The modern workplace has experienced waves of change over the last few decades. Everything from technology to workforce demographics have been transformed, so it only makes sense that office etiquette would change as well. Trish Steed, co-founder and chief analyst for H3 HR Advisors joins the HR Break Room® podcast to map out the landscape of conte…

Hannibal Johnson, an author, attorney, law professor, curator of the history center Greenwood Rising and chairman of the Education Committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, visits the HR Break Room® podcast to discuss how open conversation and diverse perspectives in the workplace can become vital parts of your culture. In h…

Change is a part of the business landscape, and threat assessment is a rapidly evolving responsibility facing modern organizations. Dr. Larry Barton joins the HR Break Room® to discuss the evolving nature of threat assessment and how workplace mental wellness efforts can play a role in crisis management strategies. Along the way, Barton and host Ar…

Tech disengagement happens when tools intended to make our work easier actually make things more difficult. It compounds what we do, forcing us to find workarounds or abandon the tech outright. How can you bridge the gap between technology and business needs? On this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, HR Technology Conference co-chair Steve Boe…

In this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, we welcome Paycom’s director of HR business services, Tiffany Gamblin, and Sharlyn Lauby, president of HR consulting firm ITM Group. In honor of Women’s History Month, Gamblin and Lauby discuss women in the workplace, their influence and how organizations can best support them. From women in leadership…

As employees place an ever-increasing premium on work-life balance and mental health, time off plays an even more significant role in the modern workplace. That’s why it’s essential that the modern HR professional stay abreast of the terms, nuances and technology surrounding this benefits staple. Trish Steed, co-founder of H3 HR Advisors joins the …

Delayed time-off decisions can create an avalanche of problems. Scheduling is slowed down, budgeting is hampered, employee trust may erode and the risk of non-compliance fines grow ever larger. Nobody wants time-off requests to languish in limbo — and for good reason! In this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, HR Technology Conference co-chair …

LinkedIn’s first chief HR officer, Steve Cadigan, continues his HR Break Room® visit with a discussion about employee well-being and the idea of workplace wellness. He examines wellness in a professional context and shares ways employers can support their teams. Cadigan earned his workplace culture expertise overseeing LinkedIn’s recruitment, engag…

Most people understand that diversity and inclusion in the workplace are important, but can we do more than simply recognizing this as a fact? Is it possible to leverage diversity and inclusion to build a positive organizational culture, improve work quality and increase productivity? LinkedIn’s first chief HR officer, Steve Cadigan, joins the HR B…

Stress has a sneaky way of turning into burnout before we can recognize the symptoms and take steps to protect our mental wellness. Can cutting-edge science help us regain some of our lost calm? For that answer, we turned to a leading scientist. Astrophysicist, author and all-around science ambassador Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., visits the HR Break…

With so many administrative duties on HR’s plates, multitasking can quickly give way to mental exhaustion and cognitive overload. The solution? Automating basic HR and payroll tasks! In the evolving world of work, automation is a double-edged sword. Sure, it opens doors to better, more efficient HR processes. But it can also introduce complex chall…

As AI and other technologies continue their rapid advance, effective cybersecurity that can evolve with the times becomes equally important. In comes John Riggi — veteran FBI agent, senior representative to the CIA, a member of the White House Cyber Response Group and the American Hospital Association’s very first advisor for cybersecurity and risk…

In order to create opportunities for transformational success, your employees first must have the freedom to be themselves. Emotional transparency and inclusivity are key to achieve this, and no person has demonstrated these values quite like Robin Roberts, the versatile co-anchor of the top-rated morning news program, ABC’s Good Morning America. I…

Guest: Futurist Mike Walsh You may have heard about it at work or on the news. It’s artificial intelligence or “AI” for short — a complex subject that’s still evolving. While some people express concern, others are optimistic and excited. Regardless of the hype or the pundits’ daily hot take, the future of work is something nearly everyone is exper…

Starting a business can be scary, especially when you step outside a successful career for the unknowns of entrepreneurship. That’s exactly what Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow did when she founded the lifestyle brand Goop. What started as a simple newsletter in 2008 grew into an industry-leading wellness operation and a source for un…

Guest: Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour As part of our observance of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we wanted to hear from someone who has played a substantial role in that history. Meet Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, America’s first Black woman combat pilot. That’s a big first for aviation, but it isn’t the only first in her exciting, gro…

Guest: Steve Boese, H3 HR Advisors In a new nationwide study, Ernst & Young (EY) revealed the high cost of common payroll errors under the traditional system. On average, fixing a single payroll mistake costs a company $291. The cost isn’t simply financial. Organizations also pay in time spent fixing these errors and managing the fallout they creat…

Guest: David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe In this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast, host Morgan Beard sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss to discuss Oklahoma native, athlete and sports legend Jim Thorpe. Maraniss shares insights on workplace leadership, inclusi…

Guest: Candace Nelson, author and founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes Candace Nelson, entrepreneur, author and founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes, makes her first visit to the HR Break Room® podcast. From a self-made pastry chef to a permanent judging spot on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, Candace Nelson has rewritten the recipe on turning a passion into a succ…

Guests: Christie Schmidt, manager of HRIS, and Sarah Johnson, payroll supervisor What if there were a way to fix a problem before it became a problem? Paycom’s Beti guides employees to do just that. With Beti, employees find and fix potential problems ahead of unpleasant payday surprises. Christie Schmidt, Paycom’s manager of HRIS, and Sarah Johnso…

Guest: AJ Griffin, Paycom’s director of government and community affairs An expanding company brings excitement, hope and, of course, growing pains. AJ Griffin, Paycom’s director of government and community affairs, joins host Morgan Beard to discuss the obstacles a business faces as it grows. In this episode of HR Break Room®, Griffin explains: th…

Guests: Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane of H3HR Mark Stelzner and Kimberly Carroll of IA Stacey Harris of Sapient Insights Group HR Tech is one of the biggest and most prestigious human resource conferences in the world, bringing the industry’s top thought leaders to the forefront. HR Break Room®’s Morgan Beard sat down with several guests during t…

Guest: Ben Brooks, founder and CEO of PILOT As a part of Paycom’s HR Tech series, HR Break Room®’s Morgan Beard sat down with Ben Brooks, an executive coach and thought leader, for a wide-ranging conversation in Las Vegas. From HR practitioner to the founder of his own company, PILOT, Brooks taps into his expertise of career coaching to discuss the…

Guest: Kim Hancock, vice president of human resources When you’re a state-of-the-art aviation company, streamlined and reliable processes are essential in everything you do. And when safety is absolutely critical during every part of your process, eliminating distractions and inefficiencies can have an enormous impact felt by everyone in the organi…

Guest: Seth Mattison, Future of Work Keynote Speaker 2020 reshaped norms across society, including unprecedented dynamics in the workplace. Two years later, the dust has settled and a new question has emerged: What is the future of work? Business strategist Seth Mattison has spent his career researching how the world of work is changing. According …

Guests: Adam Ballard, VP of Marketing Casey Twenter, Senior Creative Director From TikTok to TV, Paycom has partnered with influencer Corporate Natalie to reach audiences nationwide with its message on the power of employee-driven payroll through Beti®. But how did these efforts come to fruition? Paycom’s vice president of marketing Adam Ballard an…

Guest: Sharlyn Lauby, consultant and HR Bartender founder The future of work is changing, but what does that mean for current and future employees? In this episode of HR Break Room®, training consultant and HR Bartender founder Sharlyn Lauby discusses the role of learning and development programs and how they’re adapting to the ever-changing work l…

Guests: Tiffany McGowen, VP of Talent Acquisition Jennifer Mathew, Manager of Talent Acquisition Paycom’s Tiffany McGowen and Jennifer Mathew join host Morgan Beard to discuss talent acquisition in an ever-changing marketplace. “The first thing is acknowledging that we know it’s a different market,” said Mathew, Paycom’s manager of talent acquisiti…

Guest: Jenn Lim, CEO of Delivering Happiness Happiness at home carries over into our professional lives, but what happens at work may affect us more than we realize. CEO and bestselling author Jenn Lim says, “If you have a sense of purpose or you're actually working on the path of a purpose, that actually can increase your odds of being sustainably…

Guest Host: Steve Boese, H3 HR co-founder and At Work in America podcast co-host Guests: Tiffany McGowen, Paycom’s vice president of talent acquisition Tiffany Gamblin, Paycom’s director of HR business services In today’s world of work, employees are engaging with workplace technology that is evolving faster than ever before. As such, organizations…

Guest: Hill Harper, best-selling author, philanthropist and award-winning actor Initiatives geared toward promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) are increasingly vital to a business’s success. Philanthropist and award-winning actor Hill Harper says, “We are only as good as the person who doesn’t feel heard, who feels marginaliz…

Guest: Ravin Jesuthasan, futurist, author and human capital thought leader With competition in the labor market at an all-time high, it’s essential that an organization’s culture attracts and retains in-demand talent to achieve and maintain success. Therefore, HR must innovate, evolve and reinvent its processes to create an experience that meets th…

Guest: Steve Boese, HR Technology Conference program chair and HR Happy Hour podcast co-host Last year forced many employees to engage with workplace technology more than ever before. As a result, top candidates are paying close attention to the tech potential employers provide employees. With the U.S. Department of Labor reporting more than 10.4 m…

Guest: Chad Richison, Paycom founder and CEO In 1998, the World Wide Web wasn’t yet a household necessity, but something that tied up phone lines. However, that didn’t stop Chad Richison from bringing his idea of businesses seamlessly processing payroll entirely online to life with Paycom. From the days of dial-up internet to the smartphone boom an…

Beti®, Paycom’s industry-first, employee-driven payroll experience, is making waves in the HR technology industry. Recently named a Top HR Product of 2021 by Human Resource Executive magazine, Beti is revolutionizing how organizations view payday by putting the power of payroll in employees’ hands. In this HR Break Room Take 5, host Caleb Masters c…

Guest: Nicholas Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, “the fully remote plane is about to crash. I’m surprised it’s lasted this long — probably only due to the social capital we’ve built prior to the pandemic.” He now believes “hybrid is really the sweet spot long-term.” …

Guests: Hill Harper, best-selling author, philanthropist and star of ABC’s The Good Doctor AJ Griffin, Paycom director of governmental and community affairs To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission is building the Greenwood Rising history center, a state-of-the-art instituti…

Guest: Amy Edmondson, Ph.D., Harvard Business School professor of leadership and management From lack of time to lack of C-suite buy-in, there’s no shortage of reasons HR professionals might find themselves feeling more than a little frustrated — or even stuck — in their roles. In fact, in a role as challenging as HR, it would almost be more surpri…

Guest: Guy Kawasaki, chief evangelist of Canva Guy Kawasaki, host of the podcast Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People, visits the HR Break Room® to share his unique insights regarding attitudes toward innovation, both as it relates to HR tech and within modern organizations as a whole. In his position as chief evangelist of Canva, Kawasaki has seen and…

Guest: Steve Boese, HR Technology Conference program chair and HR Happy Hour podcast co-host As a challenging year forced more organizations to embrace the reality of the digital transformation in the workplace, how employees incorporate technology into processes becomes more important by the day. Steve Boese, chair of the HR Technology Conference,…

Guest: Sharlyn Lauby, founder of HR Bartender The events of 2020 exerted profound shifts in the way we think about work, including the technology we use to get our jobs done. But even as we enter the spring of 2021, a surprising number of organizations lag behind in their prioritization of automated workplace tech. Meanwhile, remote or hybrid worki…

Guest: Justin Cameron, Paycom manager of background check product The ability to make informed hiring decisions is a crucial part of an effective talent acquisition process because it affects nearly every part of an organization. However, many businesses often overlook the importance of background checks or don’t have the right HR tech to provide n…

Guest: Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals and Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know In episode 91 of HR Break Room®, Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author, joined us to talk about creating a resilient workplace in 2021 in t…

Guest: Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know For businesses, 2020 was marked by exponential change. Many HR professionals who were on the front lines leading changes are now dealing with burnout and fatigue. How can HR team…

Guests: Louis R. Lessig, Brown & Connery, LLP partner AJ Griffin, Paycom’s director of government and community affairs The pre-employment screening process — criminal background checks, credit checks and so on — is crucial to many organizations’ ability to bring in reliable talent. But the laws that govern that process exist in an often surprising…

Guests: Karin Hurt and David Dye, authors of Courageous Cultures Have you ever had a potentially good idea that you kept to yourself? It’s a common experience, and in the world of work, it can be a problem. Organizations of all sizes and industries employ thoughtful, talented people who have ideas that could improve the customer experience, increas…

Guest: Steve Boese, HR Technology Conference program chair and HR Happy Hour podcast co-host With the employee experience becoming more important than ever and the continued desire of workers to function autonomously through technology, it pays to make your processes as simple as possible. If your employees can’t — or, worse, won’t — use your HR te…

Guests: Ken Blanchard, founder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies Scott Blanchard, president of The Ken Blanchard Companies As organizational leaders around the country continue to pursue new avenues for innovation, preparing for possible business disruptions remains a priority. A company’s executive team sets the tone, maki…

Guest: Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group and investor on ABC’s Shark Tank Rapid change is a major challenge in every business, but it also presents great opportunity for innovation. Times like these can lead to the best ideas to move your business forward if you’re smart enough to encourage and tap into your talented workforce. A comp…

Guests: Robin Boudreau, the New England Patriots (the Kraft Group and Affiliates) senior vice president of human resources Miranda Blaiklock, the New England Patriots (the Kraft Group and Affiliates) director of benefits, compensation and HRIS New legislation can create complex rules, weighty administrative responsibilities and allows zero margin f…