HR Break Room

Guests: Melody Muniz, Science Museum Oklahoma guest relations director Clint Stone, Science Museum Oklahoma vice president of programs According to the recruiting firm Korn Ferry, 80% of retailers plan to hire the same amount of seasonal staff as they did last year – or more! Thanks to the lowest unemployment rate the nation has seen in 16 years and the rising gig economy, 2017 has proven challeng...

Guest: Mark Sanborn, motivational speaker, leadership expert and international best-selling author Building a top-performing organization is challenging enough, but how do you continue to improve after you've mastered your trade or industry? In his new book , The Potential Principle , leadership expert Mark Sanborn reveals strategies for doing even better once you already have given your best. In...

From somewhere within overstuffed filing cabinets of an unnamed office come two terrifying tales. The first story investigates a haunted onboarding experience caused by excessive paperwork, while the second explores an infestation of manual processes so creepy, your skin will crawl. Luckily, these HR nightmares can have a happy ending when the right HR technology comes into play. In this special H...

Guests: Jessica Miller-Merrell, Founder of Workology.com Tony Puckett, attorney at McAfee & Taft Sexual harassment has dominated headlines lately. Following recent allegations of sexual harassment and assault that led to the firing of film producer Harvey Weinstein, organizations all over the country are taking note. What can HR and organization leaders nationwide do to prevent sexual harassment a...

Guest: Misha Goli, Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee Coffee remains an integral part of most organizations. In fact, a recent Workonomix survey discovered that 80% of adults consume caffeine every day. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the average intake is 200 milligrams or about two 5-ounce cups of coffee a day. Employees continue to be more passionate about their caffeinated beverage choic...

Guest: Mihir Desai, Mizuho Financial Group professor of finance at Harvard Business School and author of The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return According to a recent study by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, more than 81% of college-educated millennials have at least one term debt, but only 24% can demonstrate basic financial knowledge. With such a need, how can organi...

Guest Host: Jacob Morgan, futurist and author of  The Employee Experience Advantage In our last episode , special guest Jacob Morgan described "The Employee Experience Equation" and one of its key pieces: an organization's "reason for being," which Jacob said directly affects an organization's ability to attract and retain talent. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the quitting rate...

Guest Host: Jacob Morgan, futurist and author of The Employee Experience Advantage Recently, "the employee experience" has gained the attention of today's industry leaders. According to the Deloitte 2017 Global Human Capital Trends report, while nearly 80% of executives rated the employee experience as very important, only 22% said their companies excelled at building one. But what exactly is the...

Office drama can be an expensive distraction in your workforce. According to Cy Wakeman's book No Ego , employees spend nearly three hours each workweek on drama, which costs organizations millions in lost time. Navigating especially toxic office dynamics can be a challenge, even for the best managers. How can HR assist leadership in creating policy that sets the foundation for a drama-free cultur...

In the wake of a heated, post-election season, political conversations often seem inevitable. The strongest organizations are made up of diverse groups of people from many different walks of life. When those varying worldviews all come together to work under one roof, strong opinions and disagreements – especially related to politics – often can emerge. In this episode of HR Break Room, SPHR, SHRM...

Guest Host: Adam Smiley Poswolsky, Author of The Quarter-Life Break Through Global Workforce Trends reported that by the end of 2017, 3.6 million baby boomers will retire. As they do, more and more millennials will begin transitioning into management roles.  And behind the millennials is the even younger generation –  Generation Z – who are on track to make up 27% by 2030. With a shift in the work...

Guest Host: Adam Smiley Poswolsky, Author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough According to Pew research, in 2015, the millennial labor force surpassed Generation X as the largest in the workforce. Understanding their needs will be critical in motivating and retaining the employees of today and the future. Adam Poswolsky, author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, joins HR Break Room for a special two-p...

Guest Host: Jim Quillen, Director of Tax, Paycom The United States of America may be more than two centuries old, but the examples laid down by the founding fathers still teach us new lessons every day. In honor of Independence Day, HR Break Room  dives deep into the American Revolutionary War by examining the important leadership lessons from one of its most pivotal and iconic moments: George Was...

Guest Hosts: Chad Raymond, Vice President of HR, Paycom Chanse Moucka, HR Manager, Paycom Paycom attended the 2017 SHRM conference in New Orleans to meet with industry thought leaders, SHRM volunteers and conference attendees, and learn more about the latest workforce trends. In this talk, HR Break Room concludes our 2017 SHRM conference special. Caleb rejoins Paycom's Vice President of HR, along...

Guest Hosts: Dave Ryan, Director of the Illinois HR State Council of SHRM Brad Galin, President and Principal Consultant of Allegro HR, SHRM Blogger Paycom attended the 2017 SHRM conference in New Orleans to meet with industry thought leaders, SHRM volunteers and conference attendees, and learn more about the latest workforce trends. In this special SHRM 2017 conference HR Break Room conversation,...

Guest Hosts: Mike Shaw, Director-Elect of the Oklahoma HR State Council Neen James, SHRM Keynote Speaker and Author of Folding Time Every year, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) holds an annual conference so that HR professionals from around the world can gather and learn from industry experts, and share their experiences. Paycom attended the 2017 SHRM conference in New Orleans to me...

Guest Hosts: Chad Raymond, Vice President of HR, Paycom Chanse Moucka, HR Manager, Paycom Every year, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) holds an annual conference so that HR professionals from around the world can gather and learn from industry experts, and share their experiences. Paycom attended the 2017 SHRM conference in New Orleans to meet with industry thought leaders, SHRM vol...

  Guest Host Jim Reidy, Attorney at Sheehan Phinney In the November 2016 election, eight of the nine states with marijuana-related decisions on the ballot voted to legalize the drug for medical and/or recreational purposes. And now that marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes in more than half the nation, tensions have emerged between the new laws and companies' existing drug policies across the...

Guest Hosts: Brent Gooden, Founder and CEO, Gooden Group Chad Raymond, Vice President of HR, Paycom Matthew Paque, Director of Legal and Compliance, Paycom On April 9, a United Airlines passenger was removed from Flight 3411 by airport security when United employees were unable to convince him to give up his seat. In the weeks since, this incident has become an infamous public relations crisis of...

Guest Host: Tiffany McGowen, director of national recruiting, Paycom Conducting a successful interview can be difficult. It may sound easy on paper, but knowing how to talk with prospective employees about what they can bring to the table can make or break the quality of your hires. With new workforce data from the recent U.S. Jobs report showing that an increased number of people are entering the...

Guest Host: Stacey Pezold, Chief Learning Officer, Paycom HR Break Room concludes its "What Employees Want" series by talking about the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators with Paycom's chief learning officer, Stacey Pezold. Intrinsic motivators are important, yet often overlooked. Employees whose work is acknowledged are 47% more productive and, according to Gallup, companies w...

Sharlyn Lauby, Founder of HR Bartender HR Break Room continues its "What Employees Want" series by discussing how feedback and clear communication can help reduce turnover, with special guest Sharlyn Lauby from HR Bartender. One of the best ways to combat turnover is by creating a culture that facilitates consistent, two-way communication, and empowers teams to successfully acknowledge and impleme...

Guest Host: Heidi Lively, Paycom's director of new client setup Disengagement costs the U.S. economy up to $550 billion per year. That's more than the gross domestic product of Georgia — the state and the country! What is it costing your company? It pays to learn more about about your people, but you may have to look beyond survey results to find out what really drives employee engagement. In toda...

GUEST HOST: Jessica Miller-Merrell, Founder of Workology.com According to Gallup, only 32 percent of the U.S. workforce is currently engaged in their job roles. Where do employers begin to reverse that trend? In today's episode of HR Break Room , Caleb and Chelsea are joined by Jessica Miller-Merrell from Workology.com to talk about engaging employees through surveys and the impact that corporate...

Guest Host: Jeff York, Paycom chief sales officer We conclude HR Break Room 's "Life at Work" series by taking a look at the role of HR technology in managing and engaging the millennial workforce. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, millennials will make up 50 percent of the workforce by 2020, so organizations nationwide seek the tools and strategies to adapt to this historical shift in...