PSHRA's Public Eye Podcast

Stacey Lewis is an accomplished, innovative, results-oriented executive with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources management. She is the CEO and founder of HR Interrupted, a People & Strategy consultancy firm designed to collaborate with business leaders who have true GRIT to unapologetically disrupt ideologies, policies and practices that impact the People, Business a...

This week we sat down with Mark McGraw, editor of PSHRA's Public Eye digital publication, and Of Public Interest , PSHRA's weekly newsletter, to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week, and to take a quick look at what's in the public sector HR news. 

Gerome Q. Banks is a strategic consulting manager for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with 20 years of professional public sector management, strategic HR experience, and an affinity for leader development and federal talent management.  Gerome discusses the top predictors of federal employee job satisfaction, what leaders in public sector agencies need to do to be more effective, an...

Melissa Barker, VP of Practice Development at the recruitment firm the Duffy Group, discusses the factors combining to slow down public sector hiring, and what employers can do to pick up the pace – from shortening the time applicants wait for a response, to how employers can be more proactive/creative in finding and engaging candidates – which is to say,  making public sector work more appealing...

Social media has become the new “public square” for public employees, especially during elections or controversial social events. Public employees expressing their views on social media can lead to First Amendment issues and potential litigation. The recent Ninth Circuit decision in Hernandez v. City of Phoenix attempted to provide guidance, but many questions remain. Mark Meyerhoff is an attorney...

Shaun Snyder is Executive Director for the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), a bipartisan organization of elected and appointed state and territorial Treasurers across the United States. NAST advocates for responsible public finance measures on Capitol Hill and with regulatory agencies and provides education through its conferences and distance learning. Our conversation addresses a...

Jonathan M. Pugh is an experienced consultant with a background in organizational effectiveness/OD and broad-based HR functional expertise in the public and private sectors. He spoke to us about the decline in job satisfation and engagement across the federal government and what can be done to arrest this decline; he also spoke to us about the disparity between what’s important to employees vs. wh...

We are joined by Jennifer Fairweather, Chief Human Resources Officer with Jefferson County, located in Golden, Colorado. Jennifer was the immediate past president of PSHRA. She discusses her transition from the private to the public sector, how her role and public sector HR have changed over the past decade, the challenges of recruitment, and what skills leadership needs to acquire and develop to...

Today’s guest is Mark McGraw, the editor of PSHRA's bimonthly digital publication, Public Eye (formerly HR News), and weekly newsletter, Of Public Interest . Mark talks about his team’s overarching editorial mission: spotlighting the positive, change-affecting work of HR leaders in public agencies. He then gives us a sneak preview of the action-packed upcoming issue: a feature titled “Bringing You...

Vincent Cordero, Chief Personnel Analyst at City of Los Angeles and Cinthia Fletes, Personnel Analyst at City of Los Angeles,  join us to discuss the very successful L.A. Local Hire program. The program takes an innovative approach to creating city employment opportunities for underrepresented groups. Cinthia and Vince tells us what drew them to working in the public sector, and how they see the p...

Cara kicks off the Public Eye podcast by discussing the reasons behind rebranding IPMA-HR - founded in 1906 - as  the Public Sector HR Association (PSHRA), and how it better reflects the organization's mission in addressing the top public sector workforce challenges in a dramatically changed environment. Cara touches on the top priorities or areas of focus in creating better places to work and PSH...