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 449 – Getting Work Done with Collaborative Technology

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Mike Psenka and Jason Seiden from Moovila, a work and project management software provider that helps organizations keep projects on track, and people accountable to each other, and the organization.

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HR Happy Hour 448 – How Google Took its Famous Internship Program Remote

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Kyle Ewing from Google, to talk about how Google shifted their famous and legendary summer internship program to a 100% remote model, in a very short timeframe. Kyle shared the key elements of a successful internship program, how they adapted the program in the time of the pandemic, and gave advice for HR leaders on how to make the most of their internship programs.

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HR Happy Hour 447 – Innovation in HCM Technology with Oracle

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Chris Leone from Oracle, to talk about the some of the highlights from Oracle HCM’s Fall 2020 Product Update, how Oracle HCM has continued to serve their customers during the pandemic, and how they themselves as a large, global organization have made the necessary adjustments to continue to deliver on customer commitments during the pandemic.

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HR Happy Hour 446 – How HR Technology Empowers the Autonomous Workforce

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Shelly Ballew from Paycom to talk about the concept of the Autonomous Workforce, why it is important for employees to function autonomously today, and how HR technologies play an important role in enabling and empowering employees and delivering an exceptional employee experience.

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HR Happy Hour 445 – Improving How We Handle Difficult Conversations at Work

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Dr. Tony Orsini, to talk about how to improve how we handle difficult conversations in the workplace.

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HR Happy Hour 444 – Sustaining Innovation in the Modern HR Function

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we were joined by Melissa Harper from Bayer, a global life science company with over 100K employees in over 100 countries to talk about innovation in HR and how to keep your employees engaged during a tough operating environment.

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HR Happy Hour 443 – Inclusion: More Than a Buzz Word (Part 2)

This week on the HR Happy Hour, we are sharing part 2 of a conversation with Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney.

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HR Happy Hour 442- Learning Along the Digital Journey with Honeywell

Today on the HR Happy Hour Show, Trish and was joined by Mark Burgess, Sr. Director of HR Technology Solutions at Honeywell. The episode was recorded at Oracle Open World 2019.

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HR Happy Hour 441 – Inclusion: More Than a Buzz Word

This week on the HR Happy Hour, we are sharing part 1 of a conversation with Sarah Morgan, CEO of Buzz-A-Rooney.

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HR Happy Hour 440 – The Impact of Coronavirus on HR and the New Normal of Work

This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, we are sharing a conversation with Jeanne Meister of Future Workplace and Alison Stevens from Paychex from a recent Human Resource Executive Ask HRE Live Stream hosted by Steve.

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