Childless Employee Policies with Sandy Michelet

The guest this time is Sandy Langhart Michelet, Director of Human Resources at Sparkhound and speaker at the SHRM Talent Conference happening today in Orlando, Florida.Sandy joined Sparkhound in 2014 with 20 years of senior human resources leadership, including tenure at a Fortune 500 company, experience in the public sector, and work in both the healthcare and technology industries. Sandy leads Sparkhound’s people-focused strategies and initiatives to develop a high-performing, engaged culture. Sparkhound works with clients to help them make better use of business technology. They help mid-market companies that often find themselves needing to improve their use of technology and IT services in order to realize business efficiencies, discover better processes for carrying out the work they do, improve outputs, reduce overhead, and positively impact their bottom line.Questions For Sandy Include:Who are your HR heroes and why? Sparkhound helps clients harness the power of technology. So what are your thoughts on the rise of generative AI such as ChatGPT in the workplace? How will generative AI impact HR?Tell us about your session at SHRM Talent, 'Do Your Unofficial Childless Employee Policies Impact Your Recruiting and Retention?'. Share some of the hoped-for learning outcomes.More About SandyWith responsibilities including performance management, organizational development, employee relations, talent acquisition, compensation, and benefits, she embraces two Sparkhound core values essential to the creativity and individuality that define a Sparkie: “Create Value” and “Have Fun.” Sandy is actively engaged in the human resources community and frequently serves as a keynote and session speaker for multiple local and national HR conferences and associations. She is the immediate past State Director Elect of Louisiana SHRM. Sandy previously served as President of GBRSHRM in 2013 and is currently the co-chair of the GBRSHRM Fall Conference. She holds both the Senior in Professional Human Resources designation and the SHRM-SCP. She earned a master’s degree in workforce development from the University of Southern Mississippi and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University where she proudly served as a member of the LSU Tiger Band.  We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   Support the showFeature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.Follow us on LinkedInSubscribe to our newsletterCheck out our in-person events