Workplace Perspectives

Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month - "America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion" In today's episode, Teresa talks with Tova Sherman, author, speaker, and CEO of Reachability, about the 18 Inclusion-isms You Need to Know. October marks the start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In honor of this year’s theme “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion” we’re de...

In today's episode, Teresa talks to Steve Friedman, author of The Corporate Introvert: How to Lead and Thrive with Confidence. Teresa and Steve discuss what an introvert is and what the workplace is like for introverts. Steve gives advice on what introverts can do to help their career path. He also discusses how employers can help their introverted employees succeed in the workplace. Steve's book...

In today's special episode Teresa talks to Sharon Rennert, Senior Attorney Advisor at U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, about the vaccine mandate. Teresa and Sharon answer questions that all employees and employers are asking right now about vaccine mandates. Questions answered in this episode Can my employer ask me about my vaccination status? As an employer, can I make it mandatory t...

Christèle’s practice is mostly about assisting skilled workers to secure temporary visas and entrepreneurs to self-sponsor for legal permanent residence with their American companies. She is currently a student of Harvard Extension pursuing a Graduate Certificate Program in International Relations. This is highly relevant to the current state of affairs between the U.S. and foreign countries and b...

Teresa gives a Mid-Year update on some recent key rulings and gives some reminders for employees and employers. Topics discussed in this episode are: CalSavers Retirement Savings Program (CalSavers), for more information visit www.calsavers.comDistracted Driving License PointsCalifornia local minimum wage increase, for more information visit www.laborcenter. Berkeley.edu . EEO-1 Update, Equal Empl...

Today's guest is Kelly Lam, a wellness expert and founder of The Whole Purpose. Teresa and Kelly discuss the importance of health and wellness in the workplace, and why it is so important for employers to pay attention to their employees. Kelly discusses her top tips for how to stay healthy at work so you can be better focused and perform your job better. One tip Kelly talks about is setting a tim...

Neil Pedersen is a fierce competitor, savvy negotiator, and insightful strategist. He has a thirty- year track record of procuring significant judgments and settlements in the areas of employment discrimination and termination as well as insurance coverage and bad faith, business litigation, and real property litigation. He enjoys and excels in trial, and pushes cases aggressively in that directio...

Today's replay episode is a very informational interview with attorney Alan Crivaro on California's Ban The Box legislation. The interview continues to receive a lot of positive feedback and the topic remains relevant and as important as ever. During the interview, Teresa McQueen talks with criminal defense attorney Alan Crivaro about California's Ban-The-Box legislation. The episode provides an o...

Today’s guest is Angie Morgan, executive coach, and co-creator of leadership development, Lead Star. Teresa McQueen talks with Angie about demystifying leadership. Angie gives her tips and thoughts for leaders and how they may identify and mentor those around them. Episode Timeline 00:06Introduction and Disclaimer 01:30What does it mean to "demystify" leadership? 12:57Break and Public Service Anno...

Peter Stockburger Today's guest is Peter Stockburger, a partner at Dentons. Teresa McQueen talks with Peter for Part 2 of California's Privacy Rights Act. They discuss what is CA Consumer Privacy Act and CA Privacy Right Act. Peter gives us insight into what employers and employees can expect to see in 2023, and his takeaways and best practices.  Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series f...

Peter Stockburger Today's guest is Peter Stockburger. Teresa McQueen talks with Scott about California's Privacy Rights Act.  Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all sizes develop and maintain successful employer / employee relationships.   Thank You To: Peter Stockburger Special Thanks...

Scott Shute Today's guest is Scott Shute, Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn. Teresa McQueen talks with Scott about embracing mental wellness.  "I think we are seeing an evolution, you can think of mindfulness as a mental exercise, as a corollary to physical exercise" "There's this stigma. If I admit to not being perfect, admit to having a bad day; that I am weak, and that is...

Christèle Demuro Today's guest is Christèle Demuro, experienced Attorney in business immigration law. Teresa McQueen talks with Christèle about immigration and lingering impacts of COVID-19. Teresa and Christèle talk about the first 100 Days of the new Biden Administration; what changes have we seen and what can we expect. They also discuss the limitations imposed by COVID-19 and the accommodation...

Katherine Porter Today's guest is Katherine Porter, practicing attorney and certified life coach. Teresa McQueen talks with Katherine about the designer's mindset, what it is and how it can improve your workplace for employers and employees. Dealing with resistance on a new idea in the workplace? Katherine says that with the designer's mindset, "you don't hide from them, you bring them into the pr...

Theresa Agovino The second guest in our Return to Work Series is Theresa Agovino, workplace editor for the Society for Human Resource Management. Teresa McQueen talks with Theresa about what the workplace could look like in 2025.  Facebook and Twitter were one of the first companies to hire a Director of Remote Work to help manage the amount of people working remotely.  Another trend that Theresa...

Susan Lund Today's guest is Susan Lund, partner of McKinsey & Company and a leader of the McKinsey Global Institute. Teresa McQueen talks with Susan about the Future of Work : Post Covid-19. Many employers and employees have faced challenges over the past year, but what will the future hold for the workforce? Listen to the episode to hear about McKinsey's recent study. "There is work, but it is go...

Michelle Silverthorn Today's guest is Michelle Silverthorn, speaker and author of Authenic Diversity. Teresa McQueen talks with Michelle about addressing microaggressions in the workplace. "From a person's perspective, are they allowed to succeed and belong here?" "You set the culture that says, 'no, we don't do that here, we don't say that here, those aren't actions that we perform here' " - Mich...

Nicole Miller Today's guest is Nicole Miller, People Operations Manager at Buffer. Teresa McQueen talks with Nicole about Buffer's 2020 4 Day Work Week Experiment. In May 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Buffer decided to experiment with a 4 Day Work Week. After a month, they felt the need to extend the trial of the experiment to December. Listen to the Podcast to see what they fou...

Ret. Col. Carla Bass   Today's guest is Col. Carla Bass. Teresa McQueen talks with Carla about crafting a powerful performance review.        Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all sizes develop and maintain successful employer / employee relationships.   "You have to make every word co...

Debbie McCormick Today's guest is Debbie McCormick. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Debbie about how to create a magnetic LinkedIn profile. She lays out 5 tips to help improve your LinkedIn profile.  Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all size...

Julie McCoyToday's guest is Life Coach Julie McCoy. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Julie about take aways from 2020 and reflections for 2021!  Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all sizes develop and maintain successful employer / employee re...

Mekala Krishnan     Special Holiday Replay with guest is Mekala Krishnan. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Mekala about the Gender Equality in the Workplace.       Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all sizes develop and maintain successful emp...

Anthony Casablanca       Today's guest is Anthony Casablanca. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Anthony about the dying art of leadership.          Thank You To:Anthony Casablanca   Paul Roberts (Engineer/Associate Producer Extraordinaire!)   Melissa DeLacey (Associate Producer Extraordinaire!)   Stephen Vercelloni (Composer Extraordinaire! Today’s episode...

Marilyn Gist   Today's guest is Marilyn Gist. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Marilyn about leadership in a time of crisis.  Workplace Perspective is a regular podcast series for employers and employees focusing on education, training, and the law to help organizations of all sizes develop and maintain successful employer / employee relationships.     Th...

Antoinette Balta       Today's guest is Antoinette Balta. SAFFIRE LEGAL PC’s founder and principal attorney Teresa McQueen talks with Antoinette for a Special Veteran's Day Episode.          Thank You To: Antoinette Balta   Paul Roberts (Engineer/Associate Producer Extraordinaire!)   Melissa DeLacey (Associate Producer Extraordinaire!)   Stephen Vercelloni (Composer Extraordinaire! Today’s episode...