The Moss HR Minute

Send us Fan Mail Most HR professionals spend their careers trying to have all the answers. Gabe Calhoun spent 34 years learning that the ones who admit they don't are the ones who last. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Gabe Calhoun , a 34-year HR leadership veteran known for bridging the gap between people strategy...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare costs are up. Your renewal is coming. And if you are not already having the conversation with your broker, you are six months behind. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Ford Clemons , Managing Director of Employee Benefits at Higginbotham , for one of the most practical and eye-opening conversa...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you take a management major and throw them straight into live multi-state corporate compliance, complex HRIS acquisitions, and high-stakes performance improvement meetings on day one? In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with summer intern Avery Walters to discuss her transformation from classr...

Send us Fan Mail On her first day as an HR intern, Nicole Moss asked if anyone wanted to observe a live in-person termination. Cayman Hasseberg almost said no — then raised her hand. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Evie Fisher , Marketing Intern at Moss Consulting, sits down with fellow intern Cayman Hasseberg for an honest, grounded conversation about what HR actually looks like in the rea...

Send us Fan Mail "If it's not documented, it might as well have never happened." — and that is just one of the things two HR interns got exactly right in this episode. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Avery Walters and Cayman Hasseberg — two members of the 2026 Moss Consulting summer intern team — for the f...

Send us Fan Mail The students studying HR right now are watching the industry shift happen in real time — and one of them is already positioning herself ahead of it. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Cayman Hasseberg, HR Intern on the 2026 Moss Consulting summer intern team, with Avery Walters stepping in as co-host. Cayma...

Send us Fan Mail The next generation of HR professionals is already watching the industry shift in real time — and one intern saw it coming before she even finished her second week. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Avery Walters , HR Intern on the 2026 Moss Consulting summer intern team, with Evie Fisher returning as co...

Send us Fan Mail The best marketing insight of the year might have come from a second-week intern — and it is worth every business owner's attention. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Evie Fisher, Marketing and PR Intern on the 2026 Moss Consulting summer intern team, with Avery Walters stepping in as co-host. The c...

Send us Fan Mail Your job posting is up. The applications are coming in. So why are you still losing great candidates before they ever make it to an offer? In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Wesley Jobes, Recruiting Manager at Moss Consulting, and intern host Evie Fisher for a rapid-fire, no-sugarcoating breakdown of the...

Send us Fan Mail She helps hundreds of business owners get their people operations right — then had to sit down and do the same for her own company. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, the script gets flipped. Michele Spiezia — Process Architect, People Person, and General Manager of Ellysium Racing — takes over the host chair and puts Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , i...

Send us Fan Mail "Don't blame the lettuce." If your team is struggling, the problem probably started long before you noticed — and the fix is more systemic than you think. In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Michele Spiezia — Process Architect, People Person, and General Manager of Ellysium Racing — for one of...

Send us Fan Mail What does a modern corporate internship look like when you completely dismantle the legacy coffee-run stigma and hand young professionals the keys to live human resources pipelines?  In this special edition of The Moss HR Minute, Moss Consulting HR Services hands the microphones over to their Summer 2026 Intern Team. Hosted by Evie Fisher (Strategic Communication & Marketing)...

Send us Fan Mail What happens to your business continuity when you mistake an administrative logistics problem for a core human resources strategy?  In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Frank Koen, RPh, President of CloudRx.com. Frank is a premier healthcare and pharmacy operations executive who has scaled multi-site network...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with John Alvarez, a Retirement Plan Advisor with IMA Retirement. This conversation tackles a critical topic that many small and mid-sized business owners view as a heavy administrative burden or overhead expense: employer-sponsored retirement plans.  John shifts the perspectiv...

Send us Fan Mail What invisible compliance gaps are left exposed in your backend systems while your business moves at a breakneck operational pace?  In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , is joined by Tori Guevara , an HR Manager at the firm. Filmed on-site in Denver, Colorado, this conversation breaks down the rapid scaling process after...

Send us Fan Mail How can small to mid-sized organizations confidently provide corporate healthcare programs that genuinely protect their margins while competing for high-tier talent?  In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , is joined by Alyssa Chavez , the firm's first-ever employee who has scaled from an HR generalist into a full-blown...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your human resources strategy relies entirely on reactive panic rather than proactive planning?  In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Nyah Pittman , an MBA-credentialed Human Resources Generalist at the firm. Nyah specializes in multi-state operational environments, non-profits, and healt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Jaxson Hodges, a commercial insurance agent specializing in safety and risk at LeBaron & Carroll Insurance. Joined by Preslie Deusenbery, Phoenix Area HR Manager, this conversation tackles the common pitfalls business owners encounter when navigating commercial coverag...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Eric Banzhaf, a mid-market Human Capital Management (HCM) consultant with Paychex. Operating out of the Denver area, Eric specializes in helping mid-sized and growing companies evaluate their people infrastructure to determine when it’s time to upgrade internal systems bef...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Carly Whiteside , owner of Copper Wren Law , joined by Preslie Deusenbery , Moss Consulting’s Phoenix Area HR Manager. Based in Mesa, Arizona, Carly’s boutique firm focuses on estate planning, probate, and business legal services, helping founders navigate the complex in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with John Franklin Wiley , a CEPA certified exit strategist and value acceleration adviso r based in Scottsdale. Joined by Preslie Deusenbery, Moss Consulting’s Phoenix Area HR Manager, this conversation tackles the high-stakes reality of business transitions and why most own...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with JC Lukens, CEO and CFO of Summit National Advisors , to discuss the silent leaks that drain profitability from healthy businesses. Joined by Preslie Deusenbery, Phoenix Area HR Manager, the conversation highlights how everyday operational costs—specifically credit card p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Phil Guinouard , a seasoned business leader, speaker, and founder of the Empowerment Networking Organization (ENO). Joined by Preslie Deusenbery , Moss Consulting’s Phoenix HR Area Manager , the discussion focuses on how entrepreneurs can move from reactive scrambling t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Steven Plumb , CPA and Founder of Clear Financial Services . With over 40 years of experience in accounting, finance, and M&A, Steven brings a level of rigor usually reserved for $100 million revenue firms to the mid-market business owner. The conversation centers o...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Moss HR Minute , Nicole Moss , Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services , sits down with Chris McIlroy , Owner of McIlroy Insurance Group. Filmed in Houston—one of the country’s fastest-growing and most competitive business markets—this conversation addresses the "new norm" of skyrocketing insurance premiums and rising deductibles that are squeezi...