Humans Beyond Resources: From culture to compliance

Reverb is now a certified B Corp! Mikaela Kiner, our CEO and Founder, joins us to share what this is and why it was so important to us. Listen in and you might find some inspiration for your own organization. 🤝  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with your host, Sarah, on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read the transcript of this episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌐  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit Reverb's website⁠⁠

Whether you are just starting out or find yourself in a moment to reassess your values, listen to this episode. Being intentional about your culture and describing "how we do things around here" is important to creating a healthy, inclusive culture to ensure a lasting positive environment as your team grows. 🤝  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with your host, Sarah, on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read the...

In this episode, I got to speak with two leaders from Gennev, Jill Angelo, Founder and CEO and Devon McGill, Director of Partnerships leading Menopause in the Workplace. Gennev is the #1 virtual care provider for women in menopause. This episode is full of information on why we should care about menopause in the workplace and how organizations can better support their employees going through menop...

In this episode, Shahana Banerjee, Co-founder of Just Human, shares her insights on how mindful leadership could be the greatest key to future of work. She discusses the importance of practicing mindful leadership and how it can lead to success for both leaders and teams. Shahana provides a unique definition of mindful leadership and explains how it differs from traditional leadership. 🤝  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Co...

In this episode, we'll be discussing how companies can better support working parents. Our guest, Dr. Anne Welsh, is an expert in the field, with years of experience coaching and consulting working parents. We'll be diving into common struggles faced by working parents, and exploring ways that organizations can reduce these struggles, and retain this important talent group 🤝  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Victoria Mattingly, CEO and Co-Owner of Mattingly Solutions, a woman-owned DEI consulting firm. We discuss the importance of measuring diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations, and explore how to decide what and how to measure. Dr. Mattingly shares her expertise on transparently tracking and sharing people-related data, pitfalls to avoid, and how to...

This week's episode features guest host, Emily Senff, Reverb Practice Director, Sara Witta and Shannon Crile, from Chapter Two Group. Sara and Shannon are flexibility and inclusivity enthusiasts. We chatted with them about all things flexible workplace - What exactly does having a flexible workplace culture mean? What are signals HR leaders can pay attention to that demonstrate more flexibilit...

In this episode, we speak with Anu Arora, Leadership Coach and Mindfulness Expert, on what mindful leadership is, the benefits, and how you can practice it. 🔗 ⁠ Mindful Leader Practices Substack by Anu 🔗 ⁠⁠Mindful Leader Practices Podcast by Anu 🔗 RAIN Technique⁠ 🤝  ⁠⁠Connect with your host, Sarah, on LinkedIn⁠⁠ 📄 ⁠ Read the transcript of this episode⁠ 🌐  ⁠⁠Visit Reverb's website⁠

In this episode, we explore the topic of returnships with Senior Program Manager at Amazon, Michelle Hopkins. If you're not familiar with returnships, they're a short-term engagement for experienced professionals who want to re-enter the workforce after taking an extended break. Michelle will share her firsthand knowledge on how to make returnships successful and the benefits they can brin...

You've probably heard of Summer Fridays and Weeks of Rest, but if not we wanted to share more about Reverb's Summer Fridays and Weeks of Rest and how it works for us. We hope you are able to try out Summer Fridays of Weeks of Rest with your organizations too. 🤝  ⁠Connect with your host, Sarah, on LinkedIn⁠ 🌐  ⁠Visit Reverb's website⁠

In this episode, we are discussing trauma-informed HR. Our guest, Ashlee Christian, a Reverb People Operations Consultant, explains what trauma-informed HR is and explores the differences between a traditional HR approach and a trauma-informed HR approach, as well as the challenges that come with advocating for this approach. 🔗 Trauma-Informed Approach Training 🤝  ⁠Connect with your host, Sarah,...

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to remote work expert Ali Greene about remote work fluency. Ali shares her insights and experiences on how to ensure remote work is working well for both organizations and their employees. We discuss the importance of autonomy in remote work, redefining productivity, and management skills and rituals to practice in remote work. We also talk about what to con...

This episode features guest Olivia Bowser, CEO and Founder of Liberate. Olivia shares her own story of burnout and how her passion for wellness has turned into supporting business in reducing burnout in their teams. Additionally, Olivia shares insights on how companies and leaders can foster a culture that supports wellbeing. Resources: 💻 Liberate 21 Day Wellness Challenge 🤝  ⁠Connect with your...

Continuing our focus on wellness for Mental Health Awareness month, we are talking to Daniel Bolus, CEO and Founder of ClubHealth, a modern employee wellness platform. Daniel shares how he defines wellness, how it looks different to everyone, and how companies can support the needs of your employees. Daniel shares his expertise on how to create a wellness program that suits the unique needs of you...

May is Mental Health Awareness month, so we’ve planned a series of conversations talking with different leaders in the wellness space on how we can make wellness and particularly mental health a priority in our companies. In this episode, Dr. Adeola Mead, Chief Holistic Wellbeing Officer, Executive Wellbeing Coach, Speaker, and Consultant joined me to share how leaders can get to the root cause of...

Today, Miranda McKie, Product Manager at EmployeeCycle, whose vision is to change the way human resources see their workforce through data-drive decisions is joining me to discuss how leaders can use data to inform, measure, and gain buy in on your people related goals. EmployeeCycle is offering a free trail of their tool. Access the free trial by clicking here ! 🤝  Connect with your host, Sarah,...

April is Neurodiversity Celebration Month! We’re bringing in three experts to chat about how you can support and celebrate neurodiversity in your organization. We’ll be chatting with Vanessa Osorio Brewster Laughlin, Brett Greene, and Dr. Robin Ballard about their own experiences with neurodiversity and recommendations they have for companies when it comes to supporting and uplifting their neurodi...

April is Neurodiversity Celebration Month! We’re bringing in three experts to chat about how you can support and celebrate neurodiversity in your organization. We’ll be chatting with Vanessa Osorio Brewster Laughlin, Brett Greene, and Dr. Robin Ballard about their own experiences with neurodiversity and recommendations they have for companies when it comes to supporting and uplifting their neurodi...

Jess Yuen, Advisor and Executive Coach, and former Chief People Officer at Gusto and Couchbase, joined to talk about how to achieve an impactful CEO-Chief People Officer relationship and what to do if it’s not working. Jess recently wrote an article on this topic and she’s joining us to break it down and share some other examples we think will be beneficial to you. Show Resources: 🤝  Connect with...

Today we are discussing PTO policies and particularly unlimited PTO and the recent criticism on how it leads to taking less time off. To dig into this deeper and discuss some best practices for unlimited PTO or other alternatives that lead to a healthy culture where people take time off, Eliza Polly and Seth Sherrin, both People Operations Consultants, joined me.  Show Resources: 🤝 Connect w...

In this episode, we are demystifying leadership coaching and how individuals and teams can use it to build skills and reach new levels of performance. Reverb is passionate about supporting professional and personal growth through individual, team, and spot coaching. We have found there are some common misconceptions and not a full understanding of how it can support you and your team. Marriot Winq...

In this episode, we are talking about three critical skills managers need to lead their teams. At Reverb, we are passionate about helping managers hone their skills to effectively lead their teams. Whether you are a first time manager or seasoned leader, it’s important to continually practice and hone your people leadership skills. Adrienne Kortas, Leadership Coach and Senior Facilitator, shares h...

In this episode, we are talking about creating a culture of caring and a human friendly workplace. We share some practical steps you can take as well as hear from a few Reverb team members including Michelle Fink (Director of Operations), Kim Freeman (Sr. People Ops Consultant), and Mikaela Kiner (CEO) on how to implement these steps in your organization. Listen to this episode if you want to make...

With the continued news of reductions across companies, we wanted to discuss how to handle reductions in force and reorganizations in a respectful way. This topic is difficult and requires companies to be thoughtful in their planning, communication, and support during and post a reduction in force. We spoke to Janet Cho a Reverb Senior People Consultant to hear from her on practical advice to hand...

Today, many companies are being encouraged to consider pay transparency and many states are even creating pay transparency laws to help increase pay equity. To address some common pitfalls and best practices, we are chatting with Shari Kalsta, a Senior Compensation Expert.  Show Resources: 🔗 Link to WA Labor and Industries employer guide referenced in episode 🤝 Connect with your host, &nbsp...