HR Happy Hour

Hosted by Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane, the HR Happy Hour show is the longest running and top downloaded HR podcast.

Over the last decade the HR Happy Hour has welcomed a wide and exceptionally impressive array of guests – HR leaders, Academics, practitioners, consultants, and authors – to talk about the most timely, relevant, and challenging issues that are influencing HR technology, impacting organizations, and driving change in the global workplace today.

Hosted by

Steve Boese

Co-Founder of H3 HR Advisors and Program Chair, HR Technology Conference

Trish McFarlane

CEO and Principal Analyst, H3 HR Advisors

HR Happy Hour Episodes

HR Happy Hour 464 – Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: Apollo 13

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show we are back with the Workplace Movie Hall of Fame series talking about the HR, workplace and leadership lessons from the 1995 movie Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon and Ed Harris and directed by Ron Howard.

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HR Happy Hour 463 – Professional and Personal Development Themes for 2021

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Ben Brooks from PILOT to talk about employee coaching and development trends for 2021.

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HR Happy Hour 462 – HR Happy New Year 2021

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish reflect on 2020, and look forward to the New Year of 2021.

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HR Happy Hour 461 – The State of Employee Mental Health

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Tracey Ferstler from MetLife to talk about the 18th Annual U.S. Employee Benefits Trend Study and the state of employee mental health in light of what has been a challenging 2020.

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HR Happy Hour 459 – Payroll 2020 Year End Prep and Starting 2021 the Right Way

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Tom Hammond from Paychex for our annual payroll “Year End” and “New Year” planning and update show.

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HR Happy Hour 458 – Important Trends in Employee Compensation for 2021

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Kent Plunkett, CEO of Salary.com the leading consumer and enterprise resource for compensation data to talk about the important compensation related issues and trends for 2021.

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HR Happy Hour 457 – The End of Jobs and the Future of Work

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Jeff Wald, the founder of WorkMarket and enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP) to talk about his recent book "The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations", and how the nature of work

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HR Happy Hour 456 – HCM Technology for the Small and Mid-Size Organization

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Hanif Ismail from Oracle NetSuite to talk about some of the challenges and opportunities with HR and HCM technology for the small and mid-size organization. Hanif shared an overview of Oracle NetSuite, the advantages for small and mid-size organizations with having a single platform

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HR Happy Hour 455 – The Problems with Optimizing People Management

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Professor Peter Cappelli from the Wharton School to talk about his recent HBR cover article , “Stop Overengineering People Management”.

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HR Happy Hour 454 – Payroll Innovation and the Importance of On-Demand Pay

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Seth Pelletier, Senior Product Manager, at Ceridian, to talk about how the way employers pay their employees is evolving, and to share some of the innovative ways employers can leverage pay flexibility to create great employee experiences.

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