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Episodes
Manufacturing Management During Covid with Leslie Scott
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 35, Coffey talks with Leslie Scott of Mother Parker’s Tea and Coffee about Covid’s ongoing impact on the manufacturing environment. Thr...
Medical Practice Management During COVID with Kara Kelley
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 34 of Good Morning, HR, Coffey talks with Kara Kelley about how medical and dental practice management has changed during the pandemic. The...
The "Never Normal" Workforce with Ira Wolfe
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 33, Coffey talks with Ira Wolfe about the pandemic’s ongoing impact on recruiting and retaining employees, which Ira calls the “never n...
Leading Family-Owned Businesses with Jonathan Goldhill
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 32, Coffey talks with Jonathan Goldhill about the challenges and strategies of managing family-owned businesses. They discuss the entrepren...
Leadership Conversations with Richard Medcalf
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey talks with executive coach and consultant Richard Medcalf about strategy, leadership, and purpose. They discuss the the three components of lea...
Effectively Handling Terminations with Mallory Herrin
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey talks with HR consultant and author Mallory Herrin about terminating employees; the problems with delaying the decision; the importance of docu...
Understanding Public Sector HR with Julia Gannaway
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey discusses public-sector HR management and how it differs from the private-sector with attorney Julia Gannaway.They discuss the impact of the Fo...
Guns in Texas Workplaces with Vianei Braun
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey visits with attorney Vianei Braun about Texas’ revised handgun law’s implications for businesses.They discuss the history of Texas’ handg...
Workplace Mentorships with Garrett Mintz
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey discusses workplace mentor relationships with Garrett Mintz, a drug dealer-turned-business leader who works with companies to build their cultu...
Workplace Wellness and Vaccines with Johnette Van Eeden
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johnette Van Eeden and Mike Coffey discuss how employers’ attitudes toward employee wellness has changed over the last two decades due to changes in...
Understanding Business Financials
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding a business’ finances is fundamental to being a successful leader. In this conversation with Greg Crabtree, author of Simple Numbers an...
Talent Development in the Post-COVID Now Normal
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With all the talk of the Great Resignation, some companies are actually laying off people and today’s guest, Brian Hinchliffe, helps those professio...
The Art of Awkward
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coffey visits with Kristi Spaethe about having awkward but necessary conversations in the workplace. They discuss the challenges leaders face in givi...
Second Chance Employment
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Coffey and Cheri Garcia, who runs Cornbread Hustle--a staffing firm specializing in helping former offenders find work--discuss hirin...
The Role of Diversity in Product Design & Marketing
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity is a hot topic for employers today.Not only are businesses trying to diversify their employee population, they’re trying to develop servic...
The Cure for Stupidity: Using Brain Science to Explain Irrational Behavior
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many managers often have WTF moments. We give someone instructions as to what we want them to do and then, though some sort of ninja-esque mental gym...
Covid and Other Crisis Communications
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last couple years have been full of monkeys flinging poo at businesses’ reputations.Companies’ response to Covid last spring – do we go remo...
Why You're Probably Doing Performance Management Wrong
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If there is one thing that almost all employees and managers agree is broken in many workplaces, it is performance management.In many organizations, t...
Broadening Security Concerns in the Workplace
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks to personal security expert Jeff McKissack about violence inside and outside of the workplace and a few simple tools emplo...
Effective Workplace Investigations
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I discuss workplace investigations with employment law attorney Dan Stern. We discuss when a complaint warrants an investigation, how to determi...
Vaccines and the Workplace
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Given the hot mess that 2020 delivered, perhaps it is no surprise that 2021 has been the year of the Covid vaccine controversy. Some employees are afr...
Using Science to Create a Thriving Culture
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than ever, employers are struggling with employee engagement. Some businesses claim that remote employees are harder to manage and many surveys ...
Texas' New Strict Sexual Harassment Law
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On September 1, 2021, three major changes to the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act went into effect. These changes give those who have been the vic...
Using Behavioral Economics in Decision Making
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue to explore the hot topic of what the workplace will look like in the coming months and years. Many business leaders are ...
A Practical Conversation About DEI
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When intentional or unintentional road blocks are unnecessarily set in front of employees in the workplace, the entire organization suffers.And when t...
Effective Cybersecurity
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 1983 movie War Games introduced the concept of “hacking” to the general public.And in the ensuing four decades, we’ve seen massive online br...
The Future of Work
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Performance management in many organizations has evolved beyond job descriptions, annual reviews, and performance improvement plans.And, as the pandem...
Getting and Keeping a Strategic Mindset for Human Resource Professionals
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before ending her twenty-year management career as a C-level executive and beginning her career speaking, consulting, and training, Pam Boyd was a wel...
Navigate Team Dynamics Using Emotional Intelligence
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There was once a time when a leaders’ style was the blueprint for every interaction. Subordinates were expected to modify their own behavior in orde...
Are Microaggressions a Big Deal?
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Social justice warrior. Racist. Snowflake. White privilege.Over the last few years and particularly the past 18 months, conversations around race, gen...
Strategies to Get More Buy-In from the C-Suite
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as I’ve been in and around HR, I’ve heard HR professionals bemoan the fact that they don’t have a seat at the table.But when I look ...
The Workplace Psychological Contract
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do employers have responsibilities to employees beyond the explicit terms and conditions of employment and whatever statutory or regulatory requiremen...
The (Post?) Pandemic Workplace
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last year, many leaders have been wondering when business will get back to “normal.”But now the fact that a large portion of the populati...
How the Pandemic Exposed Bad Managers
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the pandemic wanes and employees across the US begin to return to the office, there is a lot of talk about the business lessons learned from the pa...
Are Employment Non-Competes Enforceable & Ethical?
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In his July 9th "Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy," President Biden encouraged the Federal Trade Commission "to curtai...
Good Morning, HR Trailer
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HR entrepreneur Mike Coffey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP engages business thought leaders about the strategic, psychological, legal, and practical implications of ...