HRchat Podcast

In this episode, Bill Banham chats with Jennifer Rozon, Vice President at McLean & Company, a research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools and advice that have a clear and measurable impact on your business. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely...

Once again, Tim Baker guest hosts the HRchat podcast. Tim chats with Stefan Kollenberg of Crescendo , a behavior change platform for Diversity and Inclusion. This conversation covers the importance of Diversity & Inclusion for the workplace culture, the business value, implementation challenges, and how Crescendo can support your D&I initiatives. We do our best to ensure editorial objectiv...

 In the latest episode of the HRchat show, Matt Burns talks with Carolyn Kiel, Training Manager, Digital Operations for Verizon Wireless and Host of the Beyond 6 Seconds Podcast. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.    Support the show Feature Your Brand...

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Dale Cook, Chief Executive Officer at Learn to Live, a company which helps users identify the thoughts and behavior patterns that perpetuate their issues, so they can work through them.  We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and...

In this special event preview, Bill Banham talks with Aldeen Simmonds-Thorpe about her career and the upcoming Hacking HR event in Toronto . Aldeen is an Organiser of the Toronto chapter. She is also an HR Transformation Strategist, Consultant, Coach and Speaker - enabling businesses to solve problems and navigate human resource and operations challenges that result in more efficient processes and...

In this episode of the podcast, Matt Burns talks with Karim Lessard, CEO AT 7 Simple Machines, about workplace behaviors and the difference between Waterfall & Agile Methodologies. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.    Support the show Feature Your...

Matt Burns is back again as guest host of the HRchat podcast. This time, he chats with Enrique Rubio about Hacking HR, a growing community for HR and Tech pros. The show will also delve into the digitization of the workplace and re-skilling employees so they can better embrace the changing ways we work. Hacking HR returns to Toronto on July 28. Get tickets here . Check out more upcoming community...

In this episode of the HRchat podcast, Bill Banham talks with Jeremy Shaki, Co-Founder and CEO at Lighthouse Labs . The organization's mission is to help bring extremely important and hard to achieve technical professional skills to people at the level they are seeking them – be that upgrading their coding skills for non-technical roles, helping teachers have the ability to bring code into cl...

In this episode of the HRchat show, Matt Burns interviews Matt Alder , Talent Acquisition Innovation Consultant at MetaShift and Host of the Recruiting Future Podcast . Listen as Matt shares his thoughts on the connections and overlaps between HR and Marketing roles in today's workplace. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are...

The HR Tech Summit Toronto 2019 makes its return on June 18 & 19; bringing together industry leaders and experts to discuss the latest HR technologies, business tools, and strategies that will contribute to your organization’s bottom line. The HR Gazette is a media partner of this year’s event which will feature keynote presentations, industry panel discussions, a contemporary trade-expo, tech...

Manny Campione , Senior Consultant and Market Leader in compensation and performance management at Normandin  Beaudry returns to the HRchat show to share more tips  for business leaders and HR pros. Listen to hear ways to better leverage tools and strategies that impact organizational your objectives. Enjoyed the show? Check out Manny's other HRchat interview recorded back in 2018: HRchat #62...

In episode 100 of HRchat Bill Banham talks with Robert St-Jacques, Director of Customer Success 7Geese ,  a goal-setting and performance management software company based in Vancouver, BC. The firm believes in a world where people can grow and achieve more, together. 7Geese will be exhibiting at this week's FuelHR conference in Toronto. Get your tickets . We do our best to ensure editorial ob...

In episode 99 of the HRchat show, Bill Banham talks with Erica Pearson, CEO & Co-Founder at Vacation Fund about how her company's solutions are helping employees achieve their dream vacations. Erica will be showcasing Vacation Fund at the upcoming FuelHR conference on May 30 in downtown Toronto. Get your tickets here . We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas sh...

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Christopher Bjorling, President at Fidello Inc . For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created, his organization has helped clients design, develop, and implement strategic, integrated talent management processes and systems. Chris will be showca...

In this special episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Esther Dyson , community health advocate, author, investor, journalist and executive founder of Way to Wellville, a ten-year, evidence-generating project devoted to defining and testing models for cultivating community health that aims to return profits to investors and health to the participants and their communities. Esther is a speaker at...

In this episode of the HRchat show, guest host Tim Baker talks with Marc Pavlopoulos, a Silicon Valley software executive and Founder of Syndesus , which builds engineering teams in Canada for US tech companies. Listen as they discuss ways US companies can source and retain top Canadian tech talent. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponso...

In this episode of HRchat, we hear from Ilya Brotzky , CEO and CoFounder of VanHack. Listen as we delve into interview tips and talent streams. The show also highlights some upcoming events from VanHack's Leap series . The job fairs are designed for tech-based companies located in cities across Canada to get face-to-face interviews with top developers from around the world. Enjoyed the interv...

In this episode, we'll hear from Michael Grove, Co-Organiser of DisruptHR SFO and CEO at San Fran-based CollabWorks, a software that enables pros to transform the ways they work. HR pros and leaders can clarify, quantify and qualify the true value of both the work and the worker. His core belief is that if individuals are empowered to manage their own engagement they will thrive to the benefi...

In this episode of the HRchat show, Tony Deblauwe shed light on boss behavior, ways leaders can better engage and motivate employees, and how to avoid burnout in the workplace. Tony's experience includes building service-oriented HR models and teams as well as providing expertise in organizational development and effectiveness, talent planning and management, compensation, benefits, successio...

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Vladimir Coho , VP of Experience & Engagement at Automation Anywhere . His key responsibilities include: communications, learning & development (including onboarding new careers customers), customer experience management and alignment & performance mechanisms like continuous feedback. Vlad is also a speaker at the DisruptHR San Francisco...

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Kelley Steven-Waiss, EVP, Chief HR Officer at HERE Technologies . Kelley is a speaker at DisruptHR San Francisco where she will discuss the concept of the “gig inside” and how she and her team built a technology solution to use AI/ML to match skills to project-based work which drove amazing results in driving innovation, productivity and engagement....

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Dr Shreya Sarkar-Barney, founder and CEO of Human Capital Growth (HCG), an evidence-based talent management firm. Combining science and analytics, HCG helps organizations such as Microsoft, Merck, General Mills, and Ecolab achieve better leader and talent outcomes. Shreya will also be speaking at the upcoming DisruptHR San Francisco event. We do our...

In this episode the HRchat podcast, Bill Banham is joined by Virgin Pulse CEO David Osborne and Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer and President of the Virgin Pulse Institute to discuss the evolution of the workforce wellness space. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Ic...

In this episode of HRchat, Bill Banham chats with Ryan Porter , Founder at Ruutly.com . Listen as they discuss ways to help employers brand their jobs and get the right people. Ryan also Founder at RaiseYourFlag.com, a platform which helps job seekers discover career paths they're qualified for and find roles at every step. We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas s...

In this episode, we hear from Chuck Farrell, Vice President, Human Resources and speaker at the April 2019 InnovateWork Toronto summit. Chuck is a senior business professional with 20+ years experience in Human Resources leadership roles in the retail & restaurant industries. He currently leads all things people for Canada's iconic pizza pioneer and largest chain - Pizza Pizza. Previously...