The HR Sound Off Podcast Show

This week I am magnifying the voice of Emily Connery, the VP of People & Talent at ChartHop. Emily shares her HR story, and we also learn about ChartHop and all of the wonderful things she and her team are doing to enhance the people experiences there.   Why ChartHop? Your people data is your most important data. And ChartHop was purpose-built for it. ChartHop brings together all your people data...

Reimund Nienaber is a Talent Development, Talent Analytics and Learning Analytics enthusiast and evangelist. Senior HR leader and generalist with profound hands-on global leadership capabilities, expertise and business acumen innovating 20 years in human resources and 15 years in technical and managerial roles with commended performance and proven results. Totalling 20+ years in the telecommunicat...

Would you consider yourself a People Scientist? When we think about HR and how the profession has changed over the last ten years, the science behind how people think and feel about work has become a huge priority for us in HR.   This week I am happy to magnify Kevin Campbell's voice, an Employee Experience  Scientist with Qualtrics in the USA. Kevin shares his origin story, why he believes that t...

What did you learn from the stillness of lockdown? As nature took a moment to catch itself, HR was continuously on the move, pivoting through the pandemic. Yet, in the moments of stillness, what did we actually learn?   Paul LaLonde joins me this week to share his HR story, talk about the power of stillness and celebrate women in HR.   Listen as we discuss: 📌 How men in HR can use their privilege...

Josh Schwede from Spotlyfe joins me to talk about hustle culture and Spotlyfe. SPOTLYFE is the first work tech solution aimed at helping to restore personal sustainability and fulfilment in order to promote business sustainability. Because when people are more fulfilled in their lives, businesses are more fulfilled by their people. I love the mission that Josh and the team at Spotlyfe are on and I...

When was the last time that you recognized someone on your team? Do you believe that recognition is an essential tool for building employee engagement? Debra Corey is back to talk about her new book, "Appreciate It | The Playbook for Employee Recognition. In this episode, Debra shares her mistakes in creating past recognition programs, what she learned from those mistakes and how her new book can...

Ekow Sani-Thomas is the Founder of Inside Voices an online platform that helps job-seekers figure out how companies treat people of color by hearing from current employees. Making diversity more transparent by providing a safe space for employees to share the truth.   In this episode Ekow shares: 📌 Why he created Inside Voices 📌 How Inside Voices works 📌 His personal experiences with racism in...

Minda Harts joins me for this week's episode to talk about her new book, Right Within. From the lyrics of one of my favourite artists Lauryn Hill, we ask you, how will you win the war of racism in the workplace if you are not right within? How will you move on to bigger and better things if you do not heal and get right within?   If you have not read Minda's book, I highly suggest you put it in yo...

Gary Cookson describes himself as a father of four, husband and Director at EPIC in his spare time. This week I am magnifying his voice and his new book HR for Hybrid working, which is in stores now.   Listen as Gary shares: 📌 His HR story 📌 How workplace trauma changed his life 📌 Why he believes that more men should share their workplace trauma stories 📌 Why organizations need to consider bei...

This week I am magnifying the voice of Lilian Phung. Lilian and I met on Twitter, another community I encourage HR professionals to participate in. Check out #hrcommunity on Twitter for insights and encouragement.    Lilian is the HR Manager for a fintech company called Vinovest, the world's first platform for investing in fine wine. In this episode, Lilian shares how she transitioned from being a...

This week I have the privilege to magnify the voice of John Baldino. John has over 25 years of experience in the HR profession and stepped aside from corporate HR to open his firm Humareso . He and his team provide Human Resources strategy and outsourced administration for all business types.   In this episode, John shares his HR story, and through our love of the animated movie Robots, we discuss...

The first time content from @Peopleculturecollective started showing up in my TikTok feed, I was hooked and I knew that I had to have Veronica Sargeant as a guest on my show.   Veronica is a Fintech HR Leader who is passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and Leadership Development in both corporate and startup environments. She has held HR positions in a variety of industries, including FMCG, pr...

Stacey Lewis is the Founder/CEO of HR Interrupted and is a true force of nature in the HR profession.   I had the pleasure of meeting Stacey last year during a panel discussion. At that moment, I knew she had to be a guest on the show.   Stacey has been in HR for 30 years and in this episode, she shares her why and what's next.   Some key quotes from this episode include:   "Everybody has a why"  ...

Have you been having trouble getting your HR career off the ground? Or are you having trouble progressing in your HR career? This week's guest has some fantastic advice as she tells me about her 20-year HR career with the same employer.   Jennifer Wale works for the Body Shop in the United States as the People Director, Home Office & Distribution Center. Jennifer tells her inspiring HR story in th...

Anna Bakunts made one of the most significant pivots I have ever heard about since I started this podcast show. Anna shares how she pivoted from studying as a pre-med to HR in this episode. Yes, you heard me right; it was a genuinely inspirational conversation.   Listen to us exchange thoughts on: 📌 Competing with other HR Consultants 📌 How to navigate social media as an HR Consultant 📌 Diversi...

Tiffany Castagno describes herself as a transformative HR Curator of Culture, who is not afraid to challenge the Status Quo or shake up a Culture when needed because she owns and loves her Craft. Tiffany is extremely passionate about 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝑹. Which led her to open her company, 𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗛𝗥.    It was a pleasure to magnify Tiffany's voice this week. Join us for this po...

Keirsten Greggs is the Founder and CEO of TRAP Recruiter, LLC, a Recruiting Consulting and Career Coaching firm. With over 20 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, she's passionate about helping organizations attract, select and retain the best people, including underrepresented candidates, and helping job seekers find their voice in the hiring process. She does this through consulting, facil...

This week, I am magnifying the voice of the brilliantly talented Joseph Ifiegbu. Joseph is one of the Co-founders of the HR tech company eqtble, and in this episode, you get to learn more about the company and the tech.   eqtble works with over 150 HR and human capital management systems, requiring no technical knowledge. Plug in engagement, compensation, talent and workforce data direct from the...

This week I am magnifying the voice of Omozua Ameze Isiramen . Omozua is a High-Performance Brain & Neuro Agility Trainer, Certified Executive Coach, Master Practitioner: Emotional Intelligence & Emotional Mastery, & Neuroscience Leadership Development Expert.   Omozua has over 25 years of experience in professional training, coaching and leadership development fields & neuroscience-based coaching...

This week I am magnifying the voice of Joshua Evans. Joshua helps organizations build phenomenal company cultures, destroying toxic work environments, and empowering leaders to communicate with impact. He does this by focussing on increasing employee engagement to lower turnover and eliminate mediocrity.    Joshua is also an international speaker, TEDx Programmer, #1 Best Selling author of the boo...

This month I am magnifying the voice of Shakil Butt (FCIPD, FCCA) . Shakil (FCIPD, FCCA, DChA) is a values driven, accomplished, award winning HR professional, with over 30 years of experience and has led an award winning global HR team in a multi faith, multi ethnic and multi cultural environment. Now an independent consultant, Shakil is able to add value by engaging with organizations and indivi...

Lucinda Carney joins me this week for a cross-collaboration. Lucinda is the HR Uprising podcast show host, CEO and Founder of Actus performance management software, and author of the book Change Superhero.   In this episode, we talk about all things HR, from self-care to strategic HR and much more.   Lucinda's resources: 📚 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey 💐 Hypno CBT Course...

Joining me for this week's episode is Paula Allen. Paula is the Global Leader and SVP, Research and Total Wellbeing at LifeWorks. In this episode, you will learn more about AbilitiCBT and Lifeworks. We can all be impacted by poor mental health at some point in our lives, and I am glad to know that companies such as AbilitiCBT exist. Paula shares her story into the mental health space and all of th...

Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer are women on a mission to put the human back into the workplace. They are so passionate about this mission that they created a company and wrote a book together. Their book is called " Humanity Works Better, five practices to lead with Awareness, Choice, and the Courage to Change."   In this episode, we discuss: 📌 How Debbie and Kate met and started this ground...

Marley Huckabee is one of the thousands of HR professionals who left their jobs during the pandemic. Why? In her own words, Marley says, "𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟; 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛...