Reading Time: 3 minutes In this episode, Kimberly Marolda, Director of HR at Hamilton Thorne Inc., stresses the need for community building in the workplace to ensure a safe and reliable work environment. She speaks on the importance of face-to-face interactions, creating a welcoming space, and knowing colleagues’ personalities. By fostering connections with team members, managers can support personal and professional growth

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this episode, Leeza Klimetz, Director of Human Resources at TAPPI, discusses breaking the stigma in HR by embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. She emphasizes understanding employees’ needs, creating a total rewards package that is inclusive and attractive, and supporting DEI from the top down.

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this episode, Vytelle’s Director of Human Resources, Lynn Lobe, discusses her unique journey to HR leadership and the significance of empathy and opportunity in the workplace, the strategies and challenges involved in building an HR department from scratch, and managing global mobility, and the opportunities that combining her passion for animal science and HR provides beyond traditional roles.

Reading Time: 3 minutes In this episode, Blue Acorn iCi’s Chief People Officer, Erica Rooney, talks about how companies can create a positive workplace culture, why inclusivity is important for business success, and how to build trust with your employees.

Reading Time: 4 minutes This episode, DaCodes’ co-founder and CEO, Mauricio Moreno, talks about how he grew a company to over 50 employees, how staff responded to moving to remote working, and the benefits of hiring junior positions remotely.

Reading Time: 2 minutes This episode, Pinnacle Advertising’s Head of People Mary Wiliams talks about how leaders can show their team gratitude, how to keep staff engaged in a hybrid work model, and ways you can show your staff they’re valued without spending a lot of money.

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this episode, HireReach’s Project Manager Marlene Brostrom talks about the benefits of the skills-based hiring model, the ways employers make hiring decisions, and how to reduce bias in the hiring process.

Reading Time: 2 minutes This episode, SVP of People at Mach49 Kim Chaumillon talks about why she is skeptical of HR, the negative impacts of annual performance reviews, and how to utilize surveys to support data and analytics.

Reading Time: 3 minutes This episode, HR Member and Senior People Operations Consultant JaNaye Norman-Halligan talks about how to use data to inform people management, ways to implement healthy boundaries in the workplace, and how to identify the optics within an organization.

Reading Time: 2 minutes This episode, Deli Star’s VP of People and Culture Lisa Whealon talks about the problems with traditional benefits, the innovative and creative benefits she’s used to really make a difference to people’s lives, and how to offer low-cost benefits that have big impacts on employees