foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work

In this week’s episode co-host Naomi Titleman talks to Dr. Haley Perlus who is an accomplished athlete, sports psychologist and author of the book Personal Podium . You can learn more about Haley’s work here: drhaleyperlus.com Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/mar...

In this episode co-host Naomi Titleman has the chance to connect with future foHRward friend Greg Smith. Greg has a significant amount of HR experience and now works as a consultant supporting companies and leaders. He is author of the book Safe Brave Spaces – a book about enabling individual and collective potential. You can learn more about Greg’s work here: https://www.safebravespaces.com And c...

In this episode, Mark gets to chat with his old pal Hilton Barbour about the power of organizational network analysis (ONA). Hilton works at the intersection of strategy, culture and change and has some helpful insights to share about how to use ONA in the ever-changing workplace. You can learn more about the work of Innovisor here: https://www.innovisor.com You can download a copy of the book &qu...

In this episode co-host Naomi Titleman connect with author and Professor at Colombia University Stephan Meier. Stephan shares insights from his book The Employee Advantage and talks about the importance of organizations taking a human-centric approach. You can learn more about Stephan’s work here: https://www.stephanmeier.com/ Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsi...

Happy New Year! In our first episode for 2025, co-hosts Naomi Titleman and Mark Edgar shares their hopes for 2025 – both their personal hopes and their hopes for the HR profession. You can learn more about the science of hope in this LinkedIn post from Dr. Dale Whelehan. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-have-hope-science-behind-staying-afloat-dr-dale-whelehan-mi5ke/ Quick reminder Don’t forget to...

Join Naomi Titleman and Mark Edgar as they reflect on the year that was 2024 and share some of their professional (and personal) highlights. Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/ Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/ future foHRward - www.linked...

In this week’s episode co-host Naomi Titleman meets with team and executive coach Teresa Vozza. A former CHRO, Teresa shares insights on how to create psychological safety in HR teams. You can learn more about Teresa here: https://crucibleleader.ca Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - w...

Yes we made it to 100 episodes so we were very excited to have the opportunity to celebrate with three of our amazing foHRsight+ community members – Lori Schick, Kate Friedmann and KAT Boyd. In our conversation, KAT suggests these podcasts to follow (in addition to ours, of course!): - The Modern People Leader - HR Leaders Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight...

Vanessa Chehlawi is a leaderhip advisor and coach for global talent leadership firm Egon Zehnder. In this episode she shares with Mark Edgar her insights on the importance for leaders of building self-awareness. In the podcast she shares valulable resources including: The work of Herminia Ibarra - https://herminiaibarra.com Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com Tasha Eurich - https://hbr.org/2018/0...

Joe O’Connor is an expert in designing and implementing work time reduction strategies to support the engagement and wellbeing of teams. In this week’s episode, he shares with Mark Edgar insights on why work time reduction strategies are so much more than the 4-day work week and the steps companies should follow to introduce these practices. You can learn more about Joe’s work here: https://workti...

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman gets to connect with Kim Tabac who runs her own consulting business having previously spent over 20 years in HR across a number of corporations in Canada. In addition to sharing personal insights about mental health, they spend time talking through the implications of five generations in the workplace. You can learn more about Kim’s work here: https://kimtaba...

In this week’s episode Naomi meets with Allison Vendt who is VP People Operations at Dropbox. Allison shares insights on Dropbox’s strategy of Virtual First. You can learn more about Dropbox’s virtual first strategy here: https://experience.dropbox.com/virtualfirst You can connect with Allison here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonvendt/ Join our community If you’re interested in being part of...

In this week’s episode Naomi Titleman connects with international communication expert Jose Ucar who talk about communicating across global teams.  You can connect with Jose here: https://joseucar.com Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations, consider joining our foHRsight+ community. You can learn more here . Quick reminder Don’t forget to sign up for our weekl...

In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar connects with Nikhil Norula, Head of Americas for Vantage Circle. Vantage Circle are a global company with a employee engagement platform that includes recognition.  Nikhil believes that recognition is one of the most under utilized employee programs. He shares insights on the Vantage Circle framework and how companies should think about their recognition program...

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman meets with Erin Halper who is founder and CEO of The Upside – a community for consultants. Erin shares her passion for communities and her inspiration for creating a community that supports consultants. She provides background to how digital community has evolved and how communities can support people at work. You can connect with Erin here and learn more abo...

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with Jay Rosenzweig who wears multiple hats as a philanthropist, leader of a global talent company Rosenzweig & Company and author of the Rosenzweig Report that reports progress on advancement for women in corporate Canada. They talk about the importance of transformational relationships and community and how they differ fro...

In this week’s episode, Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with Dr Tracy Brower to talk about loneliness at work. They discuss two recent articles written by Tracy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2024/03/21/how-workplace-loneliness-can-impact-your-job/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2024/06/04/how-the-modern-workplace-affects-loneliness/ You can connect with Tracy an...

Joey Raheb is Chief Commercial & Broking Officer for Aon Health Solutions. In this week’s episode he connect with co-host Mark Edgar to discuss the future of total rewards. They discuss how AI will impact total rewards and the changing expectations of employees. You can connect with Joey here! Join our community If you’re interested in being part of these conversations, consider joining our fo...

This week co-host Mark Edgar connects with future of work expert, author and consultant Edie Goldberg to talk about a range of topics including dealing with the politization of work and her hope for the introduction of AI in to the workplace. Edie is author of The Inside Gig – the first playbook written on how to introduce a talent marketplace. She shares insights from her experience leaving Mark...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar is joined by Emma Thomas from Managing the Menopause . Mark asks Emma to do a bit of an explainer on the menopause and they tackle a number of the misconceptions that women who experience menopausal symptoms have to deal with in the workplace. Emma shares advice for leaders (particularly men) and HR teams on how they can better support women’s health in t...

Elaine Lajeunesse is an executive coach who is in the third chapter of her career having been a C-suite executive with expertise in operations. She uses her solid belief in servant leadership to bring a unique perspective to her coaching work and in this episode shares the positive impact coaching can have on individuals. You can learn more about Elaine’s work here: https://eldalexecutivecoaching....

In this week’s episode, co-hosts Naomi Titleman and Mark Edgar discuss the criticality of the relationship between the CEO and CHRO.  They share insights from the following sources: McKinsey - https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-live/webinars/what-matters-most-eight-ceo-priorities-for-2024 Accenture - https://www.accenture.com/content/dam/accenture/final/capabilities/strategy-and-c...

In this week’s episode, co-hosts Naomi Titleman and Mark Edgar explore the whitepaper they launched recently on hybrid work. You can access the report here: https://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe We explore the case for treating hybrid work as a strategy not a policy, review some of the key trends and bust some myths before talking about practical steps to bring your hybrid strategy to life. Joi...

Following a recent article from The New York Times with the headline So, Human Resources Is Making You Miserable? ( link for subscribers ), co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman had the opportunity to share their POV. You can find some LinkedIn posts on the article here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daveulrichpro_so-human-resources-is-making-you-miserable-activity-7225655324693741568-Bbvl Join...

In this week’s episode, co-host Mark Edgar catches up with Matt Goff from CareerJoy. They talk about the value of career transition for both individuals who are impacted by organizaitonal changes and for organizations who want to “do the right thing”. They also talk about the future of career transition and provide advice on how to leverage career transition as an individual and an organization. Y...