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    HR Storytellers

    HR Storytellers is a podcast featuring practitioners and thought leaders in human resources, sharing stories about why they love HR, what motivates them and what's moved them in their careers. HR Storytellers is a podcast from SHRM.
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    Episodes (14)

    LaTrelle Porter: An HR Career in Creating Opportunities for Others

    LaTrelle Porter: An HR Career in Creating Opportunities for Others

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, LaTrelle Porter, SHRM-CP, recounts success stories and hiring strategies from her efforts over the past 20 years in city government to recruit and support job candidates with criminal histories.  Porter, a human resources business partner for the city of Savannah, joins host Tony Lee to share her HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enDecember 15, 2022

    Jeff Palkowski: In HR, I Almost Feel Like a Firefighter

    Jeff Palkowski: In HR, I Almost Feel Like a Firefighter

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Jeff Palkowski, SHRM-SCP, outlines how he left a career in customer service to learn HR from the bottom up, starting at a staffing firm and then leveraging his talents and additional education to move into human resource management.

    Palkowski, workforce relations manager in the division of Information Technology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enDecember 08, 2022

    Brian McComak: In HR, a Variety of Lenses Help You Figure It All Out

    Brian McComak: In HR, a Variety of Lenses Help You Figure It All Out

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Brian McComak shares his thoughts on why learning to hire without bias and treat all employees equally is a challenge that line managers and the HR professionals who help them need to overcome. 

    McComak, a former HR manager at Christie’s, Disney and Tapestry, and now the CEO and founder of Hummingbird Humanity, an inclusion consulting firm in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enDecember 01, 2022

    Heather Deyrieux: When HR Careers Begin By Just Saying “Yes”

    Heather Deyrieux: When HR Careers Begin By Just Saying “Yes”

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Heather Deyrieux, SHRM-SCP, explains how her passion for volunteering and the successes and fulfillment she achieved helped lead her from a career in strategic planning to human resource management. 

    Deyrieux, human resources manager for Sarasota County Government, past president of the HR Florida State Council and current SHRM Southeast Member Advisory Council representative, joins host Tony Lee to share her HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enNovember 17, 2022

    Brenda Reedy: Yes, in HR, Sometimes You Do Have to Say That

    Brenda Reedy: Yes, in HR, Sometimes You Do Have to Say That

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Brenda Reedy, SHRM-SCP, discusses why being brutally honest with employees, especially when they’re trying to overcome a difficult personal situation, is critical to succeeding as an effective HR professional.  

    Reedy, human resources manager at the Wyoming Supreme Court in Cheyenne, joins host Tony Lee to share her HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enNovember 10, 2022

    Louis Lessig: Taking the Wide View to Successfully Navigate Employment Law

    Louis Lessig: Taking the Wide View to Successfully Navigate Employment Law

    As an employment attorney, Louis Lessig, SHRM-SCP, offers guidance on how HR professionals can keep their employer as far away from the courtroom as possible, especially when managing people working in multiple states.

    A partner at Brown & Connery in Westmont, N.J., Lessig also serves as state director of the Garden State Council of SHRM. Lessig joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story. 

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enNovember 03, 2022

    Heidi Hartman: A “Yes, and” Approach to HR Leadership

    Heidi Hartman: A “Yes, and” Approach to HR Leadership

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Heidi Hartman, SHRM-SCP, shares her experience of falling into HR after many years of working in retail, and how an introduction to the profession proved to be a perfect fit that has also led to several local volunteer leadership roles.

    Hartman, a certified executive coach and past president of her local SHRM chapter, joins host Tony Lee to share her HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enOctober 27, 2022

    Paul Falcone: How HR Drives Performance

    Paul Falcone: How HR Drives Performance

    In this episode of HR Storytellers, Paul Falcone offers career lessons learned from serving in a range of senior HR roles in Los Angeles at such companies as Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Time Warner, the Motion Picture & Television Fund and City of Hope Medical Center, as well as from writing many bestselling books on HR practices. 

    Falcone, a frequent contributor to SHRM Online, joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enOctober 05, 2022

    James Abeyta Stevens: Shaping Culture via Interaction and Empathy

    James Abeyta Stevens: Shaping Culture via Interaction and Empathy

    James Abeyta Stevens, SHRM-CP, discusses how he strives to try to change employee perceptions so that HR professionals are seen more positively, and his efforts have paid off as his New Mexico employers over the years have regularly been rated as a best place to work. In this episode of HR Storytellers, Abeyta Stevens, chief human resources officer at Stefanie Juliano Therapy and New Mexico Wellness Center near Albuquerque, joins host Tony Lee to share his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enSeptember 28, 2022

    Julie Orchard: A Fresh Approach to HR in Health Care

    Julie Orchard: A Fresh Approach to HR in Health Care

    Julie Orchard, SHRM-CP, shares how she leveraged an Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audit to transition from working as a technical writer to becoming an HR professional managing a team in the health care industry in Eastern Washington, where she also is an active SHRM chapter volunteer. In this episode of HR Storytellers, Orchard, director of human resources at Providence Health in Spokane, Wash. joins host Tony Lee to share her HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    enSeptember 13, 2022

    Art Jackson: The Value of Strong Company Leaders

    Art Jackson: The Value of Strong Company Leaders

    Art Jackson has spent 25 years as a leadership consultant and conference speaker, and the West Point graduate has much to share on the value of strong company leaders, as well as why effective training is critical to developing people managers to their full potential.  

    Jackson, president and chief consultant at Woodbridge, Va.-based Eagles Nest Performance Management, joins host Tony Lee to discuss his HR story.

    HR Storytellers is sponsored by BambooHR.

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    HR Storytellers
    enSeptember 06, 2022
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