Working with People Podcast

Harrison interviews Kimberly Sullivan about the importance of leading with empathy in the workplace and how to practice it.

1. Why is empathy so important in leadership and the workplace?
2. What does empathetic decision-making and leadership look like?
3. What are some questions an empathetic leader should ask?
4. How can organizations make empathy central in company culture?
5. Can a manager build a team that fosters empathy even when the larger organization doesn’t?

Find Kimberly Sullivan at Herrmann (thinkherrman.com) and on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded December 2020.

Harrison interviews Traci Rubin about building strong and trusting relationships in the workplace.

1. Why are trusting & strong relationships so critical in the workplace?
2. What are some practical ways that strong and trusting work relationships can be built in the workplace?
3. How has remote working made it difficult to build strong and trusting workplace relationships? How can a remote manager build trust with an employee?
4. What are some mistakes that destroy or shake the trust in workplace relationships?
5. What role does company culture play in building strong and trusting workplace relationships?

Find Traci Rubin at Bringing the Human back to Human Resources Podcast or on instagram (@hrtraci).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #34: The importance of employee recognition.

Recorded December 2020.

Harrison interviews Robert Greiner about mentorship in the workplace.

1. Can you explain the importance and benefits of mentorship?
2. How would you define a “good” mentor?
3. Where can people find good mentors?
4. What are some of the top questions people should be asking their mentors? What are the top questions mentors should be asking their employees/mentees?
5. What are some tips you have for mentors when it comes to training and advising their employees/mentees?

Find Robert Greiner at the Wanna Grab Coffee Podcast  (wannagrabcoffee.com) or robertgreiner.com.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Solana Cederboim about the importance of employee engagement surveys and how to effectively conduct them.

1. What is the importance of employee engagement surveys?
2. How can organizations conduct effective employee engagement surveys?
3. How can organizations utilize the survey data & how should response rate factor in when organizations look at the data?

Find Solana Cederboim at Kiwi Partners (kiwipartners.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Michael Levy about the importance of employee recognition.

1. One study found that nearly half of employees feel undervalued. In your experience, why do you think that this percentage is so high?
2. What are some of the ways that managers can show appreciation to their employees?
3. What defines an effective and successful employee recognition program?

Find Michael Levy at WorkProud (workproud.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #37: Building strong and trusting relationships in the workplace.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Adam Rosenfield about how to create equity in performance management. 

1. Can you define performance management equity? 
2. What are some key disadvantages of poor & unfair performance management? 
3. What are some tactical steps that organizations can implement to have more equitable performance conversations/reviews? 

Find Adam Rosenfield on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded November 2020.

For more details, check out our article on equity in performance management here.
If you are looking for a performance management software, check out Pavestep. 

Harrison interviews Haleh Fardi from ProCFO Partners about how human capital. 

1. Human capital / labor costs are one of the biggest expense items for most companies; yet, we often see companies that don't pay much attention to managing this "asset"/"resource". Why is that? 
2. What are some of the tactical ways/initiatives we can optimize human capital? 
3. How should people think about the financial impact of turnover? 

Find Haleh Fardi at ProCFO Partners.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Mattson Newell from Partners in Leadership about how to effectively scale culture.
 
1. At an organizational level, what are the best practices to effectively scale culture?
2. Is scaling a culture from 20 to 100 employees different from scaling from 200 employees to 1000 employees?
3. What are some common signs that company culture is starting to become a liability? How do you distinguish that from just disgruntled people?

Find Mattson Newell at Partners in Leadership.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Find a copy of the podcast transcript here. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #74: Building a culture in a global team.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Sonali Goel about the problem when a manager is being "too nice" during feedback conversations.
 
 1. What are some of consequences of being “too nice” of a manager?
 2. How should managers objectively approach their feedback conversations with their direct reports - particularly during tough conversations?
 3. How can HR help mitigate the “too nice” feedback conversations and performance reviews and focus on more objective, honest feedback and performance reviews? 

Find Sonali Goel on LinkedIn.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #29: How to ensure psychological safety in feedback conversations.

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Sarah Koller about feedback conversations & employee's mental health.

1. How should managers approach feedback conversations?
2. How can managers ensure psychological safety when it comes to feedback conversations?
3. How can employees prepare themselves for feedback conversations?

Find Sarah Koller at GoCo.io (goco.io).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy our articles on development feedback and employee feedback examples. Feel free to check out other helpful resources at pavestep.com/blog. 

Recorded November 2020.

Harrison interviews Melinda Honcoop about using agile project planning methodologies in HR and why they are effective and beneficial. 

1. Can you compare agile vs traditional methodologies in HR? What are the examples of agile HR vs. traditional methodologies? 
2. Why is it important that HR adapt and broaden their methodologies to be more agile? 
3. What are some tactical steps and/or practices that HR teams can do in order to be more agile? 

Find Melinda Honcoop on LinkedIn!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #2: What does the future of performance management look like?

Recorded October 2020. 

Harrison interviews John Montgomery about harnessing the energy of the youth for more senior roles.

1. What are the challenges of having a multigenerational workplace?
2. As the younger employees grow and climb the "ladder" in corporate environments, what are the strengths or skillsets that you see are critical to their successes?
3. What are some engagement and support strategies that organizations can use in order to harness the energy of the younger generations in their workplace?

Find John Montgomery at Westfield Capital Management (westfieldcapital.com)!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded October 2020. 

Harrison interviews Emma Leeds Guidarelli about the ins-and-outs of hiring your first HR person.

1. What are the key signs that it’s time to hire the first HR person in a startup?
2. What are the benefits from hiring an HR person in the early stages?
3. What are the biggest HR challenges faced by startups and growing companies?

Find Emma Leeds Guidarelli on LinkedIn!

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded September 2020. 

 Harrison interviews Phyllis Calvano about the benefits of peer advisory groups.

1. What are the differences between peer advisory groups and networking groups?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these groups?
3. How can someone determine which peer advisory group is right for them?

Find Phyllis Calvano at Vistage (vistage.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded September 2020.

Harrison interviews Delphine about how flexible work can increase women in the workplace.

1. Can you talk about the gender diversity gap in working - how many women (and men) have to pick between professional life and family life?
2. How, and to what extent, has the flexible workplace allowed for an increase in women in the workplace?
3. What type of work-from-home policies should organizations think about implementing

Find Delphine Carter at Boulo Solutions (boulosolutions.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded August 2020.

Harrison interviews Megan about the importance of resiliency in the workplace and how organizations can build resilient teams.

1. Can you comment on the importance of resiliency in the workplace?
2. How do you build more awareness around the need for resiliency?
3. What are some actionable ways to build a resilient organization?

Find Megan Wheeler at LifeLabs Learning (lifelabslearning.com). Check out the LifeLabs Learning People Leader Resilience Playbook.

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode , you may also enjoy Episode #19: How to manage your people through change initiatives.

Recorded July 2020.

Harrison interviews Len about the best practices when recruiting remotely.

1. What are the unique challenges and opportunities in remote recruiting and onboarding? 
2. Can you walk us through the best practices during the different stages of hiring remotely?
3. How can organizations let their employer brand shine during the recruiting process?

Find Len Adams at Adams Consulting Group, LLC/ACG Resources (acgresources.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy our article on tips for remote hiring and onboarding. 

Recorded July 2020.

Harrison interviews Ginger about how organizations are moving to a more flexible economy and what that means for HR.

1. What are the benefits (and any potential drawbacks) of a flexible economy from the employee perspective?
2. How is the flexible economy affecting HR  - what are some key challenges and benefits?
3. How should HR think about performance management in the flexible economy?

Find Ginger Dhaliwal at Upflex (upflex.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep (pavestep.com) at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

Recorded July 2020.

Harrison interviews Kate about how to actively engage your remote team members.

1. What are the most common reasons for employee disengagement in the remote workforce (are these reasons different than in non-remote workforces)?
2. What are some tell-tale signs of employee disengagement in the remote workforce?
3. What are some initiatives to engage disengaged, unmotivated remote employees and maintain a positive company culture?

Find Kate Gerasimova at gothamCulture (gothamculture.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com. To be featured on Working with People by Pavestep, email Chiara Toselli at chiara.toselli@pavestep.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #14: How to build social connections on a remote team.

Recorded June 2020.

Harrison interviews Carla about how to manage your people through change initiatives.

1. What are the most common mistakes when it comes to managing people through change initiatives?
2. What are some drivers that managers/ HR leaders should think about when it comes to change management?
3. Can you comment on the importance of involving employees through these change initiatives?

Find Carla Rojas at Choose Your Mindset (carlarojas.com).

Find Harrison Kim at Pavestep at harrison.kim@pavestep.com.

Check out our podcast recap on managing people through change initiatives. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy Episode #23: Why resilience is critical in the modern workplace.

Recorded June 2020.