Rebel HR Podcast: Life and Work on Your Terms

Send us Fan Mail In the current business environment, growing and scaling your business to new heights has become increasingly challenging. With the rise of technology and new work environment expectations, clarity is key.  It's critical for your business to attract and retain high-caliber talent, produce effectively and efficiently, and stay prepared for the challenges ahead. Meet Lizabeth W...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. He’s spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker , PF Chang’s , Amazon , etc, and has worked for Del...

Send us Fan Mail British-born, San Francisco-based CEO Marcus Sawyerr is founder of EQ Community and executive board member to Microsoft services board. He’s ranked in the top-100 most influential industry leaders by Staffing Industry analysts.  We discuss: -How the decentralized workforce is transforming compensation and benefits -D&I program best practices for a winning team -Hiring Trends a...

Send us Fan Mail The practice of hiring job candidates only if they have a college degree is shifting. Many large businesses, like Google, Costco Wholesale and Hilton, for example, have already found the value in hiring these kinds of employees, according to Glassdoor . In fact, hiring individuals without college degrees can help a business: Boost equity Round out diversity of knowledge/experience...

Send us Fan Mail Janet L. Polach, Ph. D. is a global leadership development partner and coach.  She has developed leaders in the U.S., China, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. As a retired lieutenant colonel having spent 20 years in the Marines, Janet knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a great leader. Realizing that managers were too b...

Send us Fan Mail Thanh Nguyen is a comp expert and HR insider who has spent his career focused on compensation: he was a founding member of the Salesforce HR team, and then later executive director at Connery Consulting as a compensation consultant. Now, he's CEO and co-founder of OpenComp, a company focused on bringing compensation intelligence to high-growth companies to help them get pay r...

Send us Fan Mail Sabina Bhatia is an accomplished C-Suite Leader and customer champion tirelessly fighting for the financial wellness of every American worker. As a Chief Customer Officer at Payactiv, she acts as a daily advocate and amplifier for the needs of thousands of corporate clients and millions of lower-income workers. With great passion and focus, Sabina has been instrumental in building...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Zides is the founder and CEO of CoreAxis Consulting, an award-winning learning and development, and talent management firm. He has a passion for helping companies mold their future, drive growth, and create things that matter, and for helping individuals find the success they've always desired. He lives in Boston with his wife, three kids, and two labradoodles.  By 2025,...

Send us Fan Mail Debi Yadegari is the Founder and CEO of Villyge , an employee benefit that supports working parents and caregivers by engaging management in critical conversations and delivering 1:1 virtual assistance directly to the employee. She is also a working mother of FIVE (ages 4, 10, 13, 15 and 16), a former Wall Street lawyer and an expert in the areas of caregiving, HR, and employee re...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Newman , the award-winning writer and in-demand speaker with expertise in leadership communication, storytelling, mindset, and personal impact. Richard is the Founder and CEO of Body Talk , global leaders in evidence-based communication training. Since 2000, Richard and his team have trained 100,000 people worldwide, with clients from 46 countries.  In the new hybrid world...

Send us Fan Mail  Join Kyle as he speaks with Ian White , founder and CEO of ChartHop . ChartHop is the leading innovator in people analytics that helps companies improve organizational health, drive alignment and accountability, and save time and money. Previously, Ian was the founder and CTO of Sailthru, the marketing cloud delivering billions of personalized newsletter emails per month for top...

Send us Fan Mail With more than 15+ years of executive experience in recruitment marketing and sales, Cindy Klein is presently the Senior Vice President of Sales for Talent.com, the fastest-growing global player in next-generation job search platforms. With more than 30 million jobs available in 78 countries and 29 languages, Talent.com’s proprietary technology matches job seekers with relevant jo...

Send us Fan Mail Owyoung has established and led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in multiple industries, including Charles Schwab, GitHub, and Yahoo!. She has been recognized for her influence and thought leadership by Entrepreneur Magazine as 2021’s 100 Women of Impact. Studies prove that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets, and perfo...

Send us Fan Mail Len and Kyle discuss eradicating complacency in HR, management, and leadership positions, how HR teams can remain vigilant against competition and keep top talent in the face of the Great Resignation, and how better employee advocacy can encourage a more engaged team.  It's not surprising that the more success and power one cultivates, the greater their chance of becoming ove...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer McClure is the Founder and CEO of Unbridled Talent, LLC, CEO / Chief Excitement Office of Disrupt HR, LLC, and all around awesome person.   Jennifer McClure is also a sought after Speaker and Coach who combines her experiences as a Business Leader, Human Resources Executive, Executive Recruiter and Executive Coach with an educational, entertaining and informative style in...

Send us Fan Mail The pandemic has caused people to rethink many aspects of their lives – including careers. The Great Resignation and Great Reshuffle is evidence of this current reality. Employees recognized that the old, artificial yardstick of career success – the promotion or title – may not be what will best serve them, their families, or their long-term happiness.  Leaders and managers must b...

Send us Fan Mail For our 100th Episode, we have a legendary guest, Lou Adler!  Lou Adler is The Sherlock Holmes of Recruitment, CEO, and founder of The Adler Group – a consulting and training firm helping companies implement "Win-Win Hiring" programs using his Performance-based Hiring℠ system for finding and hiring exceptional talent.  Lou got a good whiff of corporate BS and turned the...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly is a speaker, coach, and business owner who has been specializing in brand and culture development for over two decades. He is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University who opened his first ad agency at the age of 24. Over the past two decades, Kelly has excelled as a marketing director, communications executive, innovation specialist, and agency owner. In 2009, he identified...

Send us Fan Mail  Andrew Binns is a co-founder of Change Logic, a Boston-based strategic advisory firm. He works with CEOs, boards, and senior teams as they lead significant business change. His goal is to help organizations liberate their potential to excite the world with innovation. Andy has 25 years of consulting experience as both an external and internal consultant for McKinsey & Co., th...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Waber, Ph. D., is the President and co-founder of Humanyze. He is a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab, previously worked as a senior researcher at Harvard Business School, and received his Ph. D. from MIT for his work with Alex “Sandy” Pentland’s Human Dynamics group. Waber’s work has been featured in major media outlets such as Wired, The Economist, and NPR. He has cons...

Send us Fan Mail As the Great Resignation continues unabated—current estimates are that 4.4 million Americans left their jobs in September—there’s growing concern that younger professionals’ embrace of hustle culture is primarily responsible for the high levels of burnout they’re experiencing. Wearing 80-hour work weeks like badges of honor and staying chained to their virtual desks even during th...

Send us Fan Mail Ericka J. Gonzalez-Smith possesses a strong understanding of Higher Education, Organizational Change, Curriculum Development and Assessment. She received her Masters of Education from Brock University and a combined honors’ Bachelor of Arts from King’s University. In addition, she is a designated Master Trainer from the Association of Talent Development and is certified in several...

Send us Fan Mail Katie Burkhart synthesizes connections that enable humans to make the most of the time they invest in their work. She’s the mastermind behind MatterLogic™ , the smart system for running a purpose-driven business, and has quickly become one of the go-to experts in the space. She’s also a serial entrepreneur building the Matter ecosystem, which currently includes Matter 7 and Matter...

Send us Fan Mail Erik has spent the past 10+ years developing, implementing, and executing commercial strategies with Smith & Nephew operating in the medical device industry. He has held a variety of commercially focused roles, including executive level leadership. Erik has a proven track record of delivering results through incremental top and bottom-line growth. He has led large complex glob...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a challenging few years for HR.  We dig into coping and thriving strategies with Samm Smeltzer.  Samm Smeltzer is an HR Visionary and Healer. Her work has been devoted to employee engagement for over a decade, she believes engagement is a critical component of organizational culture that must be alive and well in all employees. However, the place where engagement be...