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Practical advice for mid-level HR professionals navigating real workplace challenges. Weekly interviews with experts who deliver solutions and insights you can actually use.
Episodes
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- Workplace Investigation: The COST · 15 minHow much does a workplace investigation cost? Andrea Adams breaks down the real hours and hourly rates behind a harassment investigation so employers can budget with confidence…
- Workplace Investigation: When Someone Lies · 18 minFalse allegations in workplace investigations are somewhat rare. Or are they? HR professionals need to know how to recognize and handle a bad faith complaint when one comes up…
- How to Run Effective Stay Interviews · 21 minStay interviews are not just to keep employees who are thinking about leaving. They help HR and leaders gather employee insights to build a better organization. Juli Prizant…
- Compensation Systems - A Complete Guide · 28 minBuilding an effective compensation framework is essential for creating fair compensation systems, having something defensible and sustainable, meeting pay transparency…
- Systems Thinking in HR · 24 minHR has a a lot of processes. Together they make systems. Each program must connect directly back to core business goals and the business strategy. Former VP of HR Jim Utley…
- Organizational Conflict: You Don't Have to Terminate or Performance Manage · 24 minConflict resolution is the option most organizations skip when two employees stop being able to work together. Chartered mediator Michelle Phaneuf explains how facilitated…
- Contractor or Employee? Explaining the Difference · 16 minIndependent contractors are easier than employees right? Flexibility, less risk. So many employers create that contract AND unknowingly create legal, financial, and tax…
- How to create an HR Strategy that will actually work · 14 minMost HR strategy fails because HR confuses their programs with actual business impact. In this conversation, Ranya Nehmeh, founder of Elevare HR Advisory and former HR leader at…
- Job Analysis for the AI Era · 26 minJob analysis provides the foundational framework needed for many activities of HR. It also will help you understand work and adapt your workforce as artificial intelligence…
- Communicate Well - Even When You Feel Like a Fraud · 33 minGoing into a presentation and feeling terrible? Watch this. You can do it AND do a good job. Building workplace confidence and executive communication skills is essential for…
- 5 Plays for Psychological Safety · 30 minThere are specific and tangible ways to build psychological safety on teams and help your clients do it too. Leadership consultants Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman share five…
- The Problem with HR Strategy · 15 minYou think you have an HR strategy but you don't. Because strategy is not a list of programs. You have a strategy when you create something aimed at concrete business outcomes…
- How to fix a dysfunctional manager - get to the root · 27 minHR is failing when we look at problems narrowly: accepting a manager's convenient opinion that the employee is the problem. This episode looks at how human resources…
- HR Strategy - Looking Outside our Organizations · 27 minMost of us spend our days heads-down focusing on our immediate work - compensation, hiring, performance management, employee issues... But HR leaders need to look up - and out…
- [SMB Essentials] Holding Clear Performance Conversations · 11 minPerformance management conversations can be stressful. This video should help. If you are nervous about it, you have probably been avoiding it and avoidance will not solve the…
- Formalizing Support for HR Wellbeing · 26 minResearch reveals a worrying trend regarding the wellness of HR. While HR professionals are tasked with managing company culture and supporting workforce wellness, the vast…
- How to Build a People-Focused Culture · 21 minBuilding a positive work environment requires more than just corporate perks or collaboration values on a wall. Josh Block, President of Block Imaging, joins the show to discuss…
- What is Constructive Dismissal? · 16 minConstructive dismissal is an often-discussed but rarely-realized part of employment law where fundamental changes to a role can lead to significant employer liability. This…
- HR's Role in AI-Driven Change · 27 minImplementing AI is different than other types of software. Globalization Partners (G-P) Head of HR Laura Maffucci shares her lessons from navigating an AI mandate, handling…
- [SMB Essentials] Discipline and Managing Workplace Conduct · 13 minImplementing a clear progressive discipline policy ensures that your organization handles employee performance issues fairly and legally. This episode covers this essential HR…
- Severance Law for Canadian HR Professionals · 27 minCalculating severance pay in Canada requires understanding the difference between statutory minimums and common law reasonable notice. In this episode, employment lawyer Brady…
- EQ and the Art of Influence · 25 minMany professionals wonder why others with less technical skill seem to get further in their careers. The answer often lies in their ability to build influence and trust through…
- Workplace friendships: Why they're so important · 28 minWorkplace friendships are pretty important: they are a primary driver of employee engagement and retention. And, of course, just a nice workplace where people actually want to…
- [SMB Essentials] Managing Employee Complaints During Performance Reviews · 9 minWhen an employee responds to a performance improvement plan with a formal complaint, it can feel like a calculated move to avoid accountability. This video explains why these…
- Workplace Investigations: 6 Steps to a Defensible Process · 25 minConducting a workplace investigation is about much more than finding someone guilty. To protect your organization, you need a defensible, neutral process that can withstand the…
- Pay Transparency 2026: What HR Needs to Know · 27 minPay transparency is no longer just a "nice to have" feature for job postings: in many provinces and states, it is now a legal requirement. It's not enough to add the numbers to a…
- The Myth of Organic Company Culture · 21 minCompany culture is ignored too often as a focused activity of HR. And it's rare to find someone who has a system for intentionally shaping culture. Nadia Uberoi, Head of People…
- [SMB Essentials] Handling Employee Complaints - The Draining Kind · 11 minManaging employee complaints in a small business can quickly become a demanding role that drains your decision-making energy. If you find yourself frustrated by constant venting…
- Hiring - An Evidence-Based Approach (w. Dr. Nita Chhinzer) · 24 minStop hiring for the wrong things. When you hire, are you actually screening for success, or just a polished resume and a good interview that ticks the experience and credentials…
- Emotional Labour in HR (w. Dina Denham Smith) · 30 minEmotional labour is the unwritten work of managing your feelings and the emotions of others to be effective in the workplace. HR professionals and leaders often act as "toxin…
- [SMB Essentials] How to handle employee complaints - the LEGAL kind · 16 minComplaints from employees can be intimidating for any leader, but especially in an SMB where you don't have HR or anyone in HR with this kind of depth. This episode breaks down…
- People First Culture - How Caring for Employees is a Performance Multiplier (w. Josh Block) · 21 minBuilding a people first culture is an aspiration for many in HR and leadership. But we struggle to close the gap between our good intentions and the actual impact on people. In…
- The Future of L&D (w. Josh Cardoz) · 26 minThere is trepidation in the learning and development community right now. With AI shifting the landscape daily, many are asking: What will the role of an L&D professional be in…
- Emotional Intelligence for HR (with Jen Shirkani) · 30 minWe’ve all seen the 'Brilliant Jerk'—the executive who delivers high-impact results but leaves a trail of cultural destruction and turnover in their wake.In today’s episode, I…
- [SMB Essentials] How to Onboard a New Employee · 9 min~ 30% of your new hires will leave before the 90-day mark.Unless you onboard properly. You’ve already done a lot: you spent thousands on recruitment, vetting, and interviewing…
- Connection at Work: The Business Issue No One Is Talking About (w. Ryan Jenkins) · 27 minThe lack of connection within workplaces is more than a sad fact —it’s a serious business issue impacting performance. It's dollars left on the table. In this episode, Ryan…
- Wellness Programs Weren't Built for Parents—Here's What Works (with Dr. Rosina McAlpine) · 23 minMost wellness programs weren't built with parents in mind. Gym memberships and meditation apps don't help much when you're managing work deadlines while your kid is home sick. Or…
- HR is Not Well: Survey of HR Wellbeing (w. Dr. Jo Burrell) · 25 minWellness at work is easy to talk about, but the actual data is a disaster. These are the groundbreaking findings from clinical psychologist Dr. Jo Burrell’s 2025 survey into the…
- The HR Guide to Reading any Room (w. Dina Denham Smith) · 27 minHR probably deals with more emotional situations than any other department. Angry employees storming into your office sure about what we are supposed to do, leaders who are…
- Build Better Intergenerational Teams - And Stop Blaming (with Cam Marston) · 24 minHow many meetings have you sat through where someone blamed "those gen z's" or "okay boomer'd" their way out of a real conversation? Generational researcher Cam Marston is back…
- DisruptHR - How HR Can Lead Transformation (with Jennifer McClure) · 45 minJennifer McClure founded DisruptHR 12 years ago. Since then, over 10,000 people have taken the stage at events worldwide to share ideas about work and the workplace. In this…
- 2025 HR Trends that Will Continue into 2026 · 44 minPodcast Description: It's the end of 2025 and Angela Nguyen from The Leader Within Podcast and I are compared notes. What themes kept showing up in our conversations this year…
- How to do Reference Checks (with James Lord) · 29 minReference checks: the hiring step everyone does but most recruiters think is dumb. In this episode, James Lord breaks down what HR professionals can do differently to actually…
- How to Hire Good Employees - in the Age of AI · 25 minWe all want to hire the right person, but what if the skills you're looking for today won't matter in six months because AI is changing so much? In this episode, I talk with…
- Virtual Team Events - What Works (And Doesn't Suck) · 28 minVirtual team building could make anyone cringe. The invite shows up, eyes roll, and half the team is suddenly googling "how long does food poisoning last". And most of us in HR…
- Payroll Basics For HR Professionals · 24 minIf you're in HR and deal with payroll - or just need to work closely with them - getting this wrong can damage your career. Steven Van Alstine from the National Payroll Institute…
- What HR Strategy Alignment Actually Looks Like - with Nadia Uberoi · 22 minIs your HR strategy isn't aligned with your business strategy? You might think it is, but when Nadia Uberoi walks through what alignment actually looks like - the quarterly…
- Restructuring and Job Loss: The Impacts of Market Trends (with Dr. Nita Chhinzer) · 30 minWhy can't employers find workers when talented people can't find jobs??Dr. Nita Chhinzer from the University of Guelph joins me to unpack what's happening in job markets right…
- Generation Numb: Exhaustion and Overwhelm in the Workforce - with Josh Cardoz · 25 minFeeling overwhelmed at work isn't the same as feeling burned out. What's happening right now might be worse. Josh Cardoz, Chief Creative and Learning Officer at Sponge, recently…
- Working Mom Burnout: The Impact on Organizations (with Dr. Rosina McAlpine) · 26 minWorking moms are burning out at higher rates than almost any other group in the workforce. The reasons are complicated, but it will clearly impact organizations. In this episode…
