Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over 6 weeks. Welcome to Part 2 of our performance reviews topic in which we’ll share some serious 'Insider Actions' in the form of actionable tips to level-up your performance reviews , and an example of a company that are nailing things in the performance management department. Questions or comments on today's episode? Tweet us at @TalentsoftGroup As mentioned in this...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over 6 weeks. We're now onto our 4th topic in the employee lifecycle and in today's episode we talk performance reviews. We kick off this topic by answering a few questions: What is performance management? And what are performance reviews (or performance appraisals)? Why does it matter? Plus, a great ‘did you know’ section, followed by the ‘Outsider Outpouring’ and the...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over 6 weeks. Welcome to Part 2 of our (remote) employee onboarding topic in which we’ll share some serious 'Insider Actions' in the form of actionable tips to level-up the onboarding experience you're providing to new hires, and an example of two companies that are nailing things in the employee onboarding department (hint: it's our friends at Buffer!). Questions or...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over 6 weeks. In today's episode we tackle our third step in the employee lifecycle - (remote) onboarding. We kick off this topic by answering a few questions: What is onboarding? Why does it matter? Plus, a great ‘did you know’ section, followed by the ‘Outsider Outpouring’ and the debunking of two onboarding myths. Questions or comments on today's episode? Tweet us at...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over the next 6 weeks. Welcome to Part 2 of our Candidate Experience topic in which we’ll share some serious 'Insider Actions' in the form of actionable tips to level-up the experience you're providing to candidates and applicants, and an example of two companies that are nailing things in the Candidate Experience department.  Questions or comments on today's episode? Tweet...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over the next 6 weeks. In today's episode we tackle our second step in the employee lifecycle - Candidate Experience. We kick off this topic by answering a few questions: What is Candidate Experience? Why does it matter? Plus, a great ‘did you know’ section, followed by the ‘Outsider Outpouring’ and the debunking of two Candidate Experience myths. Questions or comments on...

Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over the next 6 weeks. Welcome to Part 2 of our Employer Branding topic in which we’ll share some serious 'Insider Actions' in the form of actionable tips for your employer branding strategy and an example of a company that is nailing things in the Employer Brand department.  Questions or comments on today's episode? Tweet us at @TalentsoftGroup As mentioned in this...

Welcome to the start of season 2 of The Ins & Outs of Work! Join your favorite 'HR Insider' and 'HR Outsider' as we go back to basics and run through 6 fundamental topics in HR over the next 6 weeks. In today’s episode we go to the very start of the employee lifecyle - Employer Branding. We kick off the topic of Employer Branding by answering a few questions: What it is? What's the difference between Employer Brand and Employee Value Proposition? Plus, a great ‘did you know’ section,...

It’s summer time! And that means it’s time to brush up on the fundamentals. .   In this second season of our podcast, we’ll feature a part 1 and a part 2 each week. Yep, that’s 2 episodes per week (released on Mondays and Thursdays). Starting August 2, we'll be releasing our new series of short, sharp episodes (10 min max) that will revisit 6 fundamental topics in HR. Together, they’ll take you step-by-step through the full employee lifecycle.  6 fundamental HR topics over 6...

Season 1 of The Ins and Outs of Work has come to an end! Join us for this quick outro episode where we revisit some of the highlights of season 1 and give a short preview of what's to come in season 2, just around the corner! We'll be back soon for season 2 and it'll be better than ever!

In this episode, we take a closer look at the term 'anticipatory organizations' - what does it mean? Essentially, technology-driven change is only accelerating, but businesses and HR teams need to realize that moving fast in the wrong direction is not the answer. Perhaps agility (a very common term in HR today) needs to be combined with an ability to 'anticipate' future trends and changes before they happen - hence the term 'anticipatory'. To give her views on this topic, we were joined...

Hiring and candidate experience processes can be tricky to get right in a remote setting. As human beings, we rely heavily on interpersonal signals, body language and the experience of actually meeting someone when making big decisions like whether to accept a new job. The same could be said of recruiters and hiring managers, who certainly use these very human cues in their process of selecting the right candidate. Not being physically face-to-face with someone during the hiring process is...

2020 saw the huge majority of the world's knowledge workers go full-remote. And even if many are back in the office now (in some capacity), remote work is here to stay. In the same vein as remote work, but taking a slightly different angle on it, is the 'Work from Anywhere' movement. It's a topic our guest has been studying for many years. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, was studying the growing Work from Anywhere movement long before the...

In this episode we’re joined by Maura Nevel Thomas, an award-winning international speaker, trainer, and author on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on the topic of attention management.  She helps driven, motivated knowledge workers manage their attention and regain control over the details of their life and work.   Maura has trained thousands of individuals at hundreds of organizations (like Dell, Old Navy and L’Oreal) on...

In this episode we tackle the topic of productivity. The traditional hallmarks of a productive workplace are changing – and it certainly has nothing to do with being present in a physical office 8 hours per day, 5 days per week anymore. But what makes for a productive workplace today? If productivity is no longer just about ‘doing the hours’, how are innovative organizations seeing it?   Today’s guest, Nicole Miller, is here to tell us about her company’s experience of moving to a...

People Experience (or Employee Experience)...it determines not only if an employee stays with your company, but also if they perform at their best and reach their full potential. So it's a pretty big topic for organizations to make sure they get right! The thing is, as we all know, the very nature of 'work' changed pretty dramatically in 2020. So: What are some key priorities in people experience for 2021?How do HR departments need to adapt the experience for their people given our...

Together, the HR department and an organization's managers form a formidable partnership! When they're in sync, connected and speaking the same language, great things happen. But when they're not, progress can be tough. This week's episode focuses on the changing role of the manager, specifically, in 2021 and their relationship with the HR department. How is the manager's role changing in 2021? How can HR better support the evolution of the manager? What is the 'connector' manager? And...

Change is the only constant. HR professionals know this especially well! But what does it take to manage transformation and change in an effective way? What does (or should) transformation really look like in 2021, and what is the HR department's role in driving it? To answer these questions and more, we spoke with Rishita Jones of NRG HR. Rishita is an HR transformation advisor and coach, based in Amsterdam, focused on helping her clients create happy, healthy and engaged workplaces...

Employee wellbeing and mental health are more important than ever. Especially given the affect of lockdowns, remote work and ovewhelming stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic globally, these topics are coming to the very forefront of HR. Organizations must not just react, but be able to respond with long-term strategies that empower employees. But do organizations really know how their people are doing? Do they have the processes and systems in place to actually get a sense of how their...

Erik van Vulpen, CEO of the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR), joins us to discuss the changing role of the HR department in 2021. With the events of 2020, HR was thrust into an even more strategic position. By and large, for example, CEOs and CHROs formed the committee to tackle Covid-19 in most organizations. This year and beyond, could HR seize the opportunity to drive further organizational transformation, given its even more central role on the strategy side of businesses?  Erik van Vulpen...

How are organizations using HR data differently in 2021? What’s the role of expanded data collection and how are some organizations trying to measure productivity? What does this mean for the privacy of employees? And what about data collection to support workforce planning? Join Neelie and Joe as they catch up with Rebecca Wettemann, Principal at Valoir. Valoir provides research and advisory services to business and technology leaders with a focus on the relationship between people and...

This week, we're joined by Fosway Group's Head of Research, David Perring, as we zoom in on the findings from a recent Fosway survey - the 'Reskilling Revolution'.  Fosway Group is a European HR Industry Analyst focused on Next Gen HR, Talent and Learning. For over 20 years, Fosway Group have been analyzing the realities of the market, and providing insights on the future of HR, Talent and Learning. As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the skills of employees have never been more...

sennder is Europe’s leading freight forwarder, offering shippers access to their connected fleet of thousands of trucks. And they've undergone something of a meteoric rise - to give you an idea of scale and success, since being founded in 2015, Sennder has raised more than $260 million, and is now valued at over $1 billion. Mergers and Acquisitions have been a major lever in their growth, and in this episode we discuss the implications of these on their company culture - in June...

What does it mean to have a culture of learning? What would it look like in practice? Does your organization have that kind of culture? And why is 2021 the year for organizations to double down on learning, training and upskilling.? To discuss all of this, in this episode we speak with professional coach, author, entrepreneur and co-founder of Sparkus Digital Coaching Platform, Ozlem Sarioglu. In 2019, Ozlem was recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF) with the “ICF Young...

On today’s episode we talk about Company Culture in 2021 and Drift's journey to go digital-first. Culture is kind of an intangible thing. Some describe it as the organization’s personality; you can’t see it physically, it can be difficult to measure - but you know if you have it. And you know when you don’t! The events of 2020 no doubt had some big impacts on company culture! Joining us to discuss this today is Dena Upton - Chief People Officer at Drift, responsible for the company’s talent...