Technology changes everything eventually, and the processes for finding, assessing, and hiring that 'just right' candidate for your organization are certainly not immune. Whether it is video interviewing, location based social recruiting, or online virtual job assessments - technology is changing the game for candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers alike. This week on the show we will be joined by two experts in the recruiting technology space, Ty Abernethy - Founder of ZuzuHire.com, and Craig Fisher, Owner and Founder of TalentNet Live, and recent session leader on this topic at HRevolution 2011. Ty and Craig will be on hand to talk about some of the latest innovations in Recruiting Technology, how organizations and candidates can exploit some of these tools to further their objectives, and what the future of technology for recruiting may hold.  It should be a fun, geeky show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour - Episode 98 - 'Notes from an HRevolution' Thursday May 5, 2011 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow on Twitter - #HRHappyHour On the show this week we will do a recap, summary, and review of sorts of the recent HRevolution Event for Human Resources leaders held in Atlanta, Georgia on April 29, 30. Quite frankly, we were not planning on doing a 'review' show, but the passion, energy, and excitement from the time in Atlanta is still resonant and palpable. Blog posts are being written, the #Hrevolution stream on  Twitter is still churning, and there is a sense of attendees and even observers wanting 'more', just what more is might be hard to tell, but we will give anyone interested in sharing an opportunity this week on the show. So if you were an attendee, presenter, sponsor, or just an interested observer in the HRevolution, consider this your invitation to continue the conversations started in Atlanta. Join us! Follow the show on Twitter - @HRHappyHour

HR Happy Hour - Episode 97 - 'Ask Dr. Woody' Thursday April 28, 2011 - 8:00PM ET Call in - 646-378-1086 Twitter hashtag - #HRHappyHour This week on the show, we will be joined by Fox Business News columnist, author, consultant, and big time TV star Michael Woodward, aka Dr. Woody - to talk careers, management, leadership and more. Have a tricky career question? Want to know some ideas to further your own development, or to help your managers get better as leaders? Want some ideas on how to craft your ideal job? Really whatever questions are on your mind for the good Doctor, this week we want to hear them. So do plan on listening this week, and calling in with your questions - This week on the HR Happy Hour - the Doctor is in! ------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow the show on Twitter - @HRHappyHour and check out the show blog on www.hrhappyhour.net.

HR Happy Hour Episode 96 - 'Talent : More Money, More Problems' Thursday April 21, 2011 Call in 646-378-1086 Twitter Hashtag - #HRHappyHour The market for top talent, like tech professionals, high performers, and people with specific skills in high-demand industry is heating up again. We know the stories - Google offering seven figures to keep talent from jumping to Facebook, shortages of specific skills in major markets like NYC and Washington. As the market heats up, and the offers climb, the poaching increases, and the 'battle' gets dirtier, you need to make sure you understand the trends and your best strategies for reacting and even attacking. This week on the show we will talk with Tom Silver from Dice.com and Tom Becker from Comsys to help us make sense of the where the talent wars are being fought, and what you can do to make sure you emerge on the winning side. It should be a fun and interesting show and I hope you can join us.

HR Happy Hour - Episode 95 - 'HRevolution 2011 Preview' Thursday April 14, 2011 - 8:00PM ET Call-in 646-378-1086 The 3rd HRevolution Event is coming up on April 29-30, 2011 in Atlanta, GA and promises to be a day of learning, connecting, and exploration of the most interesting and important issues facing Human Resources professionals today. On the show this week, we plan on taking about an HRevolution with an assortment of the event's creators, session leaders, and event sponsors that will share their perspectives on the upcoming event, offer some insights as to the topics they will be covering at HRevolution, and discuss why it is important for both practitioners and HR supplier partners to support these efforts. Just some of the folks that plan on joining us this week are Trish McFarlane, China Gorman, Kevin Grossman, Nate DaPore, Curtis Midkiff and more... If you are attending HRevolution 2011, then the show is a must-listen, even if you are not, you should check the show this week to hear what all the talk is about. It will be a fun and interesting show, and I hope you can join us.

HR Happy Hour - Episode 94 - 'The 8 Man Rotation' Thursday April 7, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 You can learn all you need to know about recruiting, talent management, effective team dynamics, managing star performers, aligning compensation with performance, and succession planning from studying the history of the National Basketball Association. Don't believe it? Where else but in big-time sports can you see the effects of talent assessment, recruiting, leadership, and employee engagement played out, in public, under the spotlight, every day of the year? What players to draft, which ones to develop, which ones to cut loose, and how to build the right mix of personalities and talent to achieve team goals are the primary concern of all sports franchises. And we will also talk about the Final Four, the NBA Playoffs, and Moneyball. Joining us on the show will be The 8 Man Rotation dream team - Kris Dunn, Lance Haun, Tim Sackett, and Matt 'aksBruno' Stollak. I hope you will join us.

HR Happy Hour - Episode 93 - 'Next Gen HR Technology' Thursday March 31, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 This week on the HR Happy Hour we go back to our roots so to speak, with a special show focusing on HR Technology. We will be joined by IHRIM Board Chair Nov Omana as well as Gretchen Alarcon, VP Human Capital Management Strategy for Oracle. We will talk about the upcoming IHRIM Annual Conference for HR Technology vendors and professionals, the changing landscape for HR Technology from both the vendor and customer perspectives, as well as some of the most important and interesting HR Technology trends and issues that you need to be aware of. It should be an hour of geeky HR Tech goodness and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour - Episode 92 - 'HR, Communication, and Social Media' Thursday March 24, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 HR. Communication. Social media. Need I say more? The ever thought-provoking Jason Seiden takes over the mic at the HR Happy Hour show to chat with Curtis Midkiff, SHRM social media guy, and others (hey—why not you?), about the ever interesting HR and Social Media space. Jason and Curtis and whomever else joins the fun this week are sure to provide interesting, compelling, and maybe even some controversial takes on HR, Communications, and Social Media. Call in with your thoughts: 646.378.1086 on the how's and why's of making social media work from an HR perspective. Seiden back in house, it is a good thing!

HR Happy Hour - Episode 91 - 'ERE Expo Preview' Thursday March 17, 2011 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 This week the HR Happy Hour looks forward, in a preview of the upcoming ERE Expo to be held March 23-25 in San Diego. The HR Happy Hour will be on site next week, doing a special live webcast version of the show, so this week we thought it would be a good idea to preview the event, talk to some of the organizers and presenters, and give a bit of a feel for what will be happening on the web show from the event itself. So this week, we will dive into some of the main themes of the Expo, social recruiting, the changes and developments in technology, global recruiting and more. Some friends from ERE will be on hand, as well as some leading expert presenters, and in true HR Happy Hour style, you never can be too sure what might happen next. I hope you can join us for a kind of a recruiting roundtable on this week's HR Happy Hour show.

HR Happy Hour - Episode 90 - 'Liquid Leadership ' Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Do generational differences matter? In society, in politics, in the workplace? For all the argument, debate, and discussion about the impact of Gen Y and Millennials as 'blocks', there are an equal amount of arguments that claim these generational labels are meaningless, and people need to be valued and managed simply as individuals. Does the greater context of life experience, exposure to technology, and the major societal events actually shape and help define a generation in ways that can be evaluated and leveraged. Can multiple generations survive and thrive in the workplace if these larger and broader trends are not appreciated? This week on the show, we will be joined by Brad Szollose, author of 'Liquid Leadership: From Woodstock to Wikipedia, Multi-generational Management Ideas That are Changing the Way We Run Things' to talk about these issues. I know the GenY is a silly label folks will be out in force telling us these kinds of debates are crazy, but I am not so sure. Decide for yourselves this week!

HR Happy Hour - Episode 89 - 'The Union Label ' Thursday March 3, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 We've been doing the HR Happy Hour show for close to two years, and we've never done a 'unions' or 'organized labor' show before. Why? Well, for the most part unions and organized labor were not really topical, not terribly interesting, and seemingly almost a relic of a earlier time in industrial America. But in just the last few weeks the news from Wisconsin has thrust unions, labor relations, and collective bargaining from the dimly-lit back room to the front page. Today, you can't tune in to any cable news channel without getting the latest update from the statehouse in Madison. All of a sudden, we've all received a 10-minute course in collective bargaining. Do the events in Wisconsin have broader, more universal implications? Is this really a kind of 'Custer's last stand' for public sector unions in America? Do unions even have a place any more, in an economic landscape increasingly marked by rapid change, and institutions that are forced to evolve and adapt much faster than ever before? And one final question - since the issue of union support seems to be almost entirely tied up in politics, are elected officials of all stripes taking advantage of the situation in Wisconsin (and other states) to further there own aims? Lots of questions, lots of passion, and no easy answers. But after two years the HR Happy Hour will at least open up the floor as we talk about unions, labor, politics, and the future of work. Our labor relations guy, Mike VanDervort will join us for the show, as well as MIT's Thomas Kochan, and maybe even an additional guest or two, but we really want you the listener to join the conversation as well. Postscript - who remembers the 'Look for the union label' song?