NOW of Work

In this episode we preview the spring keynote speakers on our Weekly Digital Meetup. The brilliant  Jackye Clayton  is up FIRST.  Her keynote—One Size Doesn't Fit All for Diversity Recruiting is the type of conversation that will change work for good. Jackye, a DEI expert and strategist,  will dig into the tactics needed to successfully scale diversity at your company. She'll a...

Jerome Ternynck is the CEO and Founder of SmartRecruiters, and he's actively changing the face of hiring forever. Like Jess, Jerome introduces himself as “born and raised in recruiting." With his heart in recruiting, his soul in technology, we see the perfect recipe for innovation. From his recruiting roots and founding one of the first Applicant Tracking Systems more than 20 years ago, Jerom...

Jess Von Bank welcomes Lorna Borenstein to the Now of Work. Lorna is CEO and Founder of  Grokker , the enterprise wellbeing engagement solution that enables physical, emotional, and social wellbeing for everyone. She honed her consumer technology product and marketing skills at Hewlett Packard, eBay, and Yahoo!, giving her a front row seat at some of the most iconic and disruptive companies.&...

Digital Strategy is top of mind for all CHROs as we enter 2021 with fresh eyes. In this episode, Leapgen’s own shares tips and strategies to make the transition to digital as smooth as possible. Alex is a Digital Experience Evangelist and one of Leapgen’s most tenured employees coming to us from Morgan Stanley. Harry has 20+ years experience in Human Capital Management as a practitioner, software...

Everyone is buzzing about Leapgen’s Fuel 2021 Kickoff this week. If you haven’t yet, register today and join us for 2 days of action-packed content that will continue to transform the industry and HR best practices. On this episode, Jason reviews his predictions for 2020, which were made before the pandemic hit, and answers the question, “are these still relevant after the post-pandemic shutdown?”...

We’ve got an all-star cast joining us on the show today, Ryan Malkes, Emily Dahl, and Mackenzie Rohn are here in the virtual studio to discuss their upcoming presentation “Design Thinking for Digital Workforce Experience” at the Fuel 2021 kickoff event produced by Leapgen. I was amazed at the energy and passion that they brought to our listeners, and at 8:30am in the morning. They shared a powerfu...

Today we get a sneak preview of Leapgen’s brand new change management services led by David Henschel and Emily Liddle in their presentation called a Digital Change Experience that Sticks. David spent 7 years as a Lead Associate at Booz Allen, and ran his own consulting group before joining the Leapgen team, and Emily is a Digital Workforce Transformation Specialist who is a pioneer in the digital...

In this episode, Jess Von Bank sits down with Bill Banham to discuss how to choose your wins, silver linings, and embracing all the opportunities that disruption brings. Experience expectations have changed in 2020 and we as an industry must adapt and relearn what the workforce needs. Work is distributed more than ever and we must be able to support and meet people where they are with true experie...

In the episode, Jess sits down with Lindsay Wrege, the ambitious CEO of 321 Coffee, and learns how a dream became reality. Lindsey explains the foundation of 321 coffee and how it created vast opportunity for so many. Diversity and inclusion is so much more than checking a box, it’s a sense of value and belonging. It’s bringing ownership to the table where it was never brought before. For more inf...

Jess Von Bank and Jo-Ann Feely, Global Managing Director of Innovation at Alexander Mann Solutions talk dexterity, resilience, and all things REAL. How do you use humanity to explore the new digital world? They discuss how the new workforce requires boundary-less skills and what that means for the talent pool in 2020. For more information on Jo-Ann Feely and Alexander Mann Solutions Click Here Reg...

Leapgen’s Jason Averbook sits down with Plum.io’s CEO Caitlin MacGregor and dives into all things Talent. Changing how we think in regards to talent management isn’t easy, but Caitlin and Jason discuss why an organizations ability to become resilient is important and why a companies hiring needs must be met moving forward in the NOW of Work. For more information on Caitlin and Plum.io Click Here R...

Every company in the world is trying to figure out how to better serve the workforce in the Now of Work. Employee experience, safety and wellbeing, back to work, building digital experiences are all top of mind for CHROs and business leaders. What does this mean for digital experience platforms with no-code/low-code workflow builders, and what else does HR need to be thinking about to better serve...

Kevin Parker, Chairman and CEO of HireVue, joins Jason Averbook on the Now of Work podcast. How is a major HR Technology and Talent Acquisition solution provider thinking about hiring in 2020 and beyond? Kevin explains: "Not everyone belongs at every company at every stage of its journey.” This former and longtime CFO from the broader technology landscape lends valuable advice to HR from the persp...

How are we redefining Employee Engagement in the Now of Work? Jason Lauritsen talks to Jess Von Bank about the human side of employee engagement, performance management, and employee experience. A foremost author, speaker, and thinker about Employee Engagement, Jason helps organizations around the globe think about the human first and build from there. Listen to Jason and Jess explore how we think...

Chelsea Abii is a budding law student at Emory University who champions allyship, diversity, social reform and the power of mentorship. She recently joined Leapgen on a Diversity & Inclusion webinar, and we were wowed by her presence, investments in paying it forward, and views on social values and the future of work. See what we mean by following her blog, and enjoy her incredible conversation wi...

Marc Moschetto grew up in the shadow of Apollo, a nerd to the nth degree for science and space travel. A kick motor is an engine on a spacecraft used to fire a higher level of orbit. His agency, Kickmotor, helps companies get to their next level of funding, next level of growth, achieve a level of scalability, or simply find their evolving story and and decide how they're going to tell it. Since w...

Talent development is nuanced, with career “engagers,” motivators, individual values, and skill gaps of each employee determining potential career opportunities. So how can it be scaled for an entire workforce? You democratize it, says Anne Fulton, CEO and Co-founder of Fuel50. “We love what our science brings to the business,” putting information about potential fit for a particular job in the ha...

What do adaptability and resilience look like in business? How are you behaving or operating now that is a positive improvement over how you operated pre-Covid? George McGehrin tells a start-over story many entrepreneurs, business owners, anyone for that matter can relate to. When stars do not align in your favor and you’re forced to rebuild and make decisions all over again, how do you rebuild be...

Take a listen as Jason Averbook and Jess Von Bank continue their conversation with Trish McFarlane and Steve Boese of H3 HR and the HR Happy Hour. The conversation continues with personalization and prioritization when it comes to how, when and where we work. That’s just one long-awaited and surprise benefit of the pandemic driving everyone out of traditionally defined and structured workplaces an...

Trish McFarlane and Steve Boese do incredible work to support HR and the HR Technology space. That’s why Jason Averbook and Jess Von Bank hosted them on the Now of Work, and why they had a billion questions. “When do we get to stop talking about Covid?” “What do the unemployment claims, jobs reports, and reported dismissals need to show us before we can claim economic recovery?” “How does the tale...

Work has changed forever, and it's ABOUT TIME. We were 10 years behind when it came to matching our experience of work to our experience of the WORLD. Just one way work has changed is how we think of it, how we structure and compensate work, who performs it and the employment relationship people desire, and how we think about “employees" versus "talent opportunities." We want flexibility, customiz...

"Is there a business on the planet who can say they were actually READY FOR COVID? Is there such a thing? There is, and Tina Seashore, Vice President of Global Rewards at Oshkosh Corporation, explains how that's possible. What digital transformation and workforce experience work had they already done that made them well-positioned for disruption? How does HR look at Oshkosh? How did they deliver c...

What is the value of a knowledge management system in providing an elevated experience and fostering digital conversations of trust in the Now of Work? If you’re trying to support interactions over transactions, foster bi-directional communication that feels personalized and frictionless, and truly meet your workforce where they are in the new Digital Workplace, this episode with Randy Womack and...

Don’t miss this episode with Susan LaMotte, a pioneer in Employment Branding who started at Ritz-Carlton and Marriott running a portfolio of 18 brands before Employer Branding was even a function. How did working in hospitality force her to rethink work, what did it teach her about a company’s core values, and how did that drive her to found Exaqueo? Susan sheds light on what her company - already...

In this podcast episode, Jess Von Bank meets with Peter Newhouse, Global Head of Reward for Unilever & Ken Charman, CEO of UFlexReward discuss employee rewards in the workforce in the Now of Work For more information on Unilever's UFlexReward system Click Here Register today for our Weekly Digital Meetup Music Joakim Karud - That Day | Ash O'Connor - Vibe