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Finding Your Comic Book: Defining Yourself as a Professional feat. Jon and Wendy from The HR Social Hour Podcast
On this episode of Honest HR, Callie’s guests are HR pros Jon Thurmond and Wendy Dailey, from The HR Social Hour Podcast to discuss networking and communication. People react differently to who you are as a person vs. who you are as a professional. They may be intertwined, but sometimes you re...
Read moreShining the Light Where You Want: Networking 2.0 feat. Erich Kurschat
On this episode of Honest HR, Erich Kurschat is back! He and Callie continue their conversation on communication and the all too relatable struggle of networking. Networking is hard, and not everyone likes it. But it can be both enjoyable and fruitful. For Erich, that meant reframing what success lo...
Read moreWho Are YOU at Work? feat. Jon and Wendy from The HR Social Hour Podcast
This week on Honest HR, Callie we have a bonus conversation with HR pros Jon Thurmond and Wendy Dailey, from The HR Social Hour Podcast, on networking and communication.
If you enjoyed their recent episode, Finding Your Comic Book: Defining Yourself as a Professional, you’ll definitely want t...
Entry Level to Next Level: Bouncing Back from Feedback and Failure and Knowing Your Worth
This week we are replaying for you our Honest HR season 2 opener. On this episode, Callie and guest Sam Arpino, previously the Talent & Culture Manager of DoSomething.org and currently the Director of People Operations at the Trevor Project, discuss what it means to “develop an authentic p...
Read moreAuthenticity: Exclamation Marks in Email & Egocentrism
This week we are continuing our rebroadcast of our first two-part mini-series on leadership and navigation and communication. This is part two of that mini-series.
This episode featured guest Brittany Hanson, a Talent Acquisition Consultant for UW Credit Union in Madison, Wisconsin. You’ll hea...
Becoming the Sought-After HR Pro
This week we are rebroadcasting our very popular three-part mini-series on business acumen. This is part one of that mini-series and is called Becoming the Sought-After HR Pro and Understanding the Business of Your Organization.
A conversation on HR influence with Parker McKenna, an expert with 18-y...
Transformation Over Transaction: Using Lean and Six Sigma in HR
This week we are continuing our rebroadcast of our popular three-part mini-series on business acumen. This is part two of that mini-series and is called Transformation Over Transaction: Using Lean and Six Sigma in HR.
During this episode the founder of Svelte HR, Robin Chapeskis, talks process mappi...
Strategic Planning For HR Teams
This week we are continuing our rebroadcast of our popular three-part mini-series on business acumen. This is part three of that mini-series, Strategic Planning for HR Teams.
Katie Powers, Director of Human Resources at Path Forward, an organization that empowers US healthcare providers with technol...
In Memory of Callie Zipple
On September 12, 2019, the host of Honest HR and our beloved friend and colleague, Callie Zipple passed away, she was 32.
Season 3 Kickoff! What a Year it's Been!
Listen to this episode because Honest HR is back! This season of Honest HR brings three new hosts to explore the complicated and sometimes wonderful sides of the workplace. In each episode, you’ll hear different combinations of Amber, Gloria, and Wendy taking on topics, sometimes together, som...
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