For the past year, HR Works has been bringing you the most pressing HR issues out there and talking with the best professionals in the business to provide actionable solutions and formative advice for our listeners.
Want to listen to the top moments from the year? Check out the best of the HR Works Podcast below!
What HR Professionals Need to Know About Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act with Amanda Czepiel
Over the summer, the Senate and House passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, enacting sweeping changes across all facets of the country, including substantial increases in funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, changes to AI policy, and many other facets that have cause anxieties among both employees and employers to skyrocket.
Today, we’re joined by Amanda Czepiel, HR legal expert at Brightmine, to discuss the three critical areas HR leaders can’t afford to overlook regarding the passing of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Go Rogue—Why You Should Ditch the Interview Script
Ready to revitalize your hiring process? It’s time to go rogue. The traditional interview, with its predictable questions and scripted answers, often fails to reveal a candidate’s true values or potential. Shannon Gabriel, VP of Leadership Solutions at TBM Consulting, believes HR leaders can get a better sense of who a candidate really is by letting them go rogue.
With a focus on open-ended questions and honest conversation, you can get beyond the clichés to see what truly motivates a person while authentically showcasing your company culture. Tune in as Gabriel explains her “rogue interview” tactics and shares best practices for a more effective and insightful hiring process. Listen to the episode here.
The Pay Transparency Playbook: How to Get It Right
Pay secrecy is a thing of the past. The new reality of pay transparency is changing how we hire, retain, and manage employees—and it’s a compliance trend no HR professional can ignore. In this episode, we sit down with Lauren Winans of Next Level Benefits to create a playbook for navigating this new era. Winan shares actionable insights on how to transform pay transparency from a challenge into a competitive advantage.
Tune in to learn the proactive strategies that help employers embrace pay transparency for real benefits. Plus, discover how to avoid common pitfalls that can derail your efforts without intentional planning and clear communication. Get ready to master this new era of compensation! Listen to the episode here.
How Portillo’s Is Turning Employees Into Its Best Brand Storytellers
In a world where consumers crave authenticity and employees demand purpose, how can HR leaders bridge the gap between internal culture and external brand? In this episode, we talk with Jill Waite, Chief People Officer of Portillo’s, about their groundbreaking Internal Influencer Program. This isn’t your average employee-generated content initiative. By empowering 15 team members to become brand storytellers, Portillo’s is fueling its marketing, social media, and internal training with authentic, behind-the-scenes content.
Waite shares a new blueprint for building your brand from the inside out. You’ll learn how this program drives employee engagement, provides a cost-effective content strategy, and offers a fresh model for internal brand-building that can transform your organization’s culture and credibility.
How Coca-Cola is Making Their People Strategy Build the Business
How can you do it all at once? It’s a question that rings in the mind of many HR professionals, saddled with goal after goal, and for good reason. The workload of HR professionals is mighty, and the deliverables are grand. Upholding a business model, supporting your people strategy, keeping up with everchanging legal issues, all while attempting to plan for the future of work—it feels like carrying an entire tray of freshly shaken bottles of Coca-Cola, waiting to explode.
But what if you could work towards these goals all at once, one sip at a time?
Sue Lam, VP of People Insights, Strategy, and Culture at The Coca-Cola Company and HCI Advisory Board Member, suggests to the HR world that a proper people strategy can work to help every part of the business, not just the people.