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I Hate It Here — 151 episodes

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S13 E8: When Your Company Has an AI Tool, but Absolutely No Plan (with Val Jensen)

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S13 E7: Your Uncoordinated Org Restructure Is Giving Everyone Trust Issues (with Kaity Jacobsen)

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S13 E6: The AI Confidence Gap Nobody in HR Wants to Admit (with Theresa Fesinstine)

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The Leadership Divide (Episode 4): Trust, Belonging, and the Cost of Getting It Wrong

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S13 E5: The Group Hosts an Award Series and Starts a Cult with RyanMae McAvoy Pepin & Josiah Hernández

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The Leadership Divide (Episode 3): Performance vs. Potential

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S13 E4: Why HR Owns More Of Company Culture Than People Like To Admit (with Dani Herrera)

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The Leadership Divide (Episode 2): The Dark Side of Leadership

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S13 E3: Proof That The AI Productivity Obsession Is Making Everyone Worse (with Aubrey Blanche)

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The Leadership Divide (Episode 1): Leadership at an Inflection Point

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S13 E2: What If HR Stopped Playing Therapist and Started Designing Better Workplaces Instead? (with Stephanie Lemek)

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S13 E1: The Return of the Cackle Queens (with Jess Winder)

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S12 E10: A Few of My Own First-time F*ckups + Some Jaw-Dropping HR Horror Stories

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S12 E9: We Watched People Blow Up Their Lives on Summer House, and Our ATS Implementation Lowkey Feels Similar (with Madison Montgomery)

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AI Readiness Gap: Your Two-Year HR Preparedness Countdown Starts NOW (with DeAnn Alcantar & Kelly Pacatte)

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S12 E8: Why You Can't Build a World-Class Company With a Zip Code Mentality with Sagar Khatri

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S12 E7: Your First Time Joining a Startup With No HR or Systems…What Could Go Wrong?! (with Christine Song)

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AI Readiness Gap: The AI Competency You're Hiring for Today Might Not Even Exist Tomorrow with Kristin Russum

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S12 E6: We Regret to Inform You That This Episode Is About Firing People (with Jennifer Laurie)

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Better Decisions: It Turns Out, Ignoring Women's Health at Work is Extremely Expensive For Everybody (with Kembre Roberts and Kevin Fyock)

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S12 E5: Certified System Girlie Meets Another Certified System Girlie with Liz Clarke

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AI Readiness Gap: There's No True Playbook for AI Development, So Here's the Next Best Thing with Lauren Gregor

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S12 E4: The Emotional Tax of Doing HR Correctly with Stacey Nordwall

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AI Readiness Gap (Part 1): We're Not Ready (And That's Okay) with Parijat Sarkar

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S12 E3: Your Job is NOT Your Whole Personality, and We Need to Talk About It with Lauren Schneider

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Better Decisions: You're Data Rich And Decision Poor, And It's Showing with Doug Melton

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S12 E2: Courage Over Compliance: A Conversation We Should've Had Already with Keisha Toussaint

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Newsflash: You've Been Doing Compensation Wrong This Whole Time (with Candor IQ's Haris Ikram)

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Better Decisions: The Leaders Getting AI Right Are Doing Something Most Orgs Refuse to Do with Marinus van Driel

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S11 E10: Engagement Scores Don't Lie, But the Way You're Using Them Absolutely Does with Anne Maltese

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S11 E9: Your L&D Strategy Is Broken and No, a Workshop Won't Fix It with Hanan Sahourieh

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S11 E8: The Most Important Hire I Ever Made Ended Up Replacing Me with Morgan T. Stanley

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Better Decisions: We've Been Running Retirement Plans on Autopilot and It Shows with Melissa Elbert

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S11 E7: The Authenticity They Want vs. The You They Can't Handle with Madison Butler

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S11 E6: Your Old Playbook Died and Nobody Told You with Various Guests

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S11 E5: We're Rewriting Leadership Rules Because Yours Were Never Meant for Us with Amanda Litman

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S11 E4: Decentering Work: What Happens When Your Job Isn't Everything with Ayanna Kelly

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S11 E3: R.I.P. to Traditional Careers as we Know Them with Cassandra Babilya

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S11 E2: Is Industry the Most Honest Show About Modern Work? with Dave Garcia

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S11 E1: HR’s Ins and Outs (and What We’re Officially Done Tolerating) with Jessica Winder

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S10 E10: HR in 2026 - Wishes, Warnings, and Demands

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S10 E9: Toxic Workplaces are F*cking us up with Chris Hagood

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S10 E8: How Grief Breaks You, Then Remakes You with George Boone

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S10 E7: Proof Your Job Is Rewriting Your Personality in Real Time with Jessie Stettin

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S10 E6: How is Belonging SUPPOSED to Feel at Work? with Erica Lydell

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S10 E5: Shooting the Sh*t With My Direct Report with Madison Montgomery

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S10 E4: I Got Coached on Air and Survived with Mary Pat Jacobs

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S10 E3: Your Culture Can’t Outrun the News Cycle with Dave Garcia

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S10 E2: HR Horror Stories: Unhinged, Unfiltered, and Unfortunately Real with Jessica Winder

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S10 E1: The Cost of Motherhood Nobody Talks About with Erin Grau

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S9 E10: 50 Shades of Gray Areas in Policy with Stephanie Shuler

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S9 E9: The Hidden Tax of Being the "Only" at Work with Amina Gass

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S9 E8: No HR in Your Leadership Meetings? BIG Mistake with Ana King

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S9 E7: Work Isn't Set Up to Support Neurodiversity with Tameka Allen

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S9 E6: Is the Future of Work F*cked? with Aparna Rae

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S9 E5: No One Wants the Top Job Anymore with Ciara Lakhani

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S9 E4: 3 Career Wake-Up Calls You’re Ignoring (At Your Own Risk) with April Little

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S9 E3: CEO’s Gone Wild with Sarah Reynolds

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S9 E2: Why It’s Never Too Late to Pivot Careers with Ash Hynie

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S9 E1: I'm Burnt Out, Now What? with Eva Bak

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S8 E10: The Trust Paradox: Hard to Earn, Easy to Destroy, Impossible to Fake with Minda Harts

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S8 E9: Awakening Accessibility: A New Hope for Actually Including People with Lia Seth

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S8 E8: Culture or Cult? How to Spot (and Fix) Fake Work Environments with Latesha Byrd

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S8 E7: Your Leadership is a Joke (But Nobody’s Laughing) with Matt Poepsel

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S8 E6: The Corporate Hunger Games: May the Ass-Kissing Be Ever in Your Favor with Jessica Winder

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S8 E5: The Certainty Gap: Why Employees Feel Like They're Working Blindfolded with Kat Kibben

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S8 E4: Compensation Clarity: The Trust Builder No One Uses with Matt McFarlane

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S8 E3: Workplace Fairness is a Myth and We Have the Receipts with Cierra Gross

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S8 E2: Traditional Performance Reviews Are Dead (But Employees Still Want Answers) with Jessica DeVlieger

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S8 E1: Neutral Policies My Ass: The Fairness Farce with Zach Nunn

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S7 E12: AI’s Human Side: Making HR More Personalized with Jeet Mukerji

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S7 E11: 401(k)s & Chill: Making Retirement Planning Less Painful with Breene Murphy

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S7 E10: Recruiting Hell: The Job No One Understands with Keirsten Greggs

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S7 E9: From Colleagues to Confidants: The Underrated Power of Work BFFs with Chris Hagood

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S7 E8: Why You Should Never Stop Fighting for Better Treatment at Work with Torin Ellis

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S7 E7: Slam Dunk Leadership: What Basketball Taught Me About HR with Chris Henrichs

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S7 E6: Strategic AF: What It Actually Means and Why It Matters with Morgan Williams

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S7 E5: From F&%$#d Up to Fixed: HR Mistakes and Lessons Learned with Kim Minnick

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S7 E4: Unwrapping the Secrets to Better Workplace Connections with Ross Langley

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S7 E3: Scripting Success: HR’s Guide to Engaging Narratives at Work with Tara Turk-Haynes

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S7 E2: HR Meets Fiction: Lessons From Romance Novels with Georgia Clark

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S7 E1: Compensation 101: It's More Than Money with Sarika Lamont

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S6 E10: HR in 2025: Bolder Aspirations & Bigger Moves

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S6 E9: HR’s Secret Weapon: Bridging the Gap Between People and Business with Halai Shukran

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S6 E8: Unlocking HR's Creative Superpowers with Nikki Rappaport

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S6 E7: Recruiting, Relationships, and Resume Real Talk

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S6 E6: Your Leadership Era Starts Now with Jessica Winder

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S6 E5: Breaking Bad… Stereotypes About Unions with Morgan Williams

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S6 E4: Legislation Legends: Laws That Changed Everything in HR

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S6 E3: The No-BS Approach to Trust-Building in the Workplace with Joel Lalgee

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Special Episode: From Unhinged to Bizarre: HR’s Biggest Horror Stories, Vol.2

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S6 E2: How to Shift HR Toward More Connection & Curiosity with Demario Bell

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S6 E1: HR, Let’s Get Creative! (In a Michael Scott Kind of Way) with Justin Gignac

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S5 E10: Slaying Stereotypes: Managing 5 Generations in the Workforce with Dave Garcia

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S5 E9: A Masterclass in Being a Leader with Dave Garcia

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S5 E8: The Trunchbull Challenge: Managing What Makes Us Different at Work with Jennifer Laurie

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S5 E7: Hack the Patriarchy: Why More Women in Tech Improves Tech for EVERYBODY with Marissa McNeelands

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S5 E6: Very Creative, Very Demure: HR’s Approach to Imagination at Work with Cassidy Edwards

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S5 E5: TV’s Best (and Worst) HR Reps, with Kim Rohrer

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S5 E4: Chaos is a Ladder: How to Prepare for the Turmoil of an Election Year, with Jessica Winder

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So Human Resources is Making You Miserable? (A BONUS Breakdown)

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S5 E3: What Shapes Who We Are at Work? (with Catalina Colman and Morgan Williams)

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S5 E2: My Loneliness is Killing Me: Why Remote Workers are Lonelier Than Ever (And How to Fix It), with Austen Tully

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S5 E1: Cry Me a River: The Unsung Relationship Struggles of HR, with Chris Hagood

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Why 10 HR Professionals Quit Their Jobs

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HR Roundup: Top 5 Insights From My Favorite Industry Leaders

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S4 E10: From Quiet Quitting to Active Leaving, with Q Hamirani

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S4 E9: Getting Personal: How Individualized Communications Boost Morale, with Nicole Alvino of Firstup

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S4 E8: The Real Reason New Hires Don’t Stick Around, with Rhona Pierce

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S4 E7: I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: RyanMae McAvoy on Leaving HR

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S4 E6: Is Constant Change Why Employees Quit?

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S4 E5: Dear Hebba: HR’s Juiciest Questions Answered, with Erica Spitale

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S4 E4: Top Tier Retention Strategies, with Stephen and Daniel Huerta

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S4 E3: In the Hot Seat: A CEO’s Perspective on People Ops, with Workweek’s Adam Ryan

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S4 E2: Should I Stay or Should I Go? What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Your Career, with Tori Lazar

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S4 E1: The 3 Biggest Reasons Why Employees Quit, with Jessica Winder

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S3 E10: Demystifying Pay Transparency: A Legal Perspective, with Lulu Seikaly

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S3 E9: Talk Pay to Me: The Viral TikToker Tearing Down the Pay Gap, with Hannah Williams

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S3 E8: Fertility, Family, and Beyond: Addressing Women's Health in the Workplace, with Isha Vij

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S3 E7: HR Party of One: Balancing as a Team of One

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S3 E6: The Art of Appreciation, with Megan Paige

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S3 E5: Empowering Employees to Thrive, Not Just Survive, with Donald Knight

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When Cupid’s Arrow Causes Chaos: Office Love Gone Wrong

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S3 E4: You Won’t Break My Soul: DEI and Its Impact at Work with Tara Turk-Haynes

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S3 E3: Why is Communicating at Work So Hard?

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S3 E2: Beyond the Status Quo: Challenging the State of Modern Work, with Anessa Fike

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S3 E1: Beyond Burnout: Redefining HR's Purpose with Laura Garcia Courrau

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Out With the Old, In With the New: Our Top 10 Wishes for HR

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S2 E12: Overachiever or Underappreciated? The Thin Line Between Feedback and Fairness, with Kieran Snyder

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S2 E11: It’s OK If HR Can’t Be Everything, Everywhere All At Once, with Rodney Evans

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S2 E10: Why the Odds of Achieving Equitable Pay Are Never in Our Favor, with Enrique Esclusa

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S2 E9: Nightmare on HR Street: HR Horror Stories // Halloween Special

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S2 E8: Healing From Burnout and Finding Your Passion for HR Again, with Tracie Sponenberg

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S2 E7: It's Not You, It's Me: Uncovering If You're Compatible with Your Company, with Jessica Winder

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S2 E6: Why First Time Founders Need to Build with Equity, with Desiree Morton

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S2 E5: Creating Inclusive Hiring Practices With Dani Herrera

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S2 E4: The Good, the Great, the Exceptional—What Makes an HR Leader Great? with Adam Weber

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S2 E3: We Have Trust Issues, But So Do You: Fostering Trust in HR, with Minda Harts

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S2 E2: Jessica Zwaan on AI and Tech's Equity Evolution

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S2 E1: Why Employers Fail to Understand the Needs of Working Parents, with Kim Rohrer

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New Stand Special: Creating an Environment for Connection

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New Stand Special: Why Employees Stay or Go at Work

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S1 E8: How to Build a Better Community

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S1 E7: Managing Relationships At Work

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S1 E6: WTF Is Going On In The Talent World?

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S1 E5: The Feedback And Wellbeing Connection

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S1 Ep4: How To Manage Employee Stress And Wellbeing

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S1 Ep3: What We Get Wrong About Parental Leave

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S1 Ep2: Do Your Employees Feel Like They Belong?

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S1 Ep1 : Why You Should Care About Employee Wellbeing

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