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Honest HR

Honest HR is the go-to podcast for aspiring and informed HR professionals intent on transforming workplace challenges into golden opportunities. This podcast brings you insights, trends, and actionable advice through relatable stories from the REAL world of HR.

Honest HR

100 Episodes Available
Episode 1

Entry Level to Next Level: Bouncing Back from Feedback and Failure and Knowing Your Worth feat. Sam Arpino, M.S.

37.31 min Sep 11, 2025

Callie talks to Sam about NOT bringing your whole self to work (gasp!), creating environments for people to raise their hands and be curious and taking full-on ownership of your own growth opportunities. 
Tune in and stick around to hear Sam’s four important tips for taking the next step in y...

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Episode 2

Authenticity: Exclamation Marks in Email & Egocentrism feat. Brittany Hanson, MBA

33.54 min Sep 11, 2025

Callie and Brittany discuss being your authentic self at work and how it leads to success. You’ll want to hear Brittany’s examples of using humor and enthusiasm in the workplace. Tune in and hear about what authenticity means for Callie and Brittany and how being authentic in the workpla...

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Episode 3

Becoming the Sought-After HR Pro and Understanding the Business of Your Org feat. Parker McKenna, SHRM-SCP

36.57 min Sep 11, 2025

On this episode Callie and Parker talk about how HR is at the center of everything because people and money are the center of everything business does (talk about influence!).
Parker talks about being an organization leader first and an HR professional second. He and Callie about about how when HR i...

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Episode 4

Transformation Over Transaction: Using Lean and Six Sigma in HR feat. Robin Chapekis, SHRM-SCP

30.77 min Sep 11, 2025

This is the episode to listen to if you want to get the attention of leadership. Using these methodologies HR professionals can show up with numbers and facts and avoid the “I feel like” trap to describe what’s happening in the workplace.
Robin describes Lean as reducing known R...

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Episode 5

Strategic Planning For HR Teams feat. Katie Powers, SHRM-SCP

38.18 min Sep 11, 2025

Listen to this episode to get your strategic mindset on. Strategic planning should be on your radar as an HR professional; if your organization is known for strategic planning, so should your HR department.  You’ll also learn if  there is a secret sauce to setting realistic timelines for HR init...

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Episode 6

Student Loan Repayment Programs & Other Education Benefits w/ Crystal Frey, SHRM-SCP

37.05 min Sep 11, 2025

Listen to this episode because Comp and Ben has its place in HR. You can’t have a one-size fits all approach to benefits in multi-generational workplaces. Research supports that a large percentage of Americans would look favorably at an organization that provides a student loan repayment progr...

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Episode 7

Financial Wellness w/ Mary Feuerbach, SHRM-CP

36.54 min Sep 11, 2025

Listen to this episode for out of the box thinking about financial wellness.
According to data from the Federal Reserves, nearly 40% of Americans would struggle to cover a $400 emergency expense. If this is affecting 40% of Americans—it’s affecting your employees and your bottom line! When empl...

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Episode 8

Business Case for Diversity & Inclusion feat. Jeremy York, SHRM-SCP

37.6 min Sep 11, 2025

Listen to this episode because there’s a business case for diversity besides it being the right thing to do. Most of the diversity and inclusion conversations have been solely focused on race and gender. But many aspects of diversity are not as visible. Diversity of thought has to be brought t...

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Episode 9

Generations in the Workplace feat. Alexis Fiocchi, SHRM-SCP

31.79 min Sep 11, 2025

Listen to this episode because there is an art and science side to addressing age diversity in the workplace. On the one hand, it can hinder your organizational culture if you’re too focused on varying generations. The balance is in figuring out what are those differences and how the team/(org...

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Episode 10

Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable When It Comes to Diversity feat. Clint Bradley, SHRM-SCP

37.32 min Sep 11, 2025

The talent market has shifted, and people aren’t going to get any less diverse. There’s no place for the ‘if you don’t look like me, sound like me, act like me, I’m not going to hire you,’ attitudes of yesterday. 
How can HR pros shift their own thinking as well ...

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