Front Lines Studios

Performance Review

Business EN ↓ 3 episodes

Performance Review is a podcast for HR leaders, CHROs, and site leaders in energy, manufacturing, and aerospace. Each episode is a candid conversation about what it actually takes to build, develop, and retain a workforce in industries being reshaped by technology and economic change. Hosted by Lawrence Ganti of Tulsa Innovation Labs.

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Don't put AI in the IT box: a case for HR led adoption 09.07.2026 31:17

At Tulsa Community Foundation, the employee retention strategy starts before someone becomes a manager. Liz Parducci, Human Resources Director at Tulsa Community Foundation, joins Lawrence Ganti on Performance Review to lay out how an organization supporting 35 entities and hiring 300 people a year builds a training infrastructure that actually keeps people. The conversation covers how TCF targets...

You're not training the skill, you're training the person 25.06.2026 33:15

Union Public Schools runs its own self-funded benefits plan, the only district in Oklahoma to do so, saving families $9,000 per year in premiums compared to the state plan, with a $250 deductible and zero-copay near-site clinics. Jay Loegering, Executive Director of Human Resources at Union Public Schools, joins host Lawrence Ganti on Performance Review to break down how a public school district b...

Modern manufacturing jobs require 4 to 5 programming languages and no engineering degree 11.06.2026 31:20

Advanced manufacturing machinists today speak 4 to 5 programming languages, apply material science in real time, and work in climate-controlled environments built around precision computing. The talent pool feeding those roles is typically a high school graduate. Steve Caldwell, VP of Human Resources at McElroy Manufacturing, has built the system that actually develops them. Steve walks through Mc...