The HX Podcast with Stacie Baird

With a goal of helping one billion people find their happiness, Steve Foran has been studying the impact of gratitude since 2007 with hundreds of executives, their teams, and their organizations. Recently wrapping those experiences into his new book, Surviving to Thriving; the 10 Laws of Grateful Leadership , he is on a mission to spread the gratitude habit. In this episode we dive into how we in...

It is human nature to measure ourselves against the horizon.  In this 4 minute daily reminder, take a deep breath and remember that when we measure how far we have come instead of measure against an ideal, everything changes for the better.   More episodes at StacieBaird.com

4HX is For: Your own human experience Enhancing your habits Permission to take your own space Inspiring you to integrate self care Each week we will release a 4-minute session for you. This session can be played daily as a reminder or listened to once as pure inspiration to integrate a new habit into your daily rhythm -  focused on caring for yourself. HR is a world of heavy burden... of emotional...

Healthcare has been especially demanding over the last several years and for HR in healthcare. Ben Frazier, who is the Vice President of Human Resources at Billings Clinic, shares with us some of the big and little things he and his team have done in order to focus on the human experience inside of his organization. We also talked a little bit about our total of 11 kids in the lessons learned and...

Companies are being faced with one of the greatest challenges in recent history. With a talent shortage, ongoing employee burnout and the underlying stress of constant pivots...what is next? For many, it is the questions of how and when employees should be working? How will they collaborate while honoring individual needs and elements such as nuerodiversity? With more questions than answers, this...

Inviting Emilie Grombacher and Rose Grande on to the podcast was an easy decision. They are strategic HR leaders that have navigated great change while staying true to authentic leadership throughout their careers. We talk about all the things: "Momming", leading and living through the last 2 years of a rollercoaster ride in all aspects of our lives. Rose and Emilie each share their personal takea...

After speaking to experts and CHRO's describe the status of the team, it was time to research the signs and symptoms of how burnout can show up, how leaders can identify it in teams and what we as leaders can do to reduce the feelings of overwhelm and exhaustion. In this episode, I provide quick-hitting ways to identify and start to have a positive impact before the team walks away.

I talk with Darlene Santore, best known to many as "Coach Dar". She's a coach, author, and mentor who focuses on peak performance and optimization for C-suite executives, athletes around the world, and today she shares some of that knowledge with us.  Resilience is a key focus of her work and I'm sure you'll love this conversation and her newest book, The Art of Bouncing Back. More details can be...

Before her LinkedIn post over one month ago, Michelle Bonfilio and I had never met. She wrote a courageous and personal posting that clearly resonated with me (and 1000's more). After 3.5 years as CHRO at Petco navigating through the rollercoaster leading a transformational HR team in a purpose-driven culture, she was stepping away. As a strong advocate for wellbeing, it was time for her to focus...

I learned so much when the world shut down a couple of years ago. It's so much a part of "why" I started this podcast. On this episode I set out on a mission to turn my work into greater purpose - the service of others in the efforts of HR and more importantly the human experience (HX).  Thanks so much for spending some time with me; I hope you'll join me on this journey and share your comments, t...

We're excited to introduce to you HR to HX: from human resources to the human experience. Beginning Monday, April 4, 2022, we'll bring you closer optimization of human resources. We want to build a community for those related to HR to connect and solve problems together. We'll have some amazing guests, influencers and officers, and so much more. Find your passion around human resources and solving...