In this episode, I have the pleasure of welcoming Stephanie Murdock, who has amassed over 24 years of experience in HR, primarily in the public sector of the Jamaican government. Stephanie shares her insightful journey, highlighting the lessons she learned while transitioning into private-sector HR. We delve into fascinating topics such as leading next-gen HR, tackling imposter syndrome, and the danger of losing one's identity in the HR field. Stephanie's resources: 📚 Beyond Performance 2.0 A...

Have you ever questioned your HR career, feeling like you've lost your way? Don't worry; you're not alone. In this week's episode, I have a special guest, Colin Mincy, who opens up about his journey of realigning his HR career through the power of self-reflection. Join us as Colin shares his captivating HR odyssey, offering a refreshing perspective and some eye-opening truth bombs about the often-neglected aspect of self-care within the HR profession. Get ready to be inspired and motivated as...

Step into the world of transformative HR leadership as we welcome Alexandre (Alex) Seiler to the sound booth. Alex, a global-minded executive and a strong advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), joins us to share his HR journey and what fuels his passion for the field in the current landscape. Get ready to glean valuable tips and tricks from Alex as he discusses creating a nurturing environment that fosters growth within your HR team. Discover his perspectives on...

I am thrilled to have Anitra St. Hilaire as my guest today. Anitra is an accomplished and values-based executive with over fifteen years of experience in human resources, talent, and operations. She has worked with start-up, for-profit, and non-profit organizations in the financial services, education, and digital media industries. In today's episode, Anitra shares her HR story and talks about the importance of developing business acumen for HR professionals. She provides valuable insights on...

The incredible Beth Elletson, a 3x Startup Founder and former MLB HR Executive, is joining us this week. With over 13 years of experience in leadership, talent management, sales, recruiting, training, career coaching, and HR, Beth has achieved top-ranking performance in corporate and startup environments. In this episode, we hear Beth's journey of navigating her HR career while growing her family and her experience of working for the Major League Baseball team, the Miami Marlins. But that's...

On this week's episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by Anita Grantham, the Head of HR at BambooHR. Anita is a culture champion who is dedicated to creating teams that inspire individuals to do their best work. During our conversation, Anita shares her journey of how she got into HR and the importance of prioritizing self-care. She also gives us a peek into what life is like at BambooHR and the steps they take to create an intentional people culture using their people data. Additionally, Anita...

In this week's HR Sound Off Podcast Show episode, we're thrilled to have Paula Walcott as our special guest. Paula is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Sagicor in Barbados, and she has a wealth of experience and expertise in various aspects of strategic and functional HR. Paula is a business-focused HR Professional who has successfully managed change during mergers and acquisitions while keeping the organization focused on the desired outcomes. She has also developed strong...

Welcome to another episode of the HR Sound Off Podcast Show. I'm excited to have Rachel Martinez with me today. Rachel is a seasoned bilingual Human Resources Professional with a legal background who believes that HR is more than just enforcing disciplinary procedures and handbooks. As a true curator of cultures, Rachel has partnered with leadership to establish and continuously improve awesome cultures and employee experiences in large companies and start-ups. Rachel has proven to be a key...

Join us on this week's episode as I sit down with Anthony Louis, a seasoned recruiter who's helped growth-stage companies hire, retain, and scale their organizations. With over 1,000 open roles filled, Anthony has partnered with CEOs and executive teams across various functions and industries. In addition, he'll share his talent strategy, headcount planning, and organizational development expertise.  In this episode, you'll also glimpse Anthony's life as an avid journaler, amateur...

Daniel Space, or you may know him as Dan from HR on TikTok, is a Senior HR Business Partner who describes himself as passionate and experimental in the HR field and discipline. In 2021 Daniel began creating HR Content on TikTok - focused on debunking destructive job search myths, writing optimal resumes, optimizing Linkedin and how Compensation works. As a fan of his content, I asked him to join me on the show, and he said yes! In this episode, we talk about the following: Creating HR content...

I found Alisha Parchment on Instagram, and I was instantly hooked on her content and personality. Alisha is a People Career and Performance Management Partner at Dassault Systemes. Her aim and purpose for this role is to provide clarity and guidance to employees and managers by coaching and advising on career development topics. Alisha wants individuals who work with her to realise their potential and the opportunities available on their respective journeys. Alisha also helps HR students,...

When it comes to attrition and retention, do you have all the answers? The truth is none of us has the solutions to every HR challenge that comes our way, which is why we need community.   Lizabeth Wesley-Casella joins me this week to share some practical tips and tricks to help you with retention and attrition. Lizabeth is the Founder & CEO of L-12 Services, which helps CEOs, owners, and operations professionals ensure their teams are poised for success, functioning at high capacity, and...

Amy Lavoie joins me for this week's episode, and she is breaking down why she loves focusing on people success. As an HR professional, I truly believe it is essential to do the things that make your heart sing because our profession can be very lonely and thankless. Amy shares her HR story and why she agrees with me when it comes to changing the title of the HR profession to people experience/success. Amy has spent her career studying, practicing, building, and evangelizing the science of...

Welcome to the HR Sound Off Podcast show created by an HR professional for HR professionals. This week I sat down with Tracy Avin. Tracy is an experienced Human Resources professional and a leader in building online communities around the needs of HR people. She has built a thriving community called TroopHR to make sure that HR people get access to the resources they need to do their jobs better. Tracy has spent the last 20+ years as an entrepreneur working at the intersection of HR,...

How can you be a successful HR professional in the startup world? How do you get your leadership out of the startup mindset when you have grown beyond a startup? Jennifer Armstrong-Owen describes herself as a strategic and operationally focused Talent and People Executive with significant experience building and leading in global environments. Passionately focused on people development and driving cultural change that elevates team members while achieving business goals and priorities. She...

Jane Ferré is the Executive Career Coach at Jane Ferré Coaching, a private outplacement firm for HR Directors to offer to their senior leaders whose roles are now redundant. Offering this external 1:1 support enables them to exit their people from the business with speed, dignity and grace so that everyone can move on with their heads held high. Jane joins me to share her HR story, and she gets real on some critical HR topics such as: HR taking their seat at the table Navigating your exit...

With almost 100% of HR professionals struggling with burnout, I felt it necessary to share another HR burnout story with you. So joining me in the sound booth this week is Charli Gamber, and we are talking about moving from burnout to brilliance.   Charli is the Owner/Independent Agent of Benefits With Heart where she serves employers by strategically setting up their benefits packages, allowing them to attract and retain the best and brightest. In addition, administering their benefits...

Cheryl DeSantis is the Chief People and Diversity Officer at the SmileDirectClub based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Cheryl describes herself as a purpose, and values-based leader and her values are courage, compassion, integrity and learning. She believes her purpose is to inspire and empower courageous transformation in leaders and to bring more empathy, love and kindness to the world. In this episode, Cheryl and I unpack what it means to have a coaching mindset in HR and how to be a more...

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 - from payroll & demographic to performance & engagement. They handle it extremely...

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 telecommunications industry. Excelling as a trusted senior management sparring partner and coach to develop...

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 the science behind what makes people happy at work matters, and why HR professionals should be...

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 and influence to elevate women in the profession. 📌 How sitting still can bring you to the...

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 thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. You can learn more about Spotlyfe by checking out their...

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 help you to develop or improve your recognition practices. It is always a pleasure to catch up...

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 the workplace 📌 How HR and DEI departments can use Inside Voices to raise DEI awareness in the...