Nine To Thrive HR
Episodes
Employee Engagement Lives On Teams, But Teams Need Support Too
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Team members who believe they are receiving the support they need from their leaders are 20x more likely to be fully engaged. But how do you give team...
What Practitioners Really Need To Know About Employee Engagement
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peeling Back The Layers on Engagement: A 3-Part Series: If we all agree employee engagement matters, why do we find it so hard to measure and move? J...
Coaching, AI, Automation and the Future of Work
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coaching is an essential part of any development strategy, but it doesn’t always serve the employee where, when, and how they need it. In this episo...
Build Outstanding, Collaborative Virtual Teams
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve known for a long time that effective teams are indispensable to a high-performance organization, but how do we make this happen in a virtual o...
Upskilling, No-code Platforms, and Workflow Automation Are Transforming Work
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Repetitive, manual tasks rob your organization of productivity and de-motivate your people. Automating these processes used to mean hiring expensive d...
Responding to COVID and Managing Rapid Change at Delta Dental
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adapting to major change once is hard enough, but in 2020 we had to do it several times. In this episode, we talk with Sarah Chavarria, EVP, Chief Peo...
Learn How Critical Roles Drive Business Strategy
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Identifying and prioritizing critical roles is an essential part of the workforce planning process because it guides our focus and effort every step o...
Helping Managers Become Caring Leaders
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joe Dicianno, author of A Busy Leader's Guide for Caring Leadership, describes why CARING is the requisite for great teams. He shares practical an...
Applying the Standards for Human Capital Reporting
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Simmonds, Chairman of HCM Metrics, explains the origins and applications of the ISO International Standard for Human Capital Reporting. In this...
Tips for Trust and Collaboration among Remote Teams
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can you build trust within a hybrid workforce? What increases meaningful collaboration among remote teams? How have communication norms changed wi...
Ron Lovett Wants to Give Your Brain Back
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you empower and engage your people to perform at their best? This episode we’re speaking with Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Coach, Ron Lo...
Managing Your Culture Through Negative People
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you grow your culture in a way that maximizes organizational performance and helps your company deliver on its strategy? This episode, we’re ...
Diversity and Inclusion Enabled by Analytics
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity, equity, and inclusion issues are at the forefront of the world of work. But as your organization takes action, how will you know you’re m...
Maximizing the Ripple Effect of HR on the Entire Business
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can HR professionals reset their important work to make a greater impact for the business and its people? On this episode, we speak with Chris Mul...
Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with People Analytics
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity and belonging are front and center at many organizations today. But making progress is much more difficult without an accurate picture of wh...
Develop Your Influencing Skills
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Ahearn, Chief Influence Officer at Influence People, defines what we mean by strong influencing skills and why they are important for HR profess...
Return to Work Strategies For A Rapidly Changing Environment
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can people analytics, scenario planning, and technology support your COVID-19 talent strategy? On this episode, we speak with Greg Pryor, Senior V...
Leading Through COVID-19 and Redeploying Talent
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most HR departments are facing a cluster of crises rather than a single challenge right now. How do we keep our heads above water? How can we make the...
How to Use Technology to Build Connections and Improve Engagement
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Improving employee engagement is a challenge in today’s workforce and programs tend to prioritize surveys and reports over action. Lindsay Lagreid, ...
New Methods to Increase Employee Engagement and Performance
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maximizing performance and engagement is key to the success of individuals, teams, and organizations. In this episode, we speak with Amy Harrison of F...
People Analytics for Leadership Development
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Waber, Ph.D. President and Co-Founder of Humanyze defines organizational health and describes why it is so important for leadership development. H...
Continuous Performance Management at Southwest Airlines
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, talent development leaders from Southwest Airlines describe how their continuous performance management process is critical for busin...
Intentional Culture as a Competitive Advantage
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows culture matters, but many HR leaders are unsure how to influence and evolve it. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Liz Pavese-Kaplan, S...
Growth and Opportunity for All with Internal Mobility
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Quackenbush, Chief HR Officer at Vonage, describes her organization’s internal mobility program and the impact it has had on engagement and re...
HCI Faculty Office Hours: Helping HR Lead Change
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Craib, Senior Faculty member at HCI, describes the Strategic HR capabilities needed by HR professionals to influence and lead change during these...
Inspiration as a Resource: Driving Higher Purpose for Engagement and Business Outcomes
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Holzer, Author, “Dare to Inspire: Sustain the Fire of Inspiration in Work and Life,” describes the connection between purpose, inspiration...
Planning and Executing New Certification Programs
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you design learning to be effective, relevant, and engaging? In this episode, we speak to Lynsey Duncan of D2L and Kara Mitchelmore, CEO of the...
Intel's New Approach to Talent Pipelines
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talent acquisition is in a tight spot. It's a candidate's market, and the candidates know it. Not only are employers struggling to fill key roles, the...
Will Self-Sovereign Identity and Blockchain Build the New Talent Marketplace?
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges when hiring a new employee is verifying their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Too often, a well-padded resume and a ch...
Sink Or Swim: A Financial Wellbeing Life Vest For Your Workforce
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Rachael Chesley of Purchasing Power reveals ways to help workers -- and organizations -- swim through today’s financial waves. Emp...
Being Productive And Focused While Sheltering In Place
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded deep below the surface of the earth in a studio sound-proofed with extra toilet paper. We talk with Chris Bailey on how to adjust to the chal...
Raising HR's Analytics Game
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The language of business is data. HR needs to speak it if it hopes to make a strategic contribution. In this episode, we catch up with HCI Faculty Mem...
HCI Faculty Office Hours With Mark Hacker: The Evolution Of The HRBP Role
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Senior HCI Faculty Member, Mark Hacker, share his perspectives and wealth of experience about the responsibilities and critical skills of th...
Bad Job Postings Are Costing You Great Candidates
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When's the last time you read an inspiring job posting? We'll wait. While we were waiting, we recorded this episode of Nine to Thrive HR with Katrina ...
Making the Case for Strategic HR
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Talent is the only sustainable source of competitive advantage in the modern economy. That's a lot of pressure on HR don't you think? In this episode,...
Planning for the Digital Workforce
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Digital trends in the economy are increasing the demand for digital skills in nearly every industry. Sounds like another workforce planning nightmare ...
Strategic Workforce Planning: An Introduction
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is strategic workforce planning and, perhaps more importantly, what is it not? Why does it matter and how do the best organizations use it to clo...
Scenario Planning: An Antidote to Uncertainty
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Workforce planning never was easy, but in an age of uncertainty and shifting priorities predicting and prioritizing future talent needs is acutely cha...
Developing Leaders' Inclusive Mindsets and Actions
05 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cheree Aspelin, Director of Culture and Inclusion at Lubrizol, stresses the importance of an inclusive mindset for leaders. She shares how it can be d...
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Lessons from Special Operations
29 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chaveso “Chevy” Cook is a Major in the U.S. Army, a former instructor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at United States Mil...
Deloitte Insights Report: There’s A Lot More That Leaders Need To Do
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Changes in work are impacting leadership trends and leadership development altogether, and new expectations that employees have of leaders will evolve...
Achieving Strategic Alignment with Your Business
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We want to believe that a great strategy will win the day but, if people don’t understand it and how it applies to them, the rubber never meets the ...
How Online Reference Checking Translates Time into Money
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the right HR technology, including online reference checking, AAA Alliance Club is able to save a lot of money by simply saving time. Technology ...
Overcoming Fear of Feedback
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To develop people and grow organizations, performance management processes must center on a model for continuous, high-quality feedback. Feedback is s...
Key Elements of a Leadership Development Program Done Right
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know you’ve achieved greatness in your leadership development program when it helps deliver top candidates and retains high-performers. But ther...
When Employees are Stressed Out: Social Science Solutions for Better Productivity & Engagement
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Financial stress, relationship stress, all kinds of stress … all stress impacts employees’ abilities to focus on their jobs and do their best work...
The Way to Boost Wellbeing for Women in the Workplace
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
During a time of low engagement and high stress at work, Google’s Learning and Development team got some survey results that prompted serious change...
Talent Acquisition Challenges and Changes
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this competitive candidates’ market, organizations are doing all they can to attract, recruit, and retain talent. This podcast features Deb Wolfs...
Inclusive Diversity at Work: What's Data Got to do with It?
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Inclusive diversity is one of the most important parts of talent management strategy, but there must be a reliable reason behind the madness. Successf...
Digital Transformation and the Talent Acquisition Landscape
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Top HR leaders say that getting ahead of change is crucial for their thriving organizations. It’s natural to expect innovation, but today, it’s ab...
Measuring Learning ROI on a 'Glocal' Level
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Sarpalius of Uber joins the podcast to discuss the challenges of measuring the impact of learning and development programs in a global organizati...
Activity to Outcome: How to form your D&I Strategy
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations have goals to be diverse, inclusive, and fair, but find that their good intentions do not lead to the wanted outcomes. This podcast...
The Human Revolution: Thriving in the Fourth Industrial Age
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amid an increasingly diverse and distributed workforce are shifting societal priorities, the growth of artificial intelligence and technology, an incr...
Including the Employee in Employee Engagement
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can you ensure that your engagement surveys are a vehicle for individual and organizational change? A holistic approach to engagement needs to be ...
Cultivating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion to Enable a Business Beyond Bias
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace has become a business, economic, and social imperative. Organizations that unleash the potential of diverse t...
Reference Checking Done Right with Tech
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The agony of reference checking, experts say, keeps talent acquisition professionals from going through the motions. They “give it the side eye” d...
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Novel Compensation Methods
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“Show me the money!” This iconic scene from the movie Jerry Maguire gets to a core factor of any job. Especially with access to social media and c...
Transforming Performance Management: 15 Lessons From 10 Years of Customer Engagements
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Performance Management is one of the necessary evils of management, but is there a way to make it less painful and more effective? Dr. Steven Hunt kno...
The Secrets of Motivation: Creating the Highest Quality Workplace Culture
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone in talent management seems to talk about employee engagement, which companies measure to predict important business outcomes. The problem? Mo...
The Peloton Model of Social Performance Management
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The adage is true: no man is an island. While individual performance is a standard metric, people are heavily influenced by those around them. This so...
Helping Employees Understand And Improve Their Financial Well-Being
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A large body of research supports the fact that well-being matters at work. But, what does that mean financially? Join us for this podcast where we go...
Why Companies Need To Put Employee Well-Being At The Top Of Their Priority List
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Many people think that employee well-being is a “soft” initiative. These same people would likely argue that their organization needs to focus on...
Strategic Workforce Planning and People Analytics Linked by Change, Tech and Data
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Workforce strategy and people analytics are “absolutely complimentary,” according to Aon’s Director of People Analytics, Neil Shastri. Strategic...
Performance Management Done Differently Outshines the Baseline
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Performance management is among the top areas where organizations must stay on the cutting edge of trends and developments in best practices. At its c...
Ambiguity In Your Office? Don’t Worry, Be Happy
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The frequency of change in our work world today can make feeling at ease seem impossible. How can you breathe easily, when you never know what change ...
Big Data Brings Big Change to the Recruiting Table
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders say data that’s associated with large databases can guarantee the right talent takes the right roles in your company, but using big data pro...
Everybody Needs a Backup Plan for Leadership Success
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership teams don’t stay the same for very long, meaning your company must be ready when succession plans ...well, don't go as planned. You’ve ...
Get Your Mind Right: Ride Out Change to Overcome Challenge
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders are put to the test every day when it comes to agility and being “mentally tough,” but the right mindset can determine if you sink or swim...
Science, Strategy, and Influence: What a Strategic Partnership Looks Like
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial-Organizational psychologist, Tiffany Poeppelman shares how HR and L&D professionals can be a strategic partner to the business. She speaks...
Finding Balance: Candidate Experience Combines People, Tech
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ensuring that today’s organizations deliver a positive candidate experience means HR professionals have to land in a happy medium – one that incor...
Unstoppable Culture: Get Your Talent Development Strategy Ready For Takeoff
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Free Gift: http://unstoppablecultures.com/landingpages/hci/ Organizational culture might just be the next big thing in your company’s leadership an...
“Day Zero” is The New “Day One” for Onboarding, Engagement
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When fresh, new faces of top talent join your team, the best onboarding practices begin before the employee’s first day with your workforce. The ti...
Applying the Three I's in Teams: Intention, Interaction, and Influence
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Teams are so ubiquitous in the workplace that we often don’t give much thought to the teams we are a part of. HCI researchers' 2017 Talent Pulse d...
Leadership: Engaging Buyers One Sale at a Time
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Buyers are more likely to respond well to sellers who behave like leaders, according to research, which means they must adopt the same approaches and ...
Purpose Fuels Engagement, Well-Being At Work (and outside of work)
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When your company is packed with purpose, it makes a real difference in the workday, and in employees’ lives after office hours. A purpose-driven or...
Wait… So Feedback Should Start with a Question?
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Performance leadership transformation mean’s a new kind of leader is in town: one who thrives in being purpose-driven, curious and agile. Today’s ...
Competing for Top Talent in a Scarce Environment
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a tight labor market, innovative organizations are experimenting with new ways to out-recruit the competition. Carol McDaniel of Johns Hopkins All ...
HR’s Role in #MeToo
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The #MeToo movement is gaining critical momentum, but how should organizations – and the HR function – respond? Employment law attorney Jessica Ch...
Setting Expectations for the Learning Function
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Juliana Stancampiano, CEO of Oxygen shares recommendations on how to work with the business to produce valuable, timely, and relevant learning content...
Small Groups Are Behind Big Ideas for Inclusive Diversity
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Conferences are great for sharing the latest, most innovative ways to make a difference at your workplace, for your workforce. When it comes to divers...
Tough Conversations: It Takes Two To Tango
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tough conversations at work, most people would say, are uncomfortable, difficult and scary. What if they damage relationships, put a dent in careers o...
Learning, Engagement: Do More For The Modern Workforce
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Almost everyone works with or near an internet connected device, according to a recent HCI webcast, which means we work with almost no constraint on l...
Recognition and Retention: Fighting Turnover with Technology
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Compensation has little to do with an employee’s decision to leave a company, suggesting that recognition (or lack thereof) plays a much bigger role...
Measuring Sentiment: Behaviors Shed Current, Future Light On Employee Performance
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What do customer behavior and employee performance have in common? They both can be seen through the same lens, and when analyzed, inform organization...
The Role of Employee Recognition: Change, Augmentation and Relevance
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s workforces are undergoing major transformation thanks to shifts in workforce dynamic, which means the approach to recognizing employee perfo...
Sensing Technology, Data Put People Analytics in a New Perspective
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard that basketball players wear sensors on their clothing that provide data that coaches use to analyze players’ movement, body stre...
Low Cost, High Impact Onboarding Programs
12 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Reese, PhD shares her experiences and recommendations for building onboarding programs with her clients. In this 15 minute podcast interview, yo...
All Hands on Deck for Strategic Workforce Planning Success
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Workforce planning has a remarkable impact on business success, and it’s become quite the priority for organizational leaders today. Workforce plann...
Digital Literacy: Adopt, Adapt and Dive Right In
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When technology first introduced new devices and new approaches to users everywhere, it didn’t take long at all for boundaries to be pushed, especia...
Workforce Planning And The Rest Of The World: Times They Are A-Changin’
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s world is hard to predict and the world at work follows suit. Just when you think you have a plan in place, change instantly does away with t...
Crafting Holistic Employee Experiences
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica McFeron from KinderCare Education at Work and the HCI research team discuss the actions your organization can take to help employees successfu...
Turning Workforce Guesswork Into Talent Science Part 3: Empowering Our Collective Data
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The future of work includes teams of talent that are empowered by existing knowledge and make the most of it, says ProFinda’s Director of Customer S...
Content Marketing and EVP to Build Talent Pipelines and Employee Engagement
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Online communication creates relationships through digital interaction. When those online messages are sent in the form of content marketing, your dig...
Building a Coaching Culture at Ernst and Young
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Hooker, who is the Former Americas Chief Talent Development Officer for EY, describes the gradual process of building a strong coaching culture...
The Secret To Growth And Development, And Just Enough Fun At Work
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you work for a company that values growth and development so highly that 6,000 hard working employees volunteer their time to make it happen, you’...
Turning Workforce Guesswork Into Talent Science Part 2: Ensuring Success
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The intimidation that comes with talent management can be reduced with the help of new solutions – answers to leaders’ questions about making sure...
Candidate Experience: Take Time To Get It Right
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Candidate experience can make…or break…your organization’s relationships with people, and its ability to attract, engage and retain top performi...
Breaking the Rules to Drive Success
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Conformity is a productivity killer. In this podcast, Harvard professor and author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life...
Where Do You Want To Go: Reaching Your Company’s Ideal Maturity State
16 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Your company will produce the best business results when it’s learning and talent management processes are top notch. Before development of processe...
A CEO's Take on Results-Driven Conversation
08 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fifteen years after the launch of her first book, Fierce CEO, and founder Susan Scott has revised Fierce Conversations, which is inspired by more than...