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HR Happy Hour - Episode 56 - 'HR Florida Preview' Thursday July 29, 2010 - 8PM EDT The HR Florida State Conference & Expo is the annual conference of the HR Florida State Council, a state affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Each year the event attracts over 1,000 human resource professionals and vendors throughout the state of Florida and across the nation. And this year...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 55 - 'Mystery HR Theater' Thursday July 22, 2010 - 8PM EDT This week on the HR Happy Hour show we have a guest so cool, so fantastic, so enigmatic that we will do our very first 'mystery guest' show. We can't say who our super top secret guest is, but save to say that he or she is world renowned, legendary, and someone we have been chasing to appear on the HR Happy Hour sho...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 54 - 'Enterprise 2.0 and HR' - Thursday July 15, 2010 8PM EDT Enterprise 2.0, defined as 'the use of emergent social software platforms by organizations in pursuit of their goals', has become an increasingly important concept for organizational leaders to understand and leverage. Enterprise 2.0, or E2.0 for short, is changing the way companies interact with customer and com...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 53 - 'Re-thinking Talent' Thursday July 8, 2010 - 8pm EDT The long lasting and lingering economic recession, shifting workplace demographics, access to information and talent growing exponentially, and likely the final days of the traditional 'employee/employer' social contract are all conspiring to make locating, acquiring, and retaining the talent that organizations still...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 52 - 'I Fought the Law' Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 8PM EDT So now everyone, your dad, your kids, your grandma, and your employees are happily tweeting, friending, liking, and sharing information on public social networks like Facebook and Twitter. In the corporate world, reactions to this phenomenon have varied from outright bans on one extreme, to fundamental embrace of the...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 51 - 'Live from Gettysburg' Thursday June 24, 2010 - 8PM EDT Gettysburg. For most Americans, and students of military history the name alone conjures up thoughts of devastating battle, loss, heartbreak, and ultimately redemption. The scene of a terrible and significant three day battle in the American Civil War and the setting for one of the most famous political speeches i...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 50 - 'The World Cup of HR' Thursday - June 17, 2010 - 8PM EDT Call in 646-378-1086 You may have caught something in the news, or on TV, or the interwebs - there is a little sporting event going on called 'The World Cup'. Yes, the big soccer/football once every four years extravaganza in on again. It is estimated that over 2 billion people will watch some of the World Cup to...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 49 - 'The Why of Work' Thursday June 10, 2010 - 8PM EDT Why do we work? Is it just for the pay check, to get the bills paid and keep the lights on? Or is there more to it, like a search for meaning, community, or engagement in a cause that is important or meaningful? In their new book 'The Why of Work', Dave Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich describe that through our work we seek a s...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 48 - 'The Women of HR' Thursday June 3, 2010 - 8PM EDT This week on the HR Happy Hour Shauna Moerke the HR Minion takes over and will bring along several of smart, fun, and talented friends from the HR world. But they are not (just) simply hanging out and having fun on a Thursday night. The Women of HR crew are set to discuss the beginnings of how they all came together, th...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 47 - 'HR and Indie Culture' Thursday May 27, 2010 - 8PM EDT - Call in 646-378-1086 Indie - the art, music, crafting, building, writing, designing and everything else that gets created independently, outside of the mainstream and continues to evolve and re-invent itself. Indie culture has its roots in the Beat poets of the 50s and stretches to the present day, as thousands o...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 46 - 'Making Work/Life Work' - Thursday May 20, 2010 - 8PM EDT It is one thing to talk about workplace flexibility, and quite another to design and implement flexible working strategies in organizations, and to measure their effectiveness and impact on the bottom line. While most of us would agree that more flexibility in the design of jobs is desirable or 'better', often H...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 45 - 'Social Recruiting, Sports, and Upside' Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 8PM ET This week on the HR Happy Hour we will welcome some old friends to talk talent, recruiting, sports, and upside. Make that Tremendous Upside. We will preview the upcoming Social Recruiting Summit set for May 17 in Minneapolis, talk about the NBA playoffs (sort of) and how sports and organizational t...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 44 - 'Live from the #Monstersocial Red Carpet' Friday, May 7, 2010 - 8PM ET, 7PM CT Broadcasting live from the official opening of the #HRevolution Unconference in Chicago! The #Monstersocial is the name of the offical tweetup that opens the #HRevolution and the HR Happy Hour show will be there, talking to all of your favorite HR and Recruiting thought leaders and superstar...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 43 - 'The Talent Show featuring TalentedApps' Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 8PM ET Talent - we all think we have it, companies are always chasing it, there was (or still may be) a 'war' for it, and without enough of it, even the smartest strategy is doomed to fail. Some of the brightest folks around working and writing in the talent game are the great team from TalentedApps. T...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 42 - 'So How are the Benefits?' Thursday - April 22, 2010 - 8PM ET Benefits are one of the most critical components of the overall compensation package for employees, but are frequently misunderstood, underutilized, and poorly communicated. Recent research shows that while employees place a significantly high importance and value on benefits, employers consistently underest...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 41 - 'The SHRM Annual Conference Preview' Thursday April 15, 2010 - 8PM ET The HR and Recruiting conference season is now in full swing, and the biggest event of them all, the SHRM Annual Conference is coming in just a few short weeks, June 27-30 in San Diego. This event draws thousands each year, and for many HR professionals is the number one event of the year. heck, inve...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 40 - 'HR on Your Own' Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 8PM ET In a small organization, many HR professionals find themselves flying solo, as the only (or one of a very few) HR people for the entire company. So how do you 'do HR when your are the only one doing HR?' We talk about some of the specific challenges in doing HR for small organizations, with no (or little support), many...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 39 - 'Happy HR Fools Day' Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 8PM ET So the super secret special guest we had for this show had to cancel. Bummer. So rather than try and reschedule someone else, we figured we would just open up the lines, encourage our listeners to call in, and share their funny, crazy, and interesting tales from the HR and leadership trenches. No real agenda, no set...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 38 - 'HRevolution 2010:Preview' - March 25, 2010 8PM ET Time flies in the world of HR and Recruiting Unconferences. Coming up in just a few more weeks, is the premier HR/Social Media/Workforce event, HRevolution 2010. The event, to be held May 7,8 in Chicago promises to be lively, informative, educational, and maybe even revolutionary. Joining us on the show this week, to g...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 37 - 'The Culture Show' Thursday March 18, 2010 - 8PM EDT This week the HR Happy Hour wants you to get your culture on, your company culture that is. We will be talking all things organizational culture; what it means, why it is important, and how to hire for cultural fit. We will also take a look at how organizations can leverage their unique cultures in the marketplace fo...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 36 - 'Show Me the Money' Thursday March 11, 2010 - 8PM EST This week on the HR Happy Hour show we take on the topic of Compensation and Rewards. Money, perks, benefits, stock options, you know the drill. Organizations every day have to find the right balance in their compensation strategy. Pay too little, and you become the Pittsburgh Pirates, and all your good player leave...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 35 - 'The Leadership Show' Thursday March 4, 2010 - 8PM EST Identifying future leaders, developing the right leadership capabilities, and ensuring a steady supply of leaders for the future are all topics that many organizations are facing in 2010. What do potential leaders look like? How can the organization identify them? What capabilities and behaviors should the HR and L...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 34 - 'Fistful of Talent Radio' Thursday Feb. 25, 2010 - 8PM EST Call in 646-378-1086 This week, for the first time, the HR Happy Hour is handing over the keys to our friends from the Fistful of Talent blog. The FOT crew is known for strong opinions, smart analysis, and sometime controversial stances on many of the most important talent management and recruiting topics. Plea...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 33 - 'Live from trulondon: The Wrap-Up' At a special time of 1:00PM ET, the HR Happy Hour will broadcast live from the trulondon unconference. We will wrap up Day 2, and the event overall, and talk to more of your favorite HR and Recruiting stars from the UK and the US and try and share some of the good stuff from the event. There are sure to be some surprises, so if you co...

HR Happy Hour - Episode 32 - 'Live from trulondon - Day 1' At a special time of 1:00PM ET, the HR Happy Hour will broadcast live from the trulondon unconference. We will wrap up Day 1, talk to some of your favorite HR and Recruiting stars from the UK and the US and try and share some of the good stuff from the event. There are sure to be some surprises, so if you could not make it to trulondon, do...