HR Works

The mission of HR Works is to provide clear, relevant, actionable information on topics that matter to HR professionals through engaging and insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday: Boards Need HR Members Now

Guest: Naveen Bhateja, CHRO, Medidata Solutions Inc. Welcome back to HR Works Podcast’s 5-Minute Fridays. Today I am happy to share a few minutes of my recent interview with Naveen Bhateja, CHRO at Medidata Solutions as well as an HR tech advisor, investor, and board director. In this episode, we discuss why HR really should […]

HR Works Podcast: Why You Should Hire the Formerly Incarcerated

Guests: Harley Blakeman, Founder & CEO, Honest Jobs and Arthur Yamamoto, VP of Talent, Checkr, Inc. According to the World Prison Brief at PrisonStudies.org, the United States has the largest prison population in the world and the highest per capita incarceration rate. While we could discuss the ethics of such a system, today I’d rather […]

HR Works 5-Minute Friday: This HR Professional Likes Change

Guest: Carol Mackinlay, Chief People Officer, UserTesting If you are like me, you probably don’t like change. It’s an instinct for survival to keep on doing what works. Human Resources and that instinct are not particularly compatible. Change is the bread and butter of any HR role, and while that may put some like me […]

HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday: Iterate for Your Life

Guest: Nadia Vatalidis, Director of People, Remote.com In this episode of “HR Works 5-Minute Friday,” I’ll be sharing a portion of an interview I conducted a month or 2 ago with Nadia Vatalidis, the Director of People at Remote.com. We discuss, among other things, how essential iteration is for meeting the challenges of the pandemic and […]

HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday: HR Leading Through Influence

Guest: Nadian Zak, Senior Vice President of People, Vertava Health HR represents the middle ground between employees and employers. That gives HR a special kind of power that is neither from-the-top leadership nor that of a general employee. Rather, they have the power to influence both sides to reach their strategic outcomes. Today’s HR Works […]

HR Works Podcast: Star Wars is an HR Nightmare

What do poor diversity, hostile work environments, corporate espionage, and poor safety cultures have in common? They can all be found long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. Whether you are talking about the Empire, the Rebellion, or even the First Order, the organizations that populate the Star Wars universe have a lot […]

HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday: Celebrating Employees Work & Life Milestones

Guest: Karen Crone, CHRO at Paycor. Employers often recognize employees’ work milestones, but what about their life milestones? When organizations recognize life milestones, it shows they care about employees beyond their capacity as workers. Today, I am happy to share a few minutes of my recent interview with Karen Crone, CHRO at Paycor, about this […]

HR Works Podcast: Not All Background Checks Are Created Equal

Guests: Ofer Reiss, CEO & Owner of ProfCheck LTD, and David Garcia, the CEO of ScoutLogic. In this episode, we are going to discuss background checks. So many organizations require background checks on potential employees, and there are countless services out there to assist you. But not all background checks are equal, and there are […]

HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday: Don’t Accidentally Hire an Ax Murderer

Have you ever accidentally hired a terrorist? What about an ax murderer? Today I am happy to share a few minutes of my recent interview with two background check professionals. I’ve asked each to share with us their most interesting background check story, and they may shock you. If you enjoy this episode, make sure […]

HR Works Podcast: Evolving Benefits in an Evolving World

Today’s podcast is part of the HR Daily Advisor’s HR Employee Benefits Week which takes place all this week of April 19th. We’ll be offering unique and exciting content every day this week discussing, you guessed it, employee benefits. We’ll be examining everything from how the need for benefits has changed over the last year […]