My guest today is Dr. Candace Steele Flippin. She is a communications executive, a TEDx speaker and the author of the fantastic book Get Your Career in SHAPE: A Five-Step Guide to Achieve the Success You Need, Want, and Deserve. Dr. Candace and I talk about her game-changing career framework, the generational changes in work…
My guest today is Karina Monesson. She’s a writer, speaker and the senior manager of human insights, research and advisory, at UKG, the Ultimate Kronos Group. Karina joins us to talk about her research into megatrends, specifically gray-collar workers. In this episode, we talk about who these workers are, how they contribute to the economy…
Welcome to a bonus episode of Punk Rock HR! In this special episode, my guest is Lance Haun, vice president of market insights at The Starr Conspiracy and one of my oldest friends. This episode comes from a webinar where we talked about an exciting concept — the reverse mullet. Lance describes a traditional mullet…
Back in the day, people only lived until they were 50 or 60 years old. Their paths were pretty much the same. Be born, possibly get an education, and definitely go to work. For the lucky ones, they’d retire. The map of living has fundamentally changed as people live longer, some to 100 and beyond,…
In this episode, my guest is Steve Sonnenberg, co-founder and CEO of Awardco, the fastest-growing rewards and recognition platform in the world, ranked by Inc. Magazine for the last three years. The company has assisted many employers in creating a better way to recognize their workforce. And today, we are talking all about rewards and…
My guest today is Emily Gregory, chief growth officer at Crucial Learning. She is also the co-author of Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When the Stakes are High. You may have read this book at some point in your career, but there’s a third edition now available. In this episode, Emily and I talk about…
Welcome to a very special episode of Punk Rock HR. It’s our 200th episode, and I’m pleased to have my friend Don MacPherson join me at the mic to talk about something really important to me. In October 2021, my beloved cat Emma came down with pancreatitis. It was painful, aggressive, and her little body…
My guest today is Julie Turney. She’s an HR for HR coach, public speaker and host of the HR Sound Off podcast that is helping burned-out and frustrated human resource professionals take control of their careers. If that’s not enough HR for you, she’s also the author of a terrific book called “Confessions of an…
My guest in this episode is Susan LaMotte, founder and CEO of exaqueo, an employer brand consulting firm and agency. Susan and I have known each other for over a decade, and I am excited to have her on this episode to talk about employer branding strategies and much more. In this conversation, we talk…
If you’ve been with me for a while, you know that I am a huge supporter of advocating for yourself in your career and life. And my guest today, Joyel Crawford, knows a thing or two about that and about self-leadership. She is the bestselling author of the book “Show Your Ask!: Using Your Voice…