HRchat Podcast

In this episode, host Bill Banham talks with Kathleen Teixeira, co-organizer of DisruptHR Toronto. Kathleen shares her career story in talent acquisition, her views on the evolution of HR and the changing world of work. DisruptHR Toronto was the first of these events in Canada. With over 50 cities in North America and elsewhere, the "disruptive" nature of these events has struck a chord...

With only a few days until DisruptHR Toronto, host Bill Banham speaks to Denise K Roy about HR Tech, Employer Branding and her topic at the upcoming event "Fake it Until You Make It: Crushing Imposter Syndrome in its Tracks". Denise shares her career story and how she came to be in her current role at industrybuilt , where they are driven by one theme: to take the complexity out of techn...

Host Bill Banham speaks with Ryan about his career journey as a manifestation consultant and his fascination with the human mind. Helping people understand how the mind affects behaviours. Ryan’s 2016 Millennial Leadership Summit was a success and a great learning experience. The outcomes around the benefits from people understanding each other was inspiring to many. Ryan speaks about communicatio...

In every aspect of an organization, leaderhips plays a very important role. Every organization strives for sustainable results through practical solutions that produce meaningful change. Innate Leaders is a consulting firm which believes that everyone can lead, given the right support and the right mindset...and that this is true regardless of the role someone holds in an organization. Our guest o...

There has been a fundamental shift in how we communicate. It’s not “going to happen”. It has happened. Statistics show that text messages (SMS) have a 37% response rate within the first 12min. Organizations can leverage this for employee and candidate-to-recruiter communications. There are amazing opportunities to automate, track and build campaigns for recruitment strategies. Erik Kostelnik is th...

In the last few years, there has been more focus on the “what’s next” factor of people analytics. Jason Lauritsen speaks about how Quantum Workplace supports clients to leverage their surveys and data to make work awesome. Action plans are good. Commitment is better. Creating a plan from employee surveys and data is a great start, but having teams committed to the plan creates accountability. Ther...

Bill talks with Kate Salmon, Communication Strategy Speacialist, at Learnography , a full-service learning solutions provider. Learnography transforms information and ideas into customized learning experiences for targeted audiences. Kate speaks about the importance of individual learning plans and their own in-house learning culture. Learnography hires great people, then identifies their own comp...

Bill Banham interviews Matt Manners, Founder of The Employee Engagement Awards & Conference which are hosted in the UK, US and Australia. In this episode, Bill and Matt discuss why it is important to recognize, reward and grow top performers. About Matt Manners:Matt's mission is to recognize and celebrate the 'people-companies' who remake the way organizations think about and en...

"People are not your greatest asset. The right people are." - Kristen Harcourt Kristen Harcourt is a senior consultant at The McQuaig Institute , an organization that provides behavioural assessments that help companies hire and retain the right people and develop them the right way. In this episode, Kristen shares her career journey and speaks about "high performers" vs "...

In this HRchat episode, Tim Baker had an opportunity to speak with Henry Albrecht, CEO of Limeade and Brooks McMahon, head of Business Development at TINYpulse . The two companies have created a partnership to create a single environment that integrates the employee engagement services of TINYpule into Limeade’s corporate wellness platform. One of the strategies is to create retention solutions fr...

Our co-host, Tim Baker spent some time speaking with Barb Buckner on HRchat Podcast. Barb operates Timeless HR Solutions in Chicago, Illinois and is also a co-moderator of the popular #JobHuntChat on Twitter. Barb discusses the challenges of moving people into management or leadership roles without providing the best tools and coaching needed to be successful. Organizations need to invest the time...

Bill Banham Interviews Ginine Capozzi about the Oct 2016 DisruptHR Buffalo event. Once in a while an event series is born that shakes things up, it makes you think differently, it leaves you inspired. That event is DisruptHR.14 speakers, 5 minutes each, and slides rotate every 15 seconds. Teach us something, but make it quick. If you’re an HR professional, a CEO, a technologist, a community leader...

In this HRchat episode, Bill Banham gets a chance to chat with HR blogger, influencer and speaker, Kevin W. Grossman. Kevin is the Talent Board Vice-President responsible for all aspects of the Candidate Experience Awards program and other Talent Board activities for North America. In partnership with The HR Gazette team, Kevin also produces and hosts the popular weekly Reach West Radio show. Kevi...

In this HRchat episode, Tim Baker had an opportunity to speak with entrepreneur and co-founder of Fortay , Marlina Kinnersley. Fortay is a new data driven culture-fit screening and insights platform for hiring managers. Marlina tells her career story and how she came to co-found Fortay. The discussion touches on the impact and importance that organizational culture has, from the beginning stages o...

HRchat Host, Tim Baker, speaks with Charlie Judy on "decoding" your cultural genetics. Discovering your cultural map is integral to identifying who you are, and who you need in your organization. Charlie is a former CHRO turned entrepreneur. He has a great perspective of how things work in the HR & Talent profession, and his blog reflects an honest passion for making HR less complica...

Thanks for checking out the HRchat podcast! Hosted by Bill Banham and guest presenters including Matt Burns and Tim Baker, the HRchat show is a series of interviews with influencers, leaders, analysts, and HR pros striving to make a difference to how we collaborate and succeed in the world of work. The HRchat podcast is brought to you by The HR Gazette - the online resource for pros looking to dis...