Episodes tagged: HR

2026: The Year of Ultimate Business Efficiency

In this episode of The Play by Play, Jack McFarlane and Nick Schlemmer discuss the transformative impact of AI on business efficiency as they enter 2026.

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Solving a Worker Shortage with Better Pay and Benefits

In this episode Steve discusses how Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S. has approached the nationwide shortage of commercial truck drivers by raising wages, improving technology, and concentrating on improving worker’s work/life balance.

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Smart HR Solutions for Today’s Business Leadership Challenges

In this episode of the At Work in America show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish Steed welcome Alison Stevens from Paychex to unpack insights from the 2026 Business Leader Priorities Report.

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The American Jobs Outlook for 2026: Lessons from a Slowing Labor Market

In this episode Steve recaps the state of the U.S. Labor Market in 2025, and how the labor market trends in employment, participation, and even in company adoption of new technology will shape the Labor Market in the New Year.

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Rethinking Rewards: How Amtrak Redirected Executive Bonuses to Employees

In this episode Steve shares the news of the recent decision at Amtrak to redirect executive and leader end-of-year bonuses to fund bonuses for more than 18,000 frontline workers. What does this decision suggest about how rewards and bonuses should be allocated in organizations more generally?

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Human-Centered Development in a Data-Driven World

In this episode of the At Work in America show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish Steed speak with Matthew Daniel from Guild to discuss the evolving landscape of learning and development in the workplace.

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The Real Story of Women’s Experiences at Work in 2025

In this episode Steve shares key findings from the 2025 Women in the Workplace Report from McKinsey and LeanIn. The 2025 report shows that in many key measures, progress for women at work has stalled and women still hold only 29% of C-suite roles. We discuss the report and steps that HR and business leaders can take to make work more fair and more inclusive.

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Translating Employee Data into Impact

In this episode of the HR Means Business podcast, host Mervyn Dinnen interviews Kinsey Li, an HR and People Analytics leader. They discuss the evolution of people analytics.

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More Americans Doubt the Value of a Four-Year College Degree

In this episode Steve discusses recent polling data from NBC News showing that more Americans are doubting the value of the four-year college degree, citing increasing costs, rising debt levels, and an uncertain job market. We break down what this means for HR and Talent pros moving forward.

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Real-time Recognition with AI: A Game-changer for Organizations

In this episode of the HR Happy Hour show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish Steed re joined by Naomi Dishington from Workhuman to discuss the transformative power of recognition data in organizations.

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