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SHRM’s All Things Work podcast continues to provide coverage of how the world of work is responding to the pandemic.
Company culture is often described as “how things get done around here,” and given COVID-19’s transformation of day-to-day business operations, the pandemic’s impact on company culture is indisputable.
Joining us to discuss company culture in the era of COVID is Melanie Booher. Melanie is a certified culture coach and the chief people officer at MB Consulting Solutions in Cincinnati. Since 2000, she has helped organizations achieve meaningful change in the areas of HR, operations, leadership development and business strategy by leveraging their company culture as a competitive advantage.
In this episode, hear Melanie and host Tony Lee discuss COVID-centered culture questions, such as how company culture is affected by remote work and how to create a positive culture at businesses that require employees to work on-site despite the risk of infection.
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Uncover the transformative role of AI in I&D with Michael Bach, whose expertise ranges from I&D thought leader to, best-selling author to, seasoned IT and operations professional. Bach stresses the careful integration of AI to mitigate biases, underscoring AI's potential to innovate HR functions like attracting talent, conducting pay equity audits, and maintaining workplace accessibility. The discussion also cautioned against excessive reliance on technology without human intervention.

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Employees today have gained leverage and expect more say about where they work and when they need to be on the job in person. But their employers’ expectations are often different. In this episode of All Things Work, Ina Purvanova, professor of management and chair of the Department of Management and Organizational Leadership within the College of Business and Public Administration at Drake University, joins host Tony Lee to discuss the implications and explore the boundaries of employer flexibility and employee autonomy.

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Meaningful change at organizations is often hindered by employees’ natural inclination to keep doing things the way they’ve always done them. Now, a new three-year research initiative from Great Place to Work entitled The Great Transformation is measuring meaningfully transformative change at eleven organizations following from the launch of new inclusion, diversity and equity initiatives.

In this episode of All Things Work, guest host Mike Frost is joined by Brian Reaves, UKG’s Chief Belonging, Equity & Impact Officer. They discuss how The Great Transformation is helping UKG achieve improvements in areas such as productivity, agility and innovation. Employee resource groups (ERGs) also are playing an important role in UKG’s transformation initiative, and
recent study by Great Place to Work likewise finds ERGs are critical in creating a sense of belonging, safety and pride: Reaves describes the contributions ERGs have made at UKG and what it takes to keep them moving forward.

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This episode of All Things Work is sponsored by UKG.

Research suggests that the missing piece in most organizations’ attempts to increase effectiveness and achieve results is workplace happiness. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Jenn Limm, author of Beyond Happiness, to discuss how to build workplace strategies that spread happiness and, as a result, benefit all employees and the bottom line.

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