HR Happy Hour

HR Happy Hour 142 - 'Recruiting Your Next Boss' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday April 5, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour You've read the articles, seen the webinars, or maybe even attended a conference session, (or ten), about how the demographics of the workforce are shifting, and that pretty soon the next generation entering the workplace will outnumber the outgoing one, and that finding, attracting, and engaging the next generation might be a key to your organization's long-term success. And perhaps you also have bought into the idea that actually recruiting Gen Y successfully requires a new way of thinking and a new approach that what has always worked before. Or maybe you have read all of the above and don't buy into the hype at all, and that making generational, well generalizations is a foolish and shortsighted waste of time. After all, you are thinking, I'm a Boomer or a Gen X'er and I dig technology and I have a blog. Either way, you will want to tune into the show this week, as we welcome back Ryan Healy, Co-founder and COO of the Brazen Careerist Network to talk about recruiting Gen Y talent  and the unique challenges that this generation presents. Ryan is a recognized workplace expert for the young workforce, appearing as a spokesperson for Generation Y in various outlets including 60 Minutes, 20/20, CNN, PBS Nightly News, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. It should be a great show and I hope you can join us!

REPLAY - Episode 141 - 'The HR Blog Power Rankings'  No live calls tonight please! This week since the HR Happy Hour Show is doing the live stream for two days at ERE Expo in San Diego, tonight we will broadcast an encore presentation of last week's wild and fun show, 'The HR Blog Power Rankings'. This was a really exciting show where we counted down the Top 5 HR and Talent Blogs as voted on by the Editors and Contributors at the Fistful of Talent blog last week. We had a great time doing the countdown and in case you missed the show live, now is your chance to hear all about it. We will be back live next Thursday at 8PM ET.

HR Happy Hour Episode 141 - 'The HR Blog Power Rankings' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday March 22, 2012 - 8PM ET Call in - 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag: #HRHappyHour This week in a very special episode of the HR Happy Hour Show, and presented in conjunction with the Fistful of Talent blog, we will count down the Top 25 HR and Recruiting blogs as determined by the Editors and Contributors at Fistful of Talent. The Fistful of Talent Blog Power Rankings make their return to an HR blogging ecosystem that is developing, evolving, and changing all the time. It can be tough for the HR and Talent professional out there just getting started reading blogs to know where to go, and what sources provide consistently excellent and quality content.  And even for the more savvy HR pro, I will bet there are a few blogs in the FOT Top 25 that you have missed, and should be added to your reader straight away. Tonight on the show we will recap FOT top 25 blogs 25 through 6, and then reveal the Top 5, counting them down in classic Casey Kasem fashion. And we will talk live with some of the Top 5 bloggers as well.  Additionally, we will take your calls on your favorite blogs, and the state of the HR blogosphere as well. This will be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 140 - 'Social, The Company, and the Law' sponsored by Aquire Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in on 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week on the show social media employment law expert Eric Meyer makes a return to the HR Happy Hour to talk about the evolving and important topic of the company use of social media, social networking in the organization, and the law. Since the last time Eric was on the show a couple of years back several significant changes have occurred. First off, the use of social media and social networking platforms by organizations has exploded. It used to be clever to see a 'like us on Facebook' in an advertisement, and today fully branded Twitter hashtag campaigns are common. Second, an emerging marketing, branding, and social media and digital ecosystem of new and leading practices has emerged, influencing how organizations are choosing to interact in social media. Third, many individual employees are seeing their personal brands and images bolstered by their use of social media in their job capacity, placing additional pressure on them and on their leaders. And last, more cases, opinions, and  rulings related to how employee and employer use, ownership, and policies around social media have been developing in the last few years. So will all that said, we thought it was time for a little refresher course - to try and get you caught up with what has been happening in the legal world while you have been busy poking people on Facebook. Eric is a fantastic guest and it should be a great show! I hope you can join us!

PREVIOUSLY RECORED - NO LIVE CALLS TONIGHT, PLEASE This show is a replay of the special Live show recorded at the Staffing Management Association of NJ on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. An open and free-flowing conversation about the current state, issues, and opportunities in the recruiting world, it was a fun show and I hope you enjoy the replay.

HR Happy Hour Episode 139 - 'Live from NJ: The State of Recruitment' Sponsored by Aquire SPECIAL DAY and TIME: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 8:00PM ET Live from the Staffing Management Association of New Jersey at Rutgers University. Call in on 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour is on the road for the first time in 2012, visting our friends at the Staffing Management Association of New Jersey for a special live show titled 'The State of Recruitment'. We will talk with the members of SMANJ about their current challenges, concerns, and opportunities, as well as see what new and innovative strategies are really working out in the field. If you are in the NJ or NYC area and would like to experience the show up-close and personal we have a limited amount of seats available at the Rutgers Busch Campus Center, 604 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Doors open at 7:30pm. Please contact Robert Hans for more details - 201.385.0387 or rhhrllc@gmail.com This will be a fun show and I hope you can join us! REMINDER - This show is at a Special Date and Time - Tuesday, March 6 at 8:00PM ET.

HR Happy Hour Episode 138 - 'HR Conference Land' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday March 1, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - #HRHappyHour As the HR and Recruiting Conference Season is getting underway, we thought this week we'd talk about some of the upcoming events, as well as take a look at the overall landscape for HR events in general. It seems like from March through November not a week passes without some kind of gathering of the HR tribe taking place somewhere in the world. So this week we will talk with two leaders from an upcoming HR and HR Technology event, IHRIM, as well as open up the lines to talk more generally about what is happening in the HR Conference space in 2012, if the market is getting too crowded, and if you are getting the value and return for your conference dollar. Our guests will be Nov Omana and Lynne Mealy from IHRIM, and we hope you will join us as well and lend your perspective and opinion this week.

HR Happy Hour Episode 137 - 'Creating a Brandful Workforce' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday February 23, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week on the show we welcome a special guest, Julia Gomez, who will be giving the opening keynote at the upcoming ERE Expo in San Diego. Julia is the Founder of Brandful Workforce - an organization dedicated to helping corporations involve and leverage their engaged workforce toward more aligned and powerful branding. Prior to founding Brandful Workforce in 2011, Julia was at JetBlue, where she started the JetBlue employee relations department, and later was the Director of the People Analytics & Engagement Division. We hear and read a lot about companies and organizations that claim that their people are their ‘Number 1 Asset’, but often there is a disconnect between this stated belief or philosophy, and the reality of the organizational experience. But some companies not only believe that people and their talent represent the organization’s top competitive advantage, they actually act in ways that reinforce that belief. JetBlue Airlines is known as one such company, and while our guest Julia was there, she played an integral role in the creation and execution of programs that helped connect people to the mission at JetBlue which has led to some fantastic outcomes. So tonight we will talk about some of those experiences, as well as get Julia’s ideas about how the lessons learned at JetBlue might have more broad applicability in your organization. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us! 

HR Happy Hour Episode 136 - 'What's on Your Mind?' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday February 16, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week we are, in a moment of Linsanity, going all open mic, no specific or scheduled topics, no formal guests, just an open discussion about what is going on in your world. What's happening at work? Are you hiring? Finding it hard to locate the right talent? Are you going to any cool HR or Recruiting events in the next few months you want to talk about or promore? Are you on board with Linsanity? Did you watch the Dog Show? The Grammys? What do you think about the Oscars? Like I said, anything goes on the HR Happy Hour Show tonight, so all are encouraged to call in, to tweet, and to participate in the show. I think I have even roped special guests and long time friends of the show Lance Haun and Trish McFarlane to sit in as well. It should be a fun show and I hope you will join us!

HR Happy Hour Episiode 135 - 'Simulation Learning' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday Feb. 9, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in on 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hash tag #HRHappyHour Simulation learning really isn’t new. Remember when you were a child and your favorite response was “I can do it myself!” You then proceeded to copy the actions of the person you found so interesting and so, learned how to accomplish a skill on your own, by doing. That thought process holds true today. Adults learn best by doing. We learn when we use skills, correctly or incorrectly. We learn when we make mistakes in attempting to solve a problem. We learn when we are faced with a challenge and must involve others in finding the best possible solution. Simulation learning provides an opportunity to use skills, to make mistakes, to involve others in a safe environment for achieving new abilities. We use real world situations, situations managers might encounter regularly in the work world. We add to those situations new situations that push an individual, that challenge a person, that encourage new ways of thinking. This week on the show we welcome Kaye Mahon, Partner at Leadership Action Centre, and an expert on simulation and experiential learning to talk about the beneftis and opportunities of simulation learning, and how simulation learning can improve outcomes and company culture. It should be an interesting show, and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour Episode 134 - 'How Technology Changes Work' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday February 2, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in - 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour From recruitment and hiring to on-boarding, performance management and employee feedback, HR technology and the way organizations approach talent management are in for some big changes. Cloud computing, social networking and data integration are just a few of the mega trends reshaping the way we interact with information as well as each other. While there are risks for organizations that embrace these new technologies, the bigger risk just may be getting caught looking while your competitors pass you by. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show we will be joined by Patrick Riley, CEO and co-founder of Modern Survey, a human capital measurement company to talk about how smart organizations and talent professionals are approaching the changing landscape.  We'll talk about how work is going, where HR is heading, what technolgies are pushing these changes, and what the world of work might look like in 5 and 10 years. About Patrick Riley : In addition to co-founding Modern Survey and serving as the company's CEO, Patrick has spent nearly two decades in the field of employee measurement. His expertise has been tapped by media organizations such as Talent Management Magazine, the Star Tribune and National Public Radio I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour Episode 133 - 'Big HR Ideas for 2012' Thursday January 26, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in - 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour 2012 is just getting started and we did not really do a ‘Preview’ type show on the HR Happy Hour - a wider or bigger picture view of the big ideas, trends, challenges, etc. that we see organizations and HR leaders having to deal with and address in 2012. For many organizations 2012 will be a pivotal year. As the US and other economies slowly inch out of the long economic downturn and move back into growth and hopefully hiring mode, leaders and HR professionals might find themselves in a kind of transition period, between the slashing, cutting, and paring down period of recent years to a new phase of opportunity and growth. Change, growth, and adoption of new technologies is never an easy process, and often a little slower than we might desire. The history of enterprise tech and HR Tech in particular tell an interesting story and provide some important lessons to HR leaders today. Having insight into the past helps us plan for the future. This week on the show I am pleased to welcome HR industry legend Row Henson for a conversation about some of these big issues and challenges for HR leaders, as well as what HR leaders should be thinking about in 2012 and beyond. Row will lend her insight, perspective, and real world examples from the many leaders and organizations that she works with and supports, to talk about 2012, the big themes that we see impacting the Human Capital space, and what we think leading and innovative organizations will be doing to get a leg up on their competition.  It should be a really fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour Episode 132 - 'Culture vs. Strategy' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday January 19, 2012 - 8:00 PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week on the show, the great Paul Hebert guest hosts and welcomes Derek Irvine, Vice President Client Strategy and Consulting for Globoforce, and author of 'Winning With a Culture of Recognition', for a look at how culture impacts organizational performance. Culture and culture management have had increased attention in the last few years as an important driver of employee engagement and company performance. This week on the show Paul and Derek will take a closer look at culture and discuss topics around - What is company culture? Can company culture be defined and managed? What is proactive culture management? Does culture really 'beat' strategy as we often hear? What companies really understand this and are doing a great job with culture management? Culture is always a lively topic on the show and this week I hope you can join Paul and Derek for what will surely be an interesting and informative show.

Note: This is a replay of Episode 108 - originally aired on July 7, 2011 HR Happy Hour - Episode 108 - 'The HR Echo Chamber' Sponsored by Aquire Follow on Twitter - Hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour Show goes a bit 'inside baseball' so to speak, with an examination and conversation about the state of the HR blogosphere; the increasing amount of activity, participation,and possible noise in the online HR space; and a look at whether or not all this activity, content creation,and energy expenditure is having an impact on the day-to-day practice of HR and Talent Management in organizations. Social and participatory technologies have created more forums for the creation and propagation of news, opinion, insight, and quite honestly promotion and advertising, that it seems like not a minute of the day goes by without a new blog post being published, a webinar being given, or a series of hashtag-indicated live tweets from one of the newly created grass-roots gatherings. But are the HR bloggers/speakers/social mavens having an impact in the real world of HR? Are we really just saying lots of similar things to a discrete and committed audience? Is the sheer volume making it impossible to keep up, and to discover the real value and insights being created and shared in the space? Join guests Kris Dunn, John Sumser, and guest co-host Trish McFarlane with host Steve Boese for a look at the state of the online HR world. I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour- Episode 131 - 'Office Politics' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday January 5, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086  Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week on the HR Happy Hour Show we dive into the New Year, at least in the USA, thinking quite a bit about politics. The campaign for President is in full swing, debates, press conferences, and TV ads are everywhere, and ceratinly 2012 is shaping up to be a very interesting year. Do you care about the political campaigns? Do they impact your work in HR and effect your organizations? Do you stay away from talking about 'real' politics at work and keep the focus on office politics? Can we learn anything from savvy politicians to help us navigate our own careers? We will have open lines this week on the show to talk politics, office politics, and whatever else 2012 has in store for you, for HR, and in your careers.  Joining me on the show will be special guest Trish McFarlane, from HR Ringleader and HRevolution who will also be updating us on what is happening with her projects and ventures, as well as offering some insight on HR leadership challenges for 2012. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!