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Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: Barbie Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish Steed This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes.Think stress-free payroll isn’t possible? Think again. Whether you need to simplify your tax filing or streamline your day-to-day pay system, Paychex makes managing your payroll easier and more profitable. That’s why we’re here with open arms and a special offer for new clients — for a limited time, get one year of complimentary digital W2s so you can focus on growing your business instead of time-consuming payroll tasks. Learn more at paychex.com/awia. Terms and conditions apply. This week, Trish and Steve dive into the 2023 blockbuster movie, Barbie, and the workplace trends within it. - Gender roles and expectations in the 1970s and 2020s - Gender pay equity and empathy in the workplace - Gender bias in leadership and the importance of individuality - "Barbie" movie themes and impact Thank you, for joining the show today! Remember to subscribe to At Work in America wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 308 - How Virtual Reality Will Change Workplace Training in 2018 Host: Steve Boese Guest: Derek Belch, CEO & Founder, STRIVR This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Derek Belch, Founder and CEO of STRIVR, a Palo Alto firm that uses innovative Virtual Reality technology for workplace training and improved performance. On the show Derek explained the key concepts of Virtual Reality, how it differs from Augmented Reality, and provided a framework for HR and workplace leaders to understand VR, and how it can be deployed in workplace and workforce training and learning contexts. He also shared the story of his company STRIVR, from their beginnings working with collegiate football programs as well as other professional teams, to some of their current work on the corporate training and development space, including their massive partnership with Walmart, Derek did a great job of explaining VR, how the technology works, how it applies to training, the particular training scenarios where VR makes a great fit, and how HR and training organizations can get started with incorporating VR technologies into their training and development portfolios. This was a really interesting and enlightening conversation - thanks to Derek for joining us. Learn more about STRIVR at www.strivr.com. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

HR Happy Hour 307 - The Benefits of Hiring Disabled Candidates Host: Steve Boese Guest : Dan Peltz This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Dan Peltz, Founder and Director of Shift NJ - an organization that helps candidates of all ability levels to connect with employers and find meaningful work. Shift New Jersey was created to empower individuals. Dan and the team individuals of all ability levels maximize their potential through employment, skills training, counseling, and case management. They assist adults in preparing for college, employment, and independent living by helping them develop the vision, mindset, action steps, skills, and experience necessary to become successful. On the show, Dan described how Shift NJ works with candidates and employers to find employment opportunities, help build skills and capabilities of candidates that may have some challenges in finding positions, and how they support both the individuals and the organizations to make these programs and placements work for everyone. Additionally, Dan shared examples of how large employers like Amazon are working with agencies like Shift NJ to place more candidates into open roles, and how they are proactively seeking to expand their candidate pools. Finally, Dan shared how HR leaders in any location can get started with these programs and how they benefit the organization and community overall. This was an interesting and important show - thanks to Dan for joining us. Learn more at Shift NJ. Thanks to show sponsor Virgin Pulse - learn more at www.virginpulse.com. Subscribe to the HR Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

HR Happy Hour 306 - New HR Tech: Connecting Employees with Trusted HR Pros Host: Steve Boese Guests: Toby Hervey, Sarah Sheehan - Founders of Bravely This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Toby Hervey and Sarah Sheehan, Founders of Bravely, a new HR tech startup that connects employees with trusted HR pros to help them resolve workplace issues. On the show, Toby and Sarah shared the reasons behind their decision to launch Bravely - workplace environments that are more stressed and with more conflict, with many employees feeling reluctant or afraid to bring their concerns to their boss, colleagues, or internal HR resources, and an ever changing and stressful set of conditions in many workplaces. Based on their work experiences, Toby and Sarah decided to launch Bravely - a tech-powered platform that allows a company's employees to have confidential conversations and receive advice and input from experienced and neutral HR professionals in order to help employees work towards a solution to their workplace issues. As we all know, these often difficult conversations are hard for many employees to raise, and can be ones where they feel scared to even start. Working with Bravely's vetted and experienced pros and advisors, employees usually find a way to make progress, to get past the fear of having hard conversations, and resulting in a better outcome for both the employee and the company. This is a really new, interesting, and important new tech, and I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Learn more about Bravely at www.workbravely.com. Thanks to show sponsor Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com

HR Happy Hour 315 - Breaking Through with Diversity & Inclusion Sponsored by Virgin Pulse - www.virginpulse.com. Host: Steve Boese Guests: Cecile Alper-Leroux, Dr. Jarik Conrad - Ultimate Software Recorded Live at Ultimate Connections 2018 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Cecile Alper-Leroux and Dr. Jarik Conrad from Ultimate Software to talk about the challenges organizations are facing with Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and the keys for organizations who want to improve and make progress in these areas. Cecile and Jarik talked about the definitions of diversity and inclusion, the importance of appreciation and acceptance at work of all people from all backgrounds, and what people want from work in the modern era. One of the interesting points discusses in the show was the idea that organizations can't jump right from awareness of these issues into solutions - there is an important stage of preparation or 'readiness' that has to be addressed in organizations and especially with leaders and managers before solutions can be developed and implemented. So 'readiness' is the pre-condition before action. We also discussed some of the research around the business benefits of Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, and why these benefits do not necessarily resonate equally in all contexts. Finally, we talked about how, where, and when in the HR/Talent lifecycle in organizations that bias, sometimes unconscious bias, can be introduced and how some of the modern HCM technology solutions are helping organizations detect and try to minimize and eliminate these biases. Finally, Cecile shared her recent mountaineering adventure and Steve and Jarik bonded over baldness. Thanks to Cecile, Jarik and the team at Ultimate for having us at the event.