Best Ben Eubanks Podcasts (2024)

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3 Talent Leaders Speak on Skills, Fairness, and Branding 30:20

7d ago30:20

30:20

Recruiting is preparation for retention. I think it's really top of mind that we should focus on that because a lot of people think that recruiting is just the top of funnel--just getting people in the door. But the experience that people have during the recruitment process... Data has supported that it flows into the retention of that individual t…

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Aligning Employee Effort with Company Goals: Lessons from Rothy's 22:18

28d ago22:18

22:18

"So how do we ensure that our team is focused on the right things so that they're making an impact and seeing that reflected in the business success? As companies increasingly are focused on the bottom line, we just cannot afford to have employees working on things that are not moving the ball forward as it relates to our priorities." Michelle Puli…

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Using a "Me Manual" to Increase Employee Belonging 23:54

1M ago23:54

23:54

"We can make the case. Research is out there that prioritizing connection over productivity is the fastest way to get the productivity. When people have the sense of belongings and feel valued and be part of something, the productivity goes up." Junko Fukuma, AVP of Talent, Healthesystems We're Only Human -- Episode 175 In this episode of "We're On…

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Why HR Should Consider the CEBS Employee Benefits Certification 20:22

1M ago20:22

20:22

"I also enjoy the face to face with employees. And I think I really have chosen this field of benefits, this discipline, because I want to help employees maximize the benefits that are offered to them." Summer Martin, Human Resources Generalist, STRATA-G Solutions We're Only Human -- Episode 174 The episode features a conversation between Ben Euban…

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Unleashing the Power of Good Managers: Insights from CHRO Cheryl Gochis 27:18

2M ago27:18

27:18

"And someone says, 'I don't think management's for me.' Celebrate that! When somebody says that to you, you need to celebrate and say, 'Great decision!' As an individual contributor, you have joy in your job by being excellent, by being a subject matter expert."Cheryl Gochis, Chief Human Resources Officer, Baylor University We're Only Human - Episo…

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VP# 68 Ken Wheeler and I catch up. PRS ownership, future of the sport, and most importantly catch up on our hunting trip to Kodiak Island! 1:50:53

2M ago1:50:53

1:50:53

By VP Precison

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Learning in the Age of AI with JD Dillon 34:48

2M ago34:48

34:48

"My refrigerator broke one day and I didn't call a repair person. I didn't go to refrigerator repair school. I went to YouTube, found a person who had a similar problem, followed along, fixed the problem, moved on. And then we go to work and suddenly you can't do that anymore." JD Dillon, Chief Learning Officer, Axonify We're Only Human - Episode 1…

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Benefits Broker Turned HR Leader: How to Take Control of Employee Benefits 25:36

2M ago25:36

25:36

"I would be remiss to tell our employees 'you have the power to question your doctors' if I didn't tell HR people 'you have the power to question your consultants and brokers' the exact same way." Melissa Cassidy, Human Resources Leader, Valpak We're Only Human -- Episode 171 In this podcast episode, host Ben Eubanks engages in a conversation with …

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Can You Really Prove the Value of Learning and Training Activities? 25:40

3M ago25:40

25:40

"So when it comes to training and learning as a viable solution for helping people be the best that they can be in the roles that they serve, I believe that that's always been important. We've just not always been able to illustrate impact in the past the way in which we're able to now. That is because of the different types of tools and resources …

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A Case Study in Hiring with Intentionality, Not by Accident 21:18

4M ago21:18

21:18

"So it's really designed to be a two-way street and to create that conversation from the very, very beginning points. So we're setting the expectations for what employment is going to be like, especially as a leader at our company." Nicole Hirsch, Sr Recruiting Manager, Lattice We're Only Human -- Episode 169 Teaching hiring managers how to intervi…

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Building a Career in HRIS and HRIT - Insights from the Trenches 21:35

4M ago21:35

21:35

"Like a lot of people, it's something I fell into. I don't think there's anybody out there that woke up and said, "When I grow up, I want to be an HR tech/HRIS person. So I had a background in social work, counseling, and nonprofit, then got into it and then ended up working in an HRIS role implementing a learning management system. That was my fir…

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The #1 Pay Transparency Priority for Employers 29:07

5M ago29:07

29:07

"Pay transparency is here (or coming) depending on where you're located and where you're hiring people. It's kind of like a snowball rolling down the hill getting bigger and bigger. It's something to really stop and think about and prepare for now, because it's not easy. I think the biggest thing around transparency is thinking about what your educ…

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Turning Labor Market Insights into Talent Intelligence with Brian Jackson of Southwest Airlines 34:48

6M ago34:48

34:48

So we're looking at how the words are actually formed. When you're hiring for a technology manager, what does that mean? Are you looking for a technical technology manager? Are you looking for someone who grew up in the chops of software development, knows all of the full delivery life cycle, or are you looking for someone who's more project focuse…

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Skills, Potential, and Work Insights from Heidi Perloff of The Estée Lauder Companies 29:28

7M ago29:28

29:28

" I do think that there is so much hidden talent inside our organizations, and we don't even realize it. How do you find that? How do you leverage that? How do you build and develop that? This is what I find so interesting about the skills conversation. Everything that we've just been talking, about the potential and impact for any one of us is hug…

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VP# 67 We talk hunting with Ben and our friend/guide Nate French after a successful Dall sheep hunt 1:03:27

7M ago1:03:27

1:03:27

By VP Precison

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VP# 66 It’s hunting season!! Ben, Clint and I on the drive to Ben’s rocky hunt. 1:10:06

8M ago1:10:06

1:10:06

By VP Precison

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How to Skip 1,500 Interviews and Increase Quality of Hire 32:07

8M ago32:07

32:07

And so that doesn't happen overnight. But over time, as people bought into it and we started to see over the course of one year, we gave the business back 1500 interviews. Imagine the extra time that was available for our product managers. They could do their job, and then when the quality of hire goes up with that, you start to get this [positive]…

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Can HR Really Work Remotely? How Eco’s Head of People Does It 23:42

9M ago23:42

23:42

I'm really excited we are a fully remote organization. It's why I get to do the work I do from Hawaii. It does mean I have really early mornings, so be aware of what you're signing up for, but I get to work fully remote. In supporting fully remote organizations, we have to be incredibly intentional about the culture and the way we work. Diana Brown…

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VP# 65 Talking with Jake about his recent win, and a little troubleshooting 55:53

9M ago55:53

55:53

By VP Precison

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3 People Leaders Share Frontline Employee Engagement Secrets 50:11

9M ago50:11

50:11

"One of the things that a lot of our industry struggled with was trying to regulate employees and not let them have their phone in their hand, but we actually encourage it. We ask them to help us do TikToks. Everybody gets involved. It really brings in a sense of camaraderie. We're not constantly saying, 'Get off your phone. Get off your phone. Get…

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Listening to the Needs of 1700 People at Once at Getty Images 21:33

10M ago21:33

21:33

"We have 1700 people at our company. That's 1700 different opinions, needs, journeys. So at Getty Images we create and we measure and we monitor engagement opportunities to strengthen a work culture where people belong and they can do their best work." Marie Potter, Senior Director, Culture & Development, Getty Images We're Only Human -- Episode 16…

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Case Study: How to Automate Hundreds of Hours of Onboarding Tasks 44:14

10M ago44:14

44:14

"I was deleting 24 Google Calendar placeholders one day and manually copy/pasting new hire email addresses into the 17 ones we were going to keep. It was at least 30 minutes of hundreds of just mindless clicks. And I said, wait a minute. I'm gonna figure out how to do this [better]. So I looked at our Google Calendar integration, saw that I could b…

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VP# 64 Matt and Jon catching up. NRL Hunter, South Africa trip etc 1:05:16

10M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

By VP Precison

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Talent Intelligence is the Future of Hiring 23:02

11M ago23:02

23:02

"If I had to put a bet on the future, where we're headed is about understanding potential future performance and what drives and drains people. I think that's really where I see TA going longer term. We've seen success around using some of that psychometric data to really upskill folks into engineers that wouldn't not necessarily have been on techn…

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing Research: Value and Impact 21:42

11M ago21:42

21:42

"And speaking of changing expectations and what's socially acceptable, this challenge of ghosting is going through the roof, and I've got bad news for you. It's gonna get worse. When we look at the data on ghosting, we see that it's actually age correlated. So someone who is 25 is more likely than someone who's 35, who's more likely someone who's 4…

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From Talent Transformation to L&D Fundamentals with Mike Trusty of Fannie Mae 30:14

1y ago30:14

30:14

"It's a big differentiator. And I think the organizations that figure it out--the organizations that get it right--are the ones that are gonna be able to attract people. And I think organizations that don't are gonna have more of a struggle because that becomes more important as we think about just making conscious choices: how do we wanna spend ou…

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VP# 63 Jake and I talk latest PRS and NRL hunter matches. 1:27:17

1y ago1:27:17

1:27:17

By VP Precison

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When Training Isn’t the Answer with Delta Dental’s Head of Learning 22:58

1y ago22:58

22:58

There's certainly the opportunity cost that comes with assigning someone from your learning team or frankly finding anybody to work on this if it's not gonna fix the problem. There's also the frustration that comes with that. I've experienced that personally and as a leader of learning professionals. It is really frustrating to spend your time and …

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How Coca Cola Europacific Exposes External Candidates to Internal Culture Champions 22:26

1y ago22:26

22:26

"So there's a massive amount of insights coming from this. We measure things like net promoter score -- we have an average NPS of around 73, which as we all know is pretty great. And a big one for me is that 41% of people we actually go on to hire actually have used the platform once or more than once. That's a really big figure to show this is ac…

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VP# 62 3 guys one truck 1:10:31

1y ago1:10:31

1:10:31

By VP Precison

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VP# 61 3way in a truck 48:15

1y ago48:15

48:15

By VP Precison

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Pay Transparency and Compensation Trends with Marriott’s VP of Global Compensation 33:58

1y ago33:58

33:58

"The joke is pilots get in the plane, they read their checklist, and they take off. They push the [autopilot] button and sit back and wait for the plane to land itself. But when something goes wrong, suddenly the pilot's got to take control. And then everybody's life's in that pilot's hands. I think autopilot turned off for compensation people 18 …

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New Research on the Impact of Employee Belonging 19:48

1+ y ago19:48

19:48

We can talk about DEI and belonging in that space. We can talk about culture, but really those powerful impacts that can happen internally and externally are really dictated on the leadership. When I think of leadership, I believe leadership is an example of love, trust, and grace. George Rogers, Chief Culture Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisor…

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Chief People Officer Perspective: How Persado Uses Bryq to Debias Hiring Decisions 24:46

1+ y ago24:46

24:46

"Our main priorities right now are not unlike all people leaders. We're focused on hiring and we're focused on retention. On the hiring front, it's less about volume hiring. I think that everyone's slowing down just a little bit. With this economy we're focused on smart hiring and making sure that we're bringing in the right people for the right ro…

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How Southwest Airlines Promotes Internal Career Opportunities on We’re Only Human 35:33

1+ y ago35:33

35:33

"One of our ramp agents interacted with our CEO during one of his station visits and mentioned that he had taught himself how to code and that he was interested in technology. Our CEO was able to come back and connect him with recruiters and with our career mobility center [to] learn about a new program that we were just standing up. That employee …

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VP# 60 Ty Eubanks and I talk hunting, and photo/videography. 1:13:10

1+ y ago1:13:10

1:13:10

By VP Precison

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Don’t Teach Managers About Engagement: Teach Them to Be Engaging 39:15

1+ y ago39:15

39:15

"One day he challenged me and he said, 'Listen, I want you to help our 477 store directors be great. But listen, I don't want you to go and teach them about engagement. They don't need like a history lesson. But I want you to teach them how to be engaging.' As I've navigated through various organizations, what I realized is that most organizations …

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This RPO Firm Hires Thousands of People a Year-Here’s How Hiring is Changing 24:20

1+ y ago24:20

24:20

"What I've seen over the last six to 12 months is that companies are literally craving this information to understand: are they still competitive? Because they've made so many moves, whether it was with pay or benefits, they want to understand where they stack as it relates to their competition." Terry Terhark, Founder and CEO, NXTThing RPO We're O…

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VP# 59 Aron Snyder and I talk intro to backpack hunting. 1:34:38

1+ y ago1:34:38

1:34:38

By VP Precison

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Better Managers, Better Support, Better Results 30:50

1+ y ago30:50

30:50

And so we experimented and said, let's have a trial run at being a manager. We took about 25 people that wanted to be a manager as a cohort. We said, okay, for a period of six to nine months, we would give you a small team you'd be responsible to learn how to interview and make hiring decisions. Then you get to decide whether or not you want to con…

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Positioning Culture as ”Business Success Insurance” on We’re Only Human 24:34

1+ y ago24:34

24:34

"I guarantee there is a direct correlation between a fantastic culture to business success. They are always together. I would say that the strong culture is the insurance policy of every business." Ronni Zehavi, CEO, HiBob We're Only Human -- Episode 147 What if we had a way to shield our businesses from unnecessary turnover, disinterested staff, a…

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VP# 58 Matt Alwine and I catch up on matches and hunting after the NRL Championship. 1:26:25

1+ y ago1:26:25

1:26:25

VP# 58 Matt Alwine and I catch up on matches and hunting after the NRL Championship.By VP Precison

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How Mayo Clinic Selects Leaders: A Case Study 28:08

1+ y ago28:08

28:08

"When we select leaders, what we have found is leaders may have great, innovative ideas. They may be very driven to achieve. But if they're not inspiring people, if they're not demonstrating those interpersonal qualities that people see them as servant leaders, we've noticed that people are not willing to follow them. So we really emphasize that [s…

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Mentoring the 80% - Avoiding the Rock Stars and Duds 27:04

1+ y ago27:04

27:04

"The first thing is 100% look for difference [when mentoring]. If you are only looking for more of the same, you are hurting yourself. Cloning was bad in Star Wars, and cloning is bad in real life. The second one is related: get away from the rock stars and the duds when you are mentoring." Lt. Col. Chaveso "Chevy" Cook, PhD, Executive Director, Mi…

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Making ”No Regrets” Changes as People and Business Leaders 19:41

1+ y ago19:41

19:41

"The more that we could be pushing that on the business side to say beyond revenue and profitability, what is the quality metric? What is the wellbeing metric? Obviously, employee engagement many companies measure. Are we measuring the investments in learning that we're putting out there for our people, even if they are people that end up leaving, …

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The One Thing People Analytics Teams Often Get Wrong 30:41

2y ago30:41

30:41

"I think the danger that we tend to run as people analytics teams is that we're not willing to take slightly bolder stances and say, "Hey, we have a better collective picture of the labor market. We have a better collective picture of what enterprise trends and behaviors are like." We need to give strategic guidance and not just be turning over dat…

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How to Win in the Modern Hiring Environment on We’re Only Human 33:36

2y ago33:36

33:36

"Oftentimes they're looking for a quick fix. But what I will say is those that are doing [hiring] well and really moving the needle are those that are looking at this issue holistically. What is our employment brand in the market? Who are we competing with in our market? How does our total compensation package compete? Do we know how to sell to can…

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Prioritizing Skills to Drive Talent Agility at H.B. Fuller 34:02

2y ago34:02

34:02

"How can you build things that are as small as they can be so that you can plug and play and you can pivot and change? The way that I think about manifesting that in talent programs is thinking about more of a skills culture. If we have the skill of adapting and coping, for example, and we know that's a critical element in a lot of areas of our org…

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VP# 57 Jake and I talk end of the NRL and just catch up… 1:08:53

2y ago1:08:53

1:08:53

By VP Precison

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The Data Behind Paid Leave and What Workers Really Want 27:26

2y ago27:26

27:26

"I think the the one stat that came out of this research, that nine out of 10 employees would be more likely to stay with their employer if they had this benefit, I was just kind of blown away." Rob Whalen, CEO, PTOExchange We're Only Human -- Episode 140 One of the most common employee benefits is paid leave. Employers offer a variety of options, …

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