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 407 – Unlocking the Potential in Your Workforce

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve was joined by Nishika de Rosairo, CEO & Founder of Experiential Insight to talk about how organizations can think about addressing the skills and capability gaps in their workforces, and how to work towards unlocking people’s potential in the workplace.

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HR Happy Hour 406 – HR Happy New Year 2020

This week on a special LIVE epsiode of the HR Happy Hour Show to kick off 2020, Steve and Trish will talk all things New Year 2020 – the Rose Parade, the Pantone Color of the Year, a preview of the Oscars race and more.

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HR Happy Hour 405 – Payroll Innovation and End of Year Preparation

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Tom Hammond of Paychex, to talk about innovation in Payroll technology and how HR and Payroll can prepare for end of year 2019 and new regulations coming in 2020.

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HR Happy Hour 404 – Utilizing a Learning Platform

On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, recorded live at the Skillsoft Perspectives 2019 event in Orlando, FL, Trish and Ben talked with Mark Onisk and Wynn Schollum.

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HR Happy Hour 402 – The Impact of Modern Talent Acquisition Technology

On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, recorded live at the recent iCIMS Influence 2019 event in Scottsdale, Arizona, Steve and Trish talked talent acquisition and modern TA technology with Alen Brcic, Director of HR Technology at Novant Health, and Joe Essenfeld, VP and GM of iCIMS.

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HR Happy Hour 401 – Reinventing the Organization with Dave Ulrich

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show Steve and Trish were joined by Dave Ulrich, HR legend and widely known as the father of modern HR. On the show, Dave shared ideas and insights from his latest book, Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets.

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HR Happy Hour 400 – Building an Authentic Employer Brand

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Mary Battle, employer branding and campus programs lead at Panasonic NA. Mary shared insights on how she approaches creating and sharing the Panasonic employer brand and keeping the company at the forefront of the candidate’s thinking about great places to work.

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HR Happy Hour 399 – Driving Improvements with Unified ERP and HCM in the Cloud

Sponsored by Oracle. Create tomorrow, today with Oracle HCM Cloud – Work made human. Oracle provides organizations a complete HCM cloud solution that drives digital transformation and improves business agility while meeting both current and future business requirements.

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HR Happy Hour 398 – Best Practices in Streamlining Processes with HCM Technology

On this episode of the HR Happy Hour, Dr. Wade Larson joined us to talk about ways Wagstaff is streamlining their organizational processes with HCM technology.

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HR Happy Hour 397 – Tips for HCM Tech Selection from Emerson Electric

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and Steve were joined by Jim Rhodes, VP of HRIS at Emerson Electric. We kicked off the show with Trish and Jim talking about their St. Louis connection, and quickly dove into how organizations can go through the selection of transformational HCM technology.

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