HR Happy Hour Network

HR Happy Hour 365 - The Chatbot Revolution in HR Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Brian Sommer, Founder, TechVentive Recorded Live at the Oracle Modern Business Experience event in Las Vegas. This week on the first of four HR Happy Hour Shows recorded LIVE at the Oracle Modern Business Experience event Steve and Trish were joined by Brian Sommer of TechVentive to talk about how chatbot t...

HR Happy Hour 364- The Root of the Productivity Gap Host: Trish McFarlane Guest: George Michaels, Division Vice President at ADP This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish was joined by George Michaels, Division Vice President at ADP, to talk about how HR leaders can identify the productivity gap, key contributors to that gap being high or low, and how knowing the contributing factors can lead to...

HR Happy Hour 363 - Business Transformation and Diversity & Inclusion  Host: Steve Boese Guest: Melissa Whiting, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Philip Morris International This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Melissa Whiting, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Philip Morris International to talk about the major business transformation happening at the global organiz...

HR Happy Hour 362 - Careers and Learning for the 21st Century Host: Steve Boese Guest: Heidi Soltis-Berner, Managing Director, Deloitte University This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Heidi Soltis-Berner, Managing Director at Deloitte University to discuss training and development, careers, and more - with a focus on the skills needed to succeed now and in the future. On the sho...

HR Happy Hour 361 - Insights on Moving HR Systems to the Cloud Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Nickoria Johnston, Alliance Data Systems This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Nickoria Johnston from Alliance Data Systems to learn more about their journey to migrate their HR systems to the cloud and what other organizations can learn from their journey. Allian...

HR Market Watch 21 - Leveraging AI for Candidate Selection Host: George LaRocque Guest: Omer Molad Founder and CEO, Vervoe HRWins Principal Analyst and Founder George LaRocque looks at one of the most significant opportunities for disruption in HR technology today: reinventing assessments and selection to make hiring both more inclusive and more effective. Join George as he explores this topic and...

HR Happy Hour 360 - Creating a More Inclusive Workplace Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese Guest: Dr. Laura Hamill, Chief People Officer and Chief Science Officer, Limeade This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Dr. Laura Hamill of Limeade to talk about inclusion in the workplace, how it is different from diversity, and how organizations can become more inclusive. On t...

HR Happy Hour 359 - The HR Happy Hour 2019 Oscars Preview and Predictions Show Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish return with their Annual Academy Awards Preview and Predictions Show, a tradition on the HR Happy Hour from at least 1983. Steve and Trish break down all the important Oscar categories - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Leading and...

HR Happy Hour 358 - HR Technology for Diversity & Inclusion Host: Steve Boese Guests: Stacia Sherman Garr, RedThread Research; Carole Jackson, Mercer This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Stacia Sherman Garr of RedThread Research and Carole Jackson of Mercer to share their insights on the HR technology market and ecosystem for solutions and capabilities that support organization...

HR Happy Hour 357 - Employee Financial Wellness and How Employers Can Help Host: Steve Boese Guest: Jamie Kalamarides, President, Prudential Group Insurance This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Jamie Kalamarides, President of Prudential Group Insurance to discuss the increasingly important topic of employee financial wellness, and what employers can do to help their employees w...

HR Happy Hour 356 - The Mom Project: Connecting Moms With Great Opportunities Hosts: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese Guest: Colleen Curtis, Head of Community and Marketing, The Mom Project This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Colleen Curtis of The Mom Project, who works to connect returning to work Moms with great opportunities in the workplace. The Mom Project helps Mo...

HR Happy Hour 355 - HR in the Digital Age Host: Steve Boese Guest: Harry Osle, Principal, Global Human Resources Practice Leader, The Hackett Group This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Harry Osle of The Hackett Group - www.thehackettgroup.com, to talk about some of Hackett's recent research on Digital Transformation and its impact on HR. On the show, Harry shared some of the res...

HR Happy Hour 354 - Sharing Kindness Inside and Outside the Workplace Host: Steve Boese Guest: Anne Donovan, US People Experience Leader, PwC This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Anne Donovan, US People Experience Leader at PwC to talk about their 'Share Kindness' initiative, a global program to help people share acts of kindness inside and outside the workplace. The Share Kind...

HR Happy Hour 353 - Transforming the Employee Experience with HR Technology Hosts:Steve Boese,Trish McFarlane Guests: Patrick Smith, Elias Medina, Arizona Federal Credit Union This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Patrick Smith and Elias Medina of the Arizona Federal Credit Union to talk HR Transformation and the role of modern HR Technology in that transformation. At...

HR Happy Hour 352 - Improving Diversity Recruiting in Technology Host: Steve Boese Guest: Kylie Gomez, Atlassian This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Kylie Gomez, Senior Product Recruiter at Atlassian, a leading technology company to talk about how they approach the challenges of recruiting a more diverse set of candidates. Atlassian has about 3,000 employees worldwide, and has...

HR Happy Hour 351 - Creating a Culture of Ownership at Anheuser-Busch Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Ago De Gasperis, VP, People, North America, Anheuser-Busch Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by guest Ago De Gasperis, VP, People North America for Anheuser-Busch who shared how the legendary brewer continues...

HR Market Watch 20 - Building Your Business Case for HR Software Host: George LaRocque Guest: Tom Hammond, VP of Corporate Strategy and Product Management, Paychex Making the business case to buy new, or replace existing, HR technology can be a daunting task. Do you know which kind of return on investment (ROI) metrics your CFO or CEO responds to best? Do you know how they and the rest of your exe...

HR Happy Hour 350 - The US Labor Market and Economic Trends for 2019 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Josh Wright, Chief Economist, iCIMS Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Josh Wright, Chief Economist from iCIMS to talk about the important labor market trends, why these trends are important for HR and Talent Acquisiti...

HR Market Watch 19 - Are Recruiting Leaders Marketers? Host: George LaRocque Guest: Peter Clare, Talemetry HRWins Principal Analyst and Founder George LaRocque looks at one of the biggest challenges facing recruiting leaders globally today: the widening capability and skills they have in recruitment marketing and technology. Join George as he explores this topic and catches up with Peter Clare SVP...

HR Happy Hour 349 - Unlocking High Performance with Jason Lauritsen Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Jason Lauritsen Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Jason Lauritsen, Employee Engagement expert and author of Unlocking High Performance. On the show, Jason shares many of the insights and lessons learned from...

HR Happy Hour 348 - Back to Human with Dan Schawbel Host: Steve Boese Guest: Dan Schawbel Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Dan Schawbel, author of Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation to talk about the impact of technology in the workplace and how to make work more human in the age of cons...

Research on the Rocks 7 - Talent Acquisition in Buenos Aires, Argentina Host: Madeline Laurano, Aptitude Research Partners Guest: Gerry Crispin, CareerXRoads On this episode of Research on the Rocks, Madeline Laurano and Gerry Crispin share their key takeaways from a recent trip to Buenos Aires. With 70% of students graduating with degrees in HR and business, talent is a key priority in Argentina....

HR Happy Hour 347 - Technology at Work: It's Complicated Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dan Staley, PwC Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Dan Staley, Partner, US HR Technology Leader, PwC to talk about Technology in the Workplace, and how HR and Business leaders can better support employees with technolog...

HR Market Watch 17 - Robots Finding Our Resumes Host: George LaRocque Join HRWins Principal Analyst and Founder George LaRocque as he explores automation and AI in recruiting. We've all agreed that automating administrative tasks is a good thing, but what about automating the way find candidates? Join George as he explores this topic and meets a new company, QJumpers, from New Zealand that is doin...

  HR Happy Hour 345- Implementing A New HR Technology Strategy Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com Host: Trish McFarlane  Guest: Alex Smith, CHRO for The City of Memphis This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish recorded live from Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, to talk with Alex Smith, CHRO for The City of Memphis.  Alex talks about her role withing a government position and how h...