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Today's #WorkTrends podcast is about employer brands: getting behind the hype and actually committing to a walking the talk. Employer brands are understood as being a key driver for attracting great talent and engaging employees, let alone inspiring them to stay with your company and feel proud of it. But we need to be a lot better about shaping a brand and maintaining it through policies, deeds a...

Today on the #WorkTrends podcast we're talking about candidate experience — and why it's so important for companies to understand its importance and value. Companies that work on shaping a great candidate experience are notably ahead of the curve when it comes to not only employee engagement and performance, but also an increased customer base, more, and better employee referrals, higher revenue s...

Today's #WorkTrends podcast is about one of the most important but least understood endeavors any employer has to consider: How to effectively create an attractive but authentic employer brand. Getting that right takes clear strategy and clear thinking. It also takes a commitment to seeing your employer brand as a holistic journey, not just a "one and done" task.  And there's no one better than ou...

Get the message: email's not dead in 2020. In fact, it's alive and well — and while we can run our businesses without it, we do need to improve how we're using it. According to today's #WorkTrends guest, Bruce Mayhew, better etiquette depends on three best practices. Bruce is a corporate and executive consultant who wants to help us all to be better at emailing. He's on #WorkTrends to talk about w...

For all our discussions regarding employee engagement we still often treat it as an intangible, unmeasurable factor. On the contrary, says Leila Zayed, our guest today. Leila is the VP of   Best Companies Group , and is going to walk us through the why's and more importantly, the how's of measuring engagement. Not only can we use specific measurements to look at engagement, we can also compare it...

Despite an explosion of data and analytics, too many organizations still don't know how to use it — let alone leverage it to inform decision-making and strategy. Today's guest, Jordan Morrow, is helping fix this very broad-ranging problem. He's the Global Head of Data Literacy at Qlik, and here on #WorkTrends to share the findings of a milestone report on Data Literacy, and talk about the most eff...

We're suffering from an epidemic of disengagement and hiring is more critical than ever. But we're missing the mark when it comes to solutions. It's all about understanding what people are feeling — and being able to influence motions. And it's something a lot of HR leaders are afraid to do. Today's guest reveals the key to bridging the empathy gaps — and giving your people a true sense of meaning...

Employee engagement was a great idea 30 years ago but it's become a buzz phrase with no clout, according to today's guest, Mark Babbitt. Mark's passionate about taking the right approach to a stellar workplace experience. He's on #WorkTrends to talk about how to finally get past the myth of employee engagement, and about the five essential factors of what really matters: Workplace Intelligence.

We all want and need to make great hires. Today's guest reveals two vital secrets that will better the odds for any organization. Chad Fife, the VP of Marketing at Talview and a veteran team-builder, gets candid about finding talent that fits, setting clear expectations, and why some hires thrive while others don't.

Companies waste $7 trillion a year on lost output due to employees being overloaded by different tasks and applications. Systems have an incredible impact on employee engagement, yet we're piling on more apps, tasks and obstacles to getting our work done. Calvin Hsu at Citrix talks about a powerful solution that's radically changing how we work.

The workplace is changing so fast we can hardly keep pace — and that's left some companies lagging behind. What we need is a will to transform into a new kind of organization, where technology enables leadership, inspires innovation, and drives amazing team performance. Patrick Antrim, former NY Yankee and now CEO of Multifamily Leadership, talks about how leaders are sparking amazing innovation,...

You probably hear a lot of buzz about diversity and inclusion. But for many years, our D&I conversation has largely ignored one disempowered population: people with a criminal record. We interview Michelle Cirocco, chief responsibility officer at Televerde, about how we can all give people a second chance and create new opportunities for everyone.

Like it or not, we're all connected — and in our tech-driven world, organizations have more of a global presence than ever before. This week, recruiter and Recruiting Brainfood curator Hung Lee joins #WorkTrends to take a look at the global state of work.

We now have six generations in the workforce, but ironically we have never had more ageism than we do now. As the week's #WorkTrends guest notes, ageism affects everyone in the workplace, whether they're sixteen or eighty-six. By the time you're in your 40s, you will likely have experienced it. This week on #WorkTrends, host Meghan M. Biro talks to Vinay Singh about age discrimination in the workp...

Having an accessible workplace is not only the right thing to do, but it opens your organization up to an even wider candidate pool. This week on #WorkTrends, Meghan M. Biro speaks with  Neil Milliken, the global head of accessibility, about making the office a great place for everyone.

We associate the business world with being cutthroat, but is that really how it should work? This week on #WorkTrends, Steve Farber joins us to talk about his newest book, "Love is Just Damn Good Business," and why "love" should never be a four-letter word at your business.

It's a turbulent world out there, but that doesn't mean organizations should stand by and wait for the worst to happen. Eric McNulty, co-author of "You're It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most," shares tips about leading organizations during times of crisis.

Your organization needs rockstars to thrive, but finding the candidates who will take your organizations from the backyard battle of the bands to sold-out arenas is more difficult than it looks. This week on #WorkTrends, host Meghan M. Biro talks to Fetcher cofounder Genevieve Jurvetson about how we can rethink talent acquisition, remove bias, and find candidates who will get your organization roc...

While we all dream of working remotely, it's not as easy as it sounds. James Lloyd, founder of Redox, joins us to discuss the challenges of managing an all-remote team and leading a distributed company.

Work doesn't always suck — but sometimes, it really does. This week on #WorkTrends, Michael Brenner, author of "Mean People Suck: How Empathy Leads to Bigger Profits and a Better Life," joins us to explain how empathy is the key to creating both a better workplace and a better life.

Are you minding the gap? The compliance gap, that is. Keeping up with regulations can be a real challenge, but there are a variety of solutions and best practices HR organizations can use to stay on top of everything they need to know. This week on #WorkTrends, host Meghan M. Biro talks about how organizations can stay on top of compliance issues with Poster Guard's Shanna Wall.

The last few years have been challenging for HR leaders -- but it's just the beginning. Meghan M. Biro interviews Brent Colescott, senior director of business strategy and transformation for SumTotal.

Change. Change. Change. Repeat. That's the new normal for every organization. As HR leaders, how can we build teams that are resilient in the face of that constant change? Mark Stelzner says the biggest mistake we can make is stopping and waiting. In this interview, he tells Meghan M. Biro that HR should lead the way, updating the way our organizations work to survive and thrive in our new reality...

As fall conference season gets underway, you're probably looking for a guide to all the HR tech vendors you're about to start hearing from. In this special bonus episode of WorkTrends, we talk to leaders from 9 of the hottest HR tech companies to get the scoop on the problems they're solving and the solutions they're offering. Our interviews were recorded earlier this year at the HR Transform conf...

In the Age of the Employee, your employer brand matters more than ever. Meghan M. Biro interviews agency founder Tiffany Sauder, who has found herself helping more and more clients tell their employer brand story.