Workplace Champions

Workplace Champions

36 episodes

Workplace Champions: The strategies of talent-minded business leaders are exposed inside the realm of mid-sized businesses when business journalist Jack Sweeney and performance thought leader Brett Knowles spotlight innovations in human capital management (HCM). The Workplace Champions Podcast is all about inspiring business leaders as they learn from the failures, Ah-ha! moments, and workplace successes of other small and medium business leaders. It’s no secret that small and mid-sized businesses adapt more aggressively and innovate more nimbly than firms many times their size. And yet, in the realm of employment these companies are less visible and vastly less reported upon than large enterprise business, but their combined influence is large and growing larger as a new class of workplace champions emerge.

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Ep 27: Why Hiring Could be a GPT Sweet Spot

Published: March 24, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep 26: The Year of HR Slogans

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 10:21 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep 25: The Chatbot Chill: Why Business Will Be Anything But Usual

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 56 seconds

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Ep. 24: Managers admit to quiet firing

Published: Dec. 23, 2022, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep 23: The Friday Elon Slept Late

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 58 seconds

Brett & Jack discuss the workforce rantings of Elon Musk and the new Twitter owner\'s November 16th deadline for employees to decide whether to leave or stay. Is Musk\'s leadership style solely responsible for the turmoil at Twitter or are there other contributing factors?

This episode\'s featured Workplace Champions expose how leaders seek to optimize work environments to empower people to do their best work. While Jack views the talent mind set of each of the three featured finance leaders as the upshot of extensive leadership experience, Brett points out there may be a method behind the Musk "madness."

This episode features the workforce insights and commentary of CFO Anat Ashkenazi of Eli Lilly, CFO Ambereen Toubassy of Airtable,\\xa0and\\xa0CFO Evan Goldstein of Seismic.

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Ep 22: Hires, Fires and a Stable Economy | A Workplace Champions Episode

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep 21: The Employee Value Proposition

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep:20: Keeping Leadership in Step with Workforce Priorities

Published: July 31, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep 19: It's About the Team

Published: June 30, 2022, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep 18: The Hard Truth About Retention

Published: May 13, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep 17: Employers Dropping Degree Demands

Published: April 22, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep 16: Hiring for Hypergrowth

Published: March 31, 2022, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep 15: Employee Engagement & the Less Social World

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 9:15 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes

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Ep 14: When HR Becomes a Borderless Function

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 13: Hiring is The Beginning of Your Go-To-Market Funnel

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 10:07 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep 12: Making Salary a Competitive Advantage

Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 11: HR by the Numbers

Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 1 second

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Ep 10: Where Corporate Culture Trumps Exec Comp

Published: Sept. 3, 2021, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes

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Ep 9: When the Mission Matters

Published: July 31, 2021, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep 8: Building a More Inclusive Culture

Published: June 24, 2021, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 7: Culture & Competencies

Published: May 31, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep 6: Trust & the Individual

Published: April 30, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep 5: Greetings From the Post Covid World

Published: March 26, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep 4: For the Luv of Dictators, Marching in Step with OKRs

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep 3: When Purpose Eases Workforce Stress | Four CFOs Tap the Powers of Purpose

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep 2: In Search of a Culture Metric | Four CFOs Measure What Matters

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes

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Ep 1: COVID Keeps People Top of Mind Among Business Leaders

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes

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Season Two | Welcome

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

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30: Building a Collaborative Team | Mike DeCata, CEO, Lawson Products

Published: Oct. 2, 2018, 9:57 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds

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029: Mike Walters, CEO, USA Financial

Published: July 13, 2018, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 29 seconds

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028: The Culture Integration Challenge| Nicole Latimer, CEO, StayWell

Published: June 23, 2018, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 30 seconds

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027: Culture-Building & The CFO

Published: June 13, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 19 seconds

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026: Silicon Valley Smarts, Midwestern Culture | Dave Kellogg, CEO, Host Analytics

Published: June 4, 2018, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 46 seconds

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025: Why Hiring Must Come First | Andy McGraw, CEO, Adelman Travel

Published: May 25, 2018, 9:25 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 36 seconds

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024: When the Product is Your People | Phil Carpenter, Pan Communications, Boston

Published: May 18, 2018, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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023: Behold the Employee Experience | Mathew Schiltz, CEO, Conga, Broomfield, CO

Published: May 11, 2018, 10:52 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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022: When Hiring & Culture Are One | Ray Rothrock, CEO, Redseal, Sunnyvale, CA

Published: May 5, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds

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The Talent Transformation | Seven Corners, Indianapolis, Indiana

Published: April 26, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds

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021: A Workforce Pilgrim's Progress | Glenn Nott, President, simPRO, NA, Broomfield, CO

Published: April 20, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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020: When Scale & AI Become Part of the Talent Solution | Risk Strategies Company, Boston

Published: April 12, 2018, 10:04 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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019: Incentives For All | Power Financial Credit Union, Miami, FL

Published: April 3, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds

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018: Where Culture & Brand Are One | Anchor Brewing, San Francisco

Published: March 28, 2018, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 23 seconds

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017: Scalable Business, Scalable Values | Ahead, Chicago, Illinois

Published: March 22, 2018, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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016: Holacracy and the Self-Management Priciple | Best Upon Request, Cincinnati, OH

Published: March 15, 2018, 12:57 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds

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015: The Servant Leader | Datron World Communications, San Diego, CA

Published: March 7, 2018, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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014: A.I. and the Future of Compensation | Xactly Corp., San Jose, CA

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds

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013: Energizing Your Workforce With Open Book Management

Published: Feb. 21, 2018, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds

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012: Once Private, Now Public : Protecting Your Workforce Culture | Appian, Reston, VA

Published: Feb. 14, 2018, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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011: Why Generational Wisdom is Social Wisdom| American Textile Company, Duquesne, PA

Published: Feb. 7, 2018, 2:21 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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010: Hiring & The Power of Three | Demac Media, Toronto, Canada

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 2:43 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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009: The Fruits of Decentralized Management | Spreadshirt, Berlin, Germany

Published: Jan. 24, 2018, 12:03 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 6 seconds

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008: Why You Should Only Hire "10s"| InterLinc Mortgage, Houston, Texas

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds

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007: Why Employee Behavior Trumps Skills | Formstack, Indianapolis, Indiana

Published: Jan. 9, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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006: (S1) Achieving a Talent Transformation | Seven Corners, Indianapolis, Indiana

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:34 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 29 seconds

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005: (S1) A Firm's Talent Crossroads | Atrion

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:33 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 1 second

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004: (S1) Where Work Advances Dreams | Jancoa Janitorial Services

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:31 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 10 seconds

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003: (S1) A Culture Rooted in Helping Others | Coast to Coast Computer Products

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds

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002: (S1) Remedying the "Haves" & "Have Nots" | Worldwide Supply

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds

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001 (S1) When Talent Equals Growth | Twiddy & Company

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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