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What The HR!, 100 episodes.

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Episode 130: All Things Benefits: Staying Ahead in a Changing Benefits Landscape

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Episode 129: The Power of the Pause: Leading with Discernment in a Fast-Paced World

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Episode 128: Investing in the Stock of you!

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Episode 127: HR Hot Topics: Let's Dig Into the Hard Stuff

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Episode 126: When Speaking Up Is Hard: Tackling Workplace Bullying & Misconduct

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Episode 125: The Gift of Volunteering - How Giving Back Becomes Growing Forward

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Episode 124: Insights on the Job Search and Surviving Unemployment

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Episode 123: Why Influence Is HR's Greatest Superpower

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Episode 122: The Shift: Accelerating Your Career with Intentional Leadership

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Episode 121: From What If to How: Rebuilding, Reinventing, and Leading with AI

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Episode 120: A Case for Mental Health First Aid

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Episode 119: Slaying the Myths of Success

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Episode 118: From Performance to Purpose: What Alignment Really Means

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Episode 117: The Human Advantage: Leading Through Wellbeing

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Episode 116: Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Every Conversation – Even in an AI World

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Episode 115: Nobody Likes a Bad Manager - Not Even Your Money

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Episode 114: Human-Centered Hiring in an AI World

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Episode 113: Finding the Courage to Speak Up, Stand Out, and Shine

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Episode 112: The Habits of Future-Ready Leaders: Talent, AI, and What Actually Matters

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Episode 111: Unlocking Human Potential: Neuroscience, Coaching, and AI for Better Leaders

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Episode 110: Getting a Handle on Handbooks

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Episode 109: Great Leaders Make Sure Monday Morning Doesn't Suck

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Episode 108: A Deep Dive into MN Paid Leave

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Episode 107: Know Yourself, Know Your People: Preventing Burnout at Work

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Episode 106: The Perfect Game Day

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Episode 105: Meet Our New Cohosts: Jay and Lena!

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Episode 104: Energy: Emotions in Action

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Episode 103: Future Ready Leadership

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Episode 102: Return to People

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Episode 101: Transparency in Leadership & Culture

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Episode 100: Farewell to Mike and Jessie

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Episode 99: 2025 Employee Experience Trends Report

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Episode 98: Loneliness in HR

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Episode 97: Imposter Syndrome

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Episode 96: Does Your Candidate Experience Match the Employee Experience?

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Episode 95: Revolutionizing How We Live and Work

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Episode 94: Pay Transparency

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Episode 93: Exploring the employee-owned (ESOP) model

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Episode 92: The Importance of Being Coachable

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Episode 91: Feedback Reimagined

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Episode 90: AI, Civility and the Future of Work

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Episode 89: Valuing Employee Time through Flexible Benefits

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Episode 88: Developing People Through Their Strengths

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Episode 87: Employee Happiness Trends 2024

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Episode 86: Driving Performance Through a Human Centered Strategy

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Episode 85: How HR Can Leverage AI

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Episode 84: 100 Conversations in 100 Days

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Episode 83: Results Only Workplace

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Episode 82: HR Professionals Burnout Too!

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Episode 81: 2024 Employee Experience Trends Report

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Episode 80: Non-Linear Career Paths

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Episode 79: Organizational Effectiveness and Optimizing Skills

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Episode 78: Tools Women and Allies Need to Breakthrough

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Episode 77: Workplace Philanthropy w/ Percent Pledge

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Episode 76: What Motivates Gen Z to Learn

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Episode 75: Leadership Development w/Summer Davies

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Episode 74: Compliance Update - Cannabis, Pay History, Parental Leave & More!

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Episode 73: What the HR! Won the SHRM Pinnacle Award!

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Episode 72: The Benefits of Having Fun in the Workplace

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Episode 71: Onsite Child Care with Hormel Foods

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Episode 70: Next Great Step: Career Coaching For College Students

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Episode 69: HR and Marketing Should Join Hands

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Episode 68: How to Crush the Candidate Experience

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Episode 67: How to Make Compliance A Little Less Boring

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Episode 66: The Radical Art of Prioritizing

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Episode 65: Spotlyfe: Helping People and Organizations Combat Burnout.

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Episode 64: Navigating Global Workforce Shifts with Steve Hunt

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Episode 63: Quiet Quitting w/ Dr. Ben Granger

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Episode 62: Power of your potential: Gallup StrengthFinder

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Episode 61: HR Technology Conference Wrap Up

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Episode 60: Designing a Purpose Filled Workspace

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Episode 59: Modern Child Care Benefits for Today’s Working Parent

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Episode 58: Help Employees Navigate Financial Decisions with LearnLux

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Episode 57: Psychological Safety in the Workplace

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Episode 56: Are HR Vendors Bullies?

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Episode 55: Chasing Failure w/ Ryan Leak

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Episode 54: Coaching is For Everyone

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Episode 53: ”Always On” Employee Listening Strategy

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Episode 52: Well-Being in the Workplace

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Episode 51: Financial Wellness in The Workplace w/ Pete the Planner

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Episode 50: How to Prepare for Your Next Career Move

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Episode 49: Smart Growth: The S-Curve Of Learning

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Episode 48: Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

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Episode 47: Creating a Better Parental Leave Experience

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Episode 46: How Microsoft is Navigating the Great Reshuffle

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Episode 45: The Enneagram Personality Test

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Episode 44: Leveraging the DiSC Personality Assessment

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Episode 43: How to Create a Purpose Centered Culture

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Episode 42: Leading HR for a Professional Sports Team: Leah Pitzenberger(Minnesota Wild)

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Episode 41: Inclusion is The Key to Success w/ Perrine Farque

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Episode 40: HR Technology: How to Choose, Optimize and Maximize Your Investment on HR Solutions

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What the HR! 39 HR Insights and Predictions w/ Josh Bersin

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What the HR! 38 Being Effective in a Virtual Environment w/ Yess! CEO Sue Hawkes

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What the HR! 37 Total Rewards w/ Chipotle's Scott Scansen

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What the HR! 36 HR on Purpose w/Steve Browne

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What the HR! 35 Building Your Brand on LinkedIn

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What the HR! 34 The Future of Remote Work

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What the HR! 33 Building a Lifestyle Brand with Life Time's Jess Elmquist(CLO/EVP of HR)

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What the HR! 32 Assault Prevention w/ Chris Denton

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What the HR! 31 Creating a Data Driven Culture